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Gloria Harper
From:Robert Goldberg <rgoldberg@live.com>
Sent:Sunday, October 25, 2020 6:53 PM
To:Thomas Moore; Schelly Sustarsic; Mike Varipapa; Sandra Massa-Lavitt; Joe Kalmick
Cc:Jill Ingram; Gloria Harper; Kelly Telford; Charles M. Kelly; Jeannette Andruss; Steve
Myrter
Subject:Questions and Comments for Monday's Open Session
Attachments:10.26.20 Questions.doc
Dear Council and Staff,
Please see the attached questions and comments on Monday's open session meeting.
Thank you for your consideration and service,
Robert Goldberg
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Questions & Comments for 10/26/20 Open Session from Robert Goldberg
Item B: Demand on Treasury (Warrants)
Page 9 check #17167 to “Business Card” (credit card), sub‐charges of $262 for pizza, and $1048 for
“Hamburger, wings.”
Please explain the necessity for these food expenditures.
Item D: City Manager and Dept Head Authorized Contracts
The staff report lists four purchases/contracts for the period of July‐September 2020. However,
recent warrants would seem to indicate that four more should have been listed:
Check #16042, $4946 invoiced and paid on 7/1/20 to Datamatic Inc. for an annual software license
and service maintenance for handheld water meter readers. This is a new contract and is
anticipated to be an ongoing annual expenditure.
Check #17136, $28,577 invoiced on 9/4/20 and paid on 9/24/20 to Hadronex, Inc., for annual
manhole rehabilitation.
Check #17232, $2305 invoiced on 8/14/20 and paid on 10/2/20 to Tom Grbavac & Sons Inc. for the
annual slurry seal program.
Check #17237, $13,159 invoiced on 9/22/20 and paid on 10/2/20 to Valverde Construction for a
waterline break.
Please explain why these purchases/contracts were not included in this quarter’s listing.
Item G: Grant Writing Contract
Kudos to our Public Works staff for pursuing this concept and finding a very accomplished
contractor! While I appreciate that our staff has always sought grant money, this contract will take
this pursuit to another level and ensure that we have “squeezed all of the blood out of the turnip.”
The availability of grants could potentially be a major factor in the prioritization of large cost
projects. Therefore, I would suggest that the Council defer any more “hang‐wringing” CIP sessions
until the first two deliverables of this contract are completed:
a) Funding Matrix identifying all available funding for the City Projects
b) Recommendation for Project Priority List with financial breakdown and timeline with pertinent
information for funding pursuits
When will these tasks be completed?