By Scott Unger • Of the News-Register • 

City pursuing $180k mistakenly paid to Fackler

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Bigfootlives

That money is gone. FUBAR. Fackler likey spent the money to pay employee salaries or to finish other projects. Any likely hood of going after the contractor bond that contractor’s need to stay in business is probably too late. Those bonds are first come first served and go fast when a business defaults and if the city is not already in line it’s probably too late.

One more ho hum other people money? Any consequences? The cities attitude towards subcontractors should be a warning shot for subs before doing business with the city.

Remember this when Remy Drabkin runs for Mary Starrett’s commissioner seat.

leo

A clerical error was not Remy Drabkin's fault. So get over your rant bigfoot.

fiddler

Did the city contact any subs to ask if they were paid, or is it an assumption that Fackler deposited the check and didn't pay them?

If the subs were not paid, why wouldn't the citypay the subs and then recover from Fackler? The subs may have families to feed, rent to pay, etc., and paying them may help down the road when the city needs subs or contractors with the same subs. Why hold the subs hostage? Or maybe we don't need to worry about them because Fackler paid them--the article doesn't state what effort was made to contact the subs.

fiddler

What's going on with the "hundreds" of lawsuits against Lindsay?

tagup

If the money is being held in escrow, then the subs likely haven’t been paid.
They way I understand this article was the checks were to pay the subs, that’s why they should have been two-party checks…..you think the city should pay the subs again?
The entire “clerical error” excuse is a cop out….management dropped the ball & didn’t follow through to make sure the deal was completed correctly.

Who is (was) the city’s project manager for this? Anyone? Extremely poor oversight for taxpayers money.

Bigfootlives

The city needs to pay the subs, companies go bankrupt, especially with the inflation during the Biden nightmare. If you had a small family business would you think twice being a sub on a city project given their stance here? I sold a project to west linn wilsonville school district for the new Frog Pond elementary school. The general contractor, Emerick Const went bankrupt halfway through, not paying subs, the SD fired them, hired a new GC and made sure all of the subs affected were brought current before seeking restitution from Emerick. They value their subs. This is ongoing right know, you can google it. The city is washing their hands of it, either way, the city will be considering the matter closed according to city attorney Lightenberg.

This was Drabkin’s pet project and used a half million in ARRP money that could have reduced the funding gap being paid in perpetuity by city taxpayers via W&L fees. It could have also been used for the 3 million dollar mess she left the city with on her way out the door. Her other pet project is the RBRubber cite that will be given away leaving residents a $21k monthly interest payment and a $4 million dollar balloon payment on the horizon.

Given the situation this project is in, you would think that this “clerical error” would not have been made and at the least spotted when the check was processed and hopefully double checked by the person responsible for the project.

I looked and looked but couldn’t find the $5 million dollar boondoggle that Lindsay left us with. Please refresh my memory.

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