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Resolutions Part 5 - The contracts
The first stories about Butler County’s dealings with Resolutions, Community Solutions broke on Tuesday. They were about $1.4 million in utility payments commissioners say they don’t remember approving, a cost savings deal that ended up costing nearly $400,000.
You can see the stories here and here.
In the wake of Sheriff Richard K. Jones closing the jail, we rushed to get this story out. But there were still numerous unanswered questions about Resolutions. Most of all, there was a shortage of contracts with the company, even though they had done millions of dollars of work for the county.
And documentation had begun to emerge, pursuant to a public records request I had put in with the county before. This included the county’s contract with Resolutions for the minimum security jail, which dated back to 1989. Here they are:
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And here is the county’s only other contract with Resolutions, for a court diversion program that ended in 2004:
This is it, according to the county. Note that there are no contracts for the renovation of the Court Street jail, which Resolutions oversaw.
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By Interested Taxpayer
June 13, 2009 3:30 PM | Link to this
Yates is a double-dipper who makes over $100,000 plus thousands in travel and the Judges are giving him way too much power.
By Morris
June 13, 2009 4:37 PM | Link to this
Why was where there no bids on the $1 million renovation of the court street jail?
By Homer
June 13, 2009 4:46 PM | Link to this
I’m sorry but the county administrator and the commissioner must be sleeping on the job, how else can someone miss it when this much money is being spent.
By John
June 16, 2009 8:57 AM | Link to this
I just can’t buy that the county administrator and the county commissioners didn’t know they were making these payments over the past two years, sorry but blaming Derek Conklin is getting a little old boys. Conklin, Fox, Combs, Turner, Hamblin and Rogers (and soon Duckett) are gone, you’ve all been there at least two years, it’s your problem, your mess and you guys wanted the job of fixing it, so shut up and fix it.
By KonstantinMiller
July 6, 2009 5:49 PM | Link to this
Hi. I like the way you write. Will you post some more articles?