A Sign That Noone Sees, Just Signs Of The Times In Lisbon

WHY CAN’T WE SEE

During the last council meeting, the town council instructed Ryan Leighton to redo the bid process for the Route 196 Sewer Project.  As I understand the Town Charter, the Chief Administrative Officer is responsible to the town council to ensure the councils guidance is complied with.  I have been told Ryan Leighton did put a notice in the local newspaper requesting formal bids on this project.

On the Town of Lisbon web site there is a section called Bid/RFP.  This section is to record Bid/RFP’s processing in order to keep residents informed and to allow them an opportunity to attend the “Bid Opening” ceremony in accordance with Section 86-34 (b).  However it also states “The town manager, or town council, where, appropriate, will have the authority to waive the formalities of this bidding process should it be determined to be in the town’s best interest.

The only time I can think when the town manager or town council could waiver this requirement is when they are trying to cover up illegal activity.  So now we come to the real problem.  Why is the Chief Administrative Officer not making sure the Bid/RFP information is posted to the town web site so residents can be kept in the loop.  Remember, the bids are to be opened in public to make the process legal?

The individual who should be posting this information to the web site is Ryan Leighton, however, it is the responsibility of the Chief Administrative Officer, Eldridge to ensure Leighton does his job.  In this case, neither one of these individuals have completed the required task.  They both are receiving taxpayer’s dollars and not performing their duties.  More tax dollars going to waste.

Can anyone in the Town of Lisbon see a pattern of incompetency here?  Can the town council force the town manager to do his job and update the town web site to reflect all Bids/RFP pending?

Larry A. Fillmore
Concerned Citizen