I was always taught, in order
to extend the life of your equipment, to perform timely routine
maintenance. I think most people now a
day understand the value in this; that is with the exception of our Public
Works Director, E. Ryan Leighton and our Town Manager, Diane Barnes.
Let’s take a simple case of
the Asphalt Reclaimer the people purchased to take care of potholes in the
winter. This piece of equipment cost the
people $31,490.00 back in September 2, 2014.
The Asphalt Reclaimer arrived on or about January 23, 2015. For two years and one month, the town has NOT
performed any maintenance on this piece of equipment. After two requests for the maintenance
record, the Town Manager, Diane Barnes, notified me that the Asphalt Reclaimer
was going to have maintenance performed on it on or about Monday, January 30,
2017.
Since July 1, 2016 until
March 1, 2017 the Asphalt Reclaimer has 45 hours of use on it. Does anyone still wonder why the town of
Lisbon is full of potholes? Anyone with
common sense would start with roads/streets or access ways that are heavily
traveled to repair first. I do not know
of any road/street/access way traveled more that the access way at the Public
works Garage because almost everyone utilizes the Transfer Station.
So every year, we go through
the same situation with potholes throughout the access way. What’s more, neither E. Ryan Leighton nor
Diane Barnes has the common sense to put warning devices to warn drivers of
these potholes until they can be repaired.
Think about this; how far does the Asphalt Reclaimer have to travel to
repair the access way?
This Asphalt Reclaimer was
purchased to resolve the town’s problem of potholes and has it been utilized to
do this. I think NOT. How many other devices that should require
timely routine maintenance are receiving timely maintenance? How long are we going to be able to keep
these devices operational before we have to replace it? E Ryan Leighton does not live in town and
does not have to pay for replacing these devices. He is quick to want to replace worn out
equipment but will do nothing to prolong the life of these devices.
What do you expect when you
have an individual with no credentials in charge of Public Works? We never had this problem with Button Beale
was the Public Works Director.
Larry Fillmore
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