In a sudden about-face, the Winder City Council voted Tuesday night to end a contract for services in connection with a $4.9 million federal loan to finance a new public works complex.
Five of the council’s six members voted not to ratify or amend the 2004 engineering contract through which Keck & Wood Inc., without the council’s knowledge, was paid more than $30,000 to assist the city administration in the preparation of the federal loan application and the new project off Miles Patrick Road.
Mayor Chip Thompson noted that most of the company’s work already had been completed.
However, the council’s rejection of the contract likely spells the end to the administration’s plans to borrow $5 million to build a massive new city complex.
Winder council ends loan contract
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07/16/10 at 10:44 AM
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Thank you for seeing the error of the county's ways and not making the same mistake! This is not the time to ask struggling taxpayers & utility customers to pay for new government palaces. Well done.