Teresa Mollette
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Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF)
I was talking this morning to a representative from the SOCF about their water contract, or I might mention their expired contract, between the SOGP and the SOCF. It appears the water contract between the SOGP and the SOCF expired in November of 2006. Since that time, and it appears due to the exuberant costs associated with receiving water through the SOGP, the SOCF is now getting their water from Water One, Lucasville, Ohio; this is a loss of $100,000.00 to $150,000.00 to the City of Portsmouth, which I want to emphasis, and in my opinion, is due to the involvement of SOGP.
As an Ohio taxpayer I am glad the Ohio state funded facility is looking at costs associated with their dealings with the SOGP, but I am worried about the loss the city is experiencing by indirectly supply water to the SOCF Facility. The representative I talked with this morning is in the process of preparing the draft for bid contract to supply water to the SOCF facility. When the draft is prepared and finalized it will be sent to Columbus, Ohio for legal review and release for bid.
I asked the individual I spoke with this morning who is eligible to bid on the contract, and his reply was anyone that could supply water to the facility. The city of Portsmouth, Ohio could and should bid the contract direct supply to the SOCF facility instead of giving money away to a group of self-interested individuals. By the current and past actions of SOGP they have hurt the city with their greed and self-indulgence.
The Council members who approved the early extension on the contract with the SOGP did nothing but hurt this city. As long as we have this contract with the SOGP the city will never move forward. The SOCF is not the only facility receiving water from the city through the SOGP; we are setup as a city to fail at the hand of the SOGP.
The city has gone under contract for two upgrades; the MIEX System and Ameresco. These two contracts were relying on a large portion of the project to be funded through the line item setup for water improvements. With the above loss of collected funds of approximately $100,000.00 to $150,000.00 in the water department line item this will impair available monies associated with costs of both these projects. This could mean rate hikes again.
Council and the Mayor need to stop making irrational decisions for the City of Portsmouth, Ohio and start being informed and educated about the decision they make before we are bankrupt.
Teresa
Last edited by Teresa Mollette, 7/31/2007, 1:14 pm
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Re: Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF)
Now how does that work, one public agency bidding and contacting with another agency, low bid? Any preparation, or approvals needed? Is this like the tax abatements, conjecture not legislation?
Perhaps, we can get volunteers to take bottle water from Kroger to the facility every so often (I'd mention like Meals on Wheels but there would be a blow-back on that, so I won't)?
"Informed and educated" interesting ideas, let's slap those around sometime in a discussion session?
It's not Bankrupt, in their working vocabulary that is a "deficit," for as long as they got money somewhere, maybe yet to be collected, there is no deficit. I'm catching on.
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7/31/2007, 2:51 pm
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