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Navajo Road; Who Cares if it’s Finally IS Done!
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Started over two (2) years ago and is finally done. However, the Fain Event Center started the next day after approved (6-1) and it was done on time including parking lots and lights!
Why? Well, Mayor Skoog and the council approve what ever Mr. Tarkowski puts in front of them. From there the clout of the Fain Signature Group (FSG) assures maximum performance from the contractors and the town’s building inspectors.
What about Navajo? Why was it tore up numerous times? I thought we paid Dava and Associates (and other engineering firms) to be the on site engineer to see proper proceedures were followed! Clearly, we have a new road that has 50 plus violations of it’s surface plus 50 more repairs to concrete products and there are still more damaged walkways. The last delay was the lights that apparently were improperly wired when first installed. What were the engineers for?
Despite all this, Mr. Tarkowski and Mr. Davis, Public Works Manager, excused $462,000 in contractor penalties and blamed delays on the “weather“. Facts show a Less than normal rainfall period. The odds are, work on the event center pulled crews off the Navajo project. Mr. Tarkowski stated;” It was in the best interests of the town” ( to forgive the $462,000 in penaltys).
Only a town manager working for the citizens will correct such acts in the future.