03-28-2020, 09:25 AM
... at this moment in time oil prices are in the twenties it seems like ab excellent time... to get back into the paving activity again.
Thanks Rob, that's true.
When the original bond was signed a favorable price was also negotiated with the paving company. They would work at a reduced rate whenever they had no other projects. Not only are oil prices incredibly low right now, people are out of work. It might be an ideal time for a functioning board (if people allow it to function) to negotiate a contract at a discount rate with the pavers.
That is, if everybody paid their road dues which would put money in the HPPOA checking account, and if people weren't suing each other and preventing one board or another from functioning. Then contacts could be signed and materials purchased cheaply. We might get twice as much paving completed for the same amount of money as was possible last year when prices were higher.
The people who complain that their road isn't paved so won't pay their road maintenance fee, and the people who in one way the other obstruct a functioning board, might be the same HPP residents who prevent their own streets from getting pavement.
For your consideration.
Full disclosure: my road is paved, I paid my road bill, I knew the person (my neighbor) who signed the original paving contracts and I spoke with him about it on multiple occasions.
Thanks Rob, that's true.
When the original bond was signed a favorable price was also negotiated with the paving company. They would work at a reduced rate whenever they had no other projects. Not only are oil prices incredibly low right now, people are out of work. It might be an ideal time for a functioning board (if people allow it to function) to negotiate a contract at a discount rate with the pavers.
That is, if everybody paid their road dues which would put money in the HPPOA checking account, and if people weren't suing each other and preventing one board or another from functioning. Then contacts could be signed and materials purchased cheaply. We might get twice as much paving completed for the same amount of money as was possible last year when prices were higher.
The people who complain that their road isn't paved so won't pay their road maintenance fee, and the people who in one way the other obstruct a functioning board, might be the same HPP residents who prevent their own streets from getting pavement.
For your consideration.
Full disclosure: my road is paved, I paid my road bill, I knew the person (my neighbor) who signed the original paving contracts and I spoke with him about it on multiple occasions.
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