The Demolition of 109 E. Main Street: Part IV

The change orders are already beginning to roll in for Mayor Santiago's million dollar demolition at 109 East Main Street. Many things were not covered in Perryman's generous million dollar contract for the demolition. One item not covered was asbestos removal. Billy Perryman signed a contract with Brick Industries Inc. for $23,527.00 for asbestos removal on behalf of the city of Millville. At the May 16th commission meeting, Team Santiago approved a change order in the amount of $137,676.25 for the company chosen by Billy Perryman. Once again there were no bids and no oversight by the city. Santiago, Parent, Udalovas, Pepitone, and Cooper all voted yes.

This raises several questions. Why was this not sent out to bid? How can a contractor sign a contract for the city? Why was there no explanation for a change order over $100,000?

The permit fees were also waived for Mr. Perryman. This is against the city's Municipal Code 11-82i which states the fees are only waived for public buildings or if the work is to make the building more accessible for the disabled.

Team Santiago needs to explain why they are allowing Perryman Excavating to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars more of city money with no oversight. Also, Commissioner Udalovas needs to explain why the permit fees were waived by her department. Team Santiago needs to do their jobs and protect the taxpayers' money.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Who wrote the contract with Perryman and isn't abestos removal standard in demolitions? If the "contractor" hired the company to handle the abestos removal because he is not certified to do the removal, than shouldn't that cost be paid by Perryman?
May 25, 2018 at 5:39 PM
Millville Insider said…
The Perryman contract which Team Santiago approved, did not include asbestos removal. Perryman picked the asbestos removal company. The original cost was around $23,000 based on non-union employees doing the work. When the work was actually done, union employees were used resulting in a $100,000+ change order. Team Santiago agreed to pay the change order. Another example of Team Santiago not looking at the details and not looking out for the citizens of Millville.
May 25, 2018 at 10:30 PM
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