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Council discussion spotlights $75,000 GPD contract and missed EPA asset-management deadline
Summary
Speakers at the Cortland City Council meeting raised questions about a $75,000 contract with GPD to produce an asset-management plan that had an Oct. 10 deadline with the EPA; staff said a letter to the EPA requested an additional year and the contract work is ongoing.
During the audience participation portion of a Cortland City Council meeting, a speaker asked about the status of a $75,000 contract the city paid to GPD for an asset-management plan that the speaker said was due Oct. 10 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A city representative in the discussion said a letter had been filed with the EPA requesting an additional year to complete the asset-management plan. Participants described the contract as ongoing and said GPD has been working to fulfill the obligation. One speaker said the city initially requested a four-year period to complete the work, but the EPA had granted two years; the city then requested a further extension.
No formal council action on the contract or the EPA filing was recorded in the transcript. Council participants raised questions about the timing and the city's internal oversight of contractor deadlines; one speaker said the work should have been started earlier and that the city had "procrastinated." Council staff indicated they would review the matter further.
No specific deliverable dates beyond the referenced Oct. 10 deadline or a new effective completion date were recorded in the meeting transcript.
