Is This a Prank? Or We Just Need a Good Laugh Once in Awhile.
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Port Orange needs to stop paying annual dues to these type associations when their only function is to provide phony annual awards to those that pay that fee.
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Port Orange needs to stop paying annual dues to these type associations when their only function is to provide phony annual awards to those that pay that fee.
LET ME GO CHANGE MY DEPENDS.
REALLY?…REALLY? They can’t be serious. This is a sick twisted joke! They just ran off two employees because finance can’t track expenditures. Do you think they will present this.at a council meeting? Maybe they will be running the laugh track on POG TV. The four guidelines to qualify for this award are practically non-existent in Port Orange finance. Are we providing an excellent example to other governments throughout north America? It says so on the press release.
Hey, maybe Kisela can reclassify 5 more finance department positions upward to reward lack of performance, allow the comptroller to drive a few more good employees out of the department, give her a raise, and tell the council what a tremendous finance director his FCCMA MIT retread he hired is. You know, the one he won the Lifesaver award for hiring. I think that at the next council meeting there should be an item on the agenda to present Saunders with this prestigious accounting award and simultaneously present Kisela the FCCMA Lifesaver award for hiring Saunders.
Maybe we can have Ted Noftall be the master of ceremony and presenter of the official awards augmented by a special city award presentation. Ted can present Saunders with an empty golden cash register and piggy bank ensemble, and present Kisela a tee-shirt with an airbrushed role of Lifesavers with the word Lifesaver written across it. Ted can also present a joint award which will be a compound water meter mounted on a wooden stand displaying improper meter installation profile. Oh wait, maybe they should call back in their recently resigned MIT utility director to share in that award and his assistant director.
Hey everyone, lets help the Lifesaver out a little! I have something here that he can utilize to recognize members of his FCCMA MIT senior management team and butt kissing support staff. This is a way to divert attention away from all his and their malfeasance and put a positive spin on things.
http://www.youtube.com/user/funawards
Hey folks I have an idea for a joint award that can be given to the city manager, the recently resigned ex-utilities director, and the remaining assistant utilities director affectionately referred to as the tree amigos. You can take this award link and modify it with a video , pictures, and narration of the dozens of improperly installed large compound meters at large condominium complexes and in the narration describe the millions of dollars of lost utilities revenues to date.
Do you think that might be why the agenda item for more money for large meter replacement to be installed by Danus Construction Company was just pulled from the consent agenda after this information that the Lifesaver hasso desperately tried to suppress for so long has finally been made known?
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Youtube+Incompetence+Award&qpvt=Youtube+Incompetence+Award&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=6D915159E0FCFE3168A86D915159E0FCFE3168A8
I have written about these improperly installed large meters on a couple post on this site. Not only did the city waste big bucks installing them improperly, They are losing revenue also. If the truth ever comes out and the city decides to do something about it, the city will have go out and spend another fortune re-installing them properly.
No one seemed to pay attention to my previous posts on this subject. This could be the next big scandal. Get the chopping block ready. And the hits keep coming!
Mr Woodman,
Interesting to read your and Mr Clifton’s comments on the large meter replacement project. If I am reading the current Project Manager Report and the Danus Utilities contract extension (withdrawn from the current City Council agenda) correctly, the large meter replacement project is almost complete!! I seems that all but $6.00 of the $699,897.00 budgeted for the project has been spent or encumbered and Danus has replaced 22 of the 23 meters specified in their contract–HUBBA! HUBBA!
Now you guys are trying to bust my bubble with more inferences that all is not as it seems in the Public Utilities Department? That these meters may not have been installed properly and may not be working properly? Unfortunately, with all the management snafus in the department, it is all too easy to believe.
Mr Woodman, if I recall correctly, you mentioned once before that these meters require certain minimum lengths of straight pipe before and after the actual meter in order to function properly. Is this related to what you mean when you say they may be improperly installed? Seems like now would be the appropriate time for the City to do some checking–before the project is completely closed out. Maybe Councilman Ford can ask for another report that can be ignored by the Department head and City Manager.
Wish I had your level of expertise and experience–have lots of questions but nowhere to go for answers. If you get a chance, please look at the Change Order to the South Atlantic Ave and Ridgewood Ave Watermain Adjustments Project and tell me where on the plans I can find the addition of “Cap and Abandon Watermain” that was not in the original contract.
Thanks,
Mike Gardner
618 Ruth St
Port Orange, FL 32127
386-527-1959
manddgardner@cfl.rr.com
There is an example of an improperly installed large meter on Dunlawton just west of the Circle K next to the sidewalk that feeds the apartments. You need at least a 5 pipe diameter length of straight pipe before the meter and at least a 2 pipe diameter length of straight pipe after the meter as a general rule or it will not be accurate. This can vary slightly between manufacturers. You should check with manufacturer for proper installation. We have them all over like this. Take a picture and show it to council. You can google the information for proper installation of large meters.
As for the water main projects I would have to review the plans and talk to the project manager for an explanation. I can think of some possible scenarios for this but without reviewing the plans and talking to the project manager it would be conjecture. I doubt that I would be allowed to talk to anyone. I’m public enemy #1 to city management. They should bring the plans and explanation before council with enough advanced notice for them to be able to make an informed decision if they can trust what they are being told. We should all be very skeptical about anything coming out of management.
This is a tribute to all of the FCCMA Managers In Transition out there!
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Youtube+Tony+Clifton+I+Will+Survive&qpvt=Youtube+Tony+Clifton+I+Will+Survive&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=4421A1F2B7C6D11F4C114421A1F2B7C6D11F4C11
Pat please post the first page of this letter. Then all can see how it is expected to be presented.
Done, per your request (see above)
Just checked the managers office time stamp on the 2nd page you posted. I wonder why Kisela sat on this nonsense for more than 2 weeks. LOL
I do not see Mr. Kisela’s name on this anywhere. HMMM…. sudden transparency on someone else’s part?
You can only keep the lid on a septic tank for so long. Sooner or later it’s gonna back up and overflow and will have to be pumped out, costing money but it is simply something that must be done. I think it’s time for the Council to get serious and start pumping the shit out of the city.
This is a parody on how Greg Kisela’s exit interview will probably transpire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viRVZQeRumQ