Friday, December 14, 2012
FBI subpoenas communications and documents stemming from bid process and selection of contractor to replace Oak Lawn public works building roof. Village officials pledge to fully cooperate with criminal investigation.
Several Oak Lawn village officials were served slapped with federal subpoenas on Thursday after the FBI launched a criminal investigation into possible conract bid tampering. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Oak Lawn Village Manager Larry Deetjen confirmed that members of the village board and executive staff, were served at the Chicago law office of the village’s legal counsel. “We’re cooperating fully with the investigation and turning over all the requested documents,” the village manager said. The FBI has requested all documents, including meeting minutes, proposals, bid specifications, bids, internal and external correspondence and email communications concerning the bid process and selection of a …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Village manager says procedures were not followed in assembling proper bids amid accusations of bid steering at politically charged board meeting.
New details emerged during Tuesday’s village board meeting about a $166,085 contract that was awarded to a roofing company that employs the brother of an Oak Lawn trustee. Village Manager Larry Deetjen said that procedures were not followed when requests for bids went out to replace the roof on the Oak Lawn public works building at 98th Street and Central Avenue. Follow Oak Lawn Patch on Facebook. Deetjen asked the village board to rescind a contract to Adler Roofing Co., of Joliet, where Trustee Bob Streit’s brother is employed as an estimator. The Oak Lawn Village Board voted 4-3 on Nov. 27 to give the contract to Alder, even though it was not the lowest bid. The village manager said that public works staff misinterpreted a phrase in the…
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Roofing contractor gets taste of doing business with the Village of Oak Lawn after his bid is rejected in favor of higher bidding company with ties to to Oak Lawn trustee.
With its reputation for bare-fisted politics mounting, Oak Lawn has earned another distinction: the village is now worse to do business with than Cicero. A Des Plaines roofing contractor says he never saw the punch coming when his recent low bid to replace the leaking roof at the public works facility was rejected in favor of a higher bidder with family ties to a village trustee. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. “Oak Lawn is very political, more so than others, and I’ve dealt with Cicero,” said Dominic Dunlap, owner of DCG Roofing Solutions. Although technically never in the running because he did not include a start date in his bid package, the Oak Lawn Village Board voted 4-3 to reward the contract to …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Village is likely to rescind bid awarded to company to replace the Oak Lawn public works' facility roof because bid specifications were not clear.
A bid to replace the leaking roof at the Oak Lawn Public Works streets and sewer facility at 98th Street and Central Avenue is likely to be rescinded after questions arose about ambiguous bid specifications. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. The Oak Lawn Village Board voted 4 to 3 to award a $166,085 contract to Adler Roofing of Joliet at the Nov. 27 village board meeting—even though Adler was not the lowest bidder. Seven roofing companies submitted bids to the village in response to a request for proposals. Adler was the fourth lowest bidder, whose alternate bid of $166,085 was $4,909 more than the lowest bidder, DCG Roofing Solutions of Des Plaines, which bid $161,175. DCG also submitted an alternate bid…
andy skoundrianos
6:42 pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Dave, unlike most bloggers whoever they are ,I admit who l support and who l used to support. Politicians make deals,I don't . I have not changed positions because of backroom deals and allegiances. Mr.Streit and Mr. Heilmann have. I own everything I say or do. more ›