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Council member urges contract review after sewer lateral collapse, questions $10,000+ payment
Summary
A council member pressed city leaders for a public review and legal analysis after the city paid a contractor more than $10,000 following a sewer lateral collapse discovered during street work; the city administrator said the damage appeared to be an "unforeseen circumstance."
An Erlanger council member raised a series of public questions at the Aug. 5 meeting after the city issued a payment of "$10,000 plus" to a contractor following the collapse of a sewer lateral discovered during a street-repair project.
The council member asked why subsurface sewer lines had not been marked, whether the regional sewer authority (SD1) had been contacted, whether the contractor was negligent, and whether the city attorney had reviewed the contractor's obligations under the contract. "I don't feel like this $10,000 plus should have been a check should not have been written, without further investigation being done," the council member said, urging a public discussion and a contract review.
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