Boy, it certainly never seems to end over there at the Calvert Building (aka Old City Hall, aka the $1.5 million dollar debacle) which was completed in November of 2019.
First it was the shitty and overpriced elevator, which is STILL under a maintenance contract that costs the City over $5,800 per year (grand total $27,000 since building was finished).
THEN it was the wildly overpriced and complex AC system that just required a $20,000 fix for “new computer brains” on the thermostat. In fact, they are talking about buying ANOTHER AC unit for part of the building to “keep all the ($96,000) AV equipment safe” in case of yet another AC failure.
NOW we hear about leaks after recent rains (page 83)! And ALL this stuff is in a building roughly 5 years old that sees very little use.
LOL. My god. Everything Finley and Misti touched between 2017 and 2021 truly turned to shit eventually: Old City Hall, Brodie Estates, Hostess House and the Business Park. They are 0 for 4 lifetime. Pathetic.
A shitty roof is really hard for me to believe, because when the City paid $229,000 for the exact same building they had previously SOLD for $75,000 (yes, that is actually what happened) Finley told us that getting face-raped for about $150,000 was actually a great deal because the guy who sold it back to the City made improvements to “the electrical, the windows and A NEW ROOF.”
THEN JNW Architects collected a fat check after declaring the building “structurally sound” in May 2016. But THEN, in September of 2018, City council approved ANOTHER $45,000 for a NEW ROOF! Something I pointed out was insane seven years ago!
So to say they have been raked over the coals REPEATEDLY on the roof is an understatement. Yet here we are again, with “leaks” in the building.
Amazing.