01-23-2018, 04:30 PM
leo, the FC motioned and voted to create a subcommittee to be tasked w/researching what the actual costs of chip seal were per mile...do sort of a mini "audit" on just the chip seal project and look into other road material options for HPP...so it might have something to do w/the following that could be "rattling some nerves":
The FC subcommittee isn't looking into chip seal as a viable option for our roads. I believe the consensus of the subcommittee was that chip seal wasn't a good fit for HPP's needs after discussing it's expense, and shortcomings as a viable product. We moved onto looking at the other polymers, LeviTrap and AggreBind. We are supposed to get the MSDS on both products as it was believed they are probably close to being the same product. Asphalt is also on the table as an option.
The board appt'd rep to the FC handed out the GM's chip seal cost analysis at the subcommittee's first meeting. After the subcommittee reviewed the GM's chip seal estimates per mile, questions came up. The costs conflict with the GM's earlier reports given at board mtgs, and we concluded we need invoices and prep work costs from the GM to get more accurate info. No one has been tasked yet to request the GM provide any/all invoices/documents that pertain to chip seal. We will need to delegate someone at the next subcommittee meeting, which is held 1 hr before the FC mtg. Maybe someone/s don't like what the subcommittee has been tasked to do.
A question comes to mind on the topic of chip seal...why is the chip seal equipment still on HPP property if the board voted to not do business w/them over a month ago? Is the "new" board w/Crelly on it, the former "chip seal pres" that all the CS shoddy work occurred under, planning on starting up chip seal again now that they have the votes? Crelly's boards have bypassed the FC on most of proposed expenditures and contracts = non transparency/back to the dark ages.
The reps chose Crelly over a very good candidate as Katarina said. She's a prof'l road person. She sd the quotes discussed at the board mtg for LeviTrap and AggreBind were very high and she knows we can get similar products for a lot less. She was invited to the subcommittee's mtg to share her knowledge.
Finance Committee meetings are open to the membership. Please come visit.
The FC subcommittee isn't looking into chip seal as a viable option for our roads. I believe the consensus of the subcommittee was that chip seal wasn't a good fit for HPP's needs after discussing it's expense, and shortcomings as a viable product. We moved onto looking at the other polymers, LeviTrap and AggreBind. We are supposed to get the MSDS on both products as it was believed they are probably close to being the same product. Asphalt is also on the table as an option.
The board appt'd rep to the FC handed out the GM's chip seal cost analysis at the subcommittee's first meeting. After the subcommittee reviewed the GM's chip seal estimates per mile, questions came up. The costs conflict with the GM's earlier reports given at board mtgs, and we concluded we need invoices and prep work costs from the GM to get more accurate info. No one has been tasked yet to request the GM provide any/all invoices/documents that pertain to chip seal. We will need to delegate someone at the next subcommittee meeting, which is held 1 hr before the FC mtg. Maybe someone/s don't like what the subcommittee has been tasked to do.
A question comes to mind on the topic of chip seal...why is the chip seal equipment still on HPP property if the board voted to not do business w/them over a month ago? Is the "new" board w/Crelly on it, the former "chip seal pres" that all the CS shoddy work occurred under, planning on starting up chip seal again now that they have the votes? Crelly's boards have bypassed the FC on most of proposed expenditures and contracts = non transparency/back to the dark ages.
The reps chose Crelly over a very good candidate as Katarina said. She's a prof'l road person. She sd the quotes discussed at the board mtg for LeviTrap and AggreBind were very high and she knows we can get similar products for a lot less. She was invited to the subcommittee's mtg to share her knowledge.
Finance Committee meetings are open to the membership. Please come visit.