Finance Committee - 01/06/2021 Page 3
Alderwoman Lu
Here, | can hear you, | am practicing social distancing, and | am alone.
Mayor Donchess
Alright, good. Ms. Colquhoun could you please proceed.
Laura Colquhoun My name is Laura Colquhoun and | am 30 Greenwood Drive. | am a little confused by the
item Re: Renovations for City Hall being charged to the GOFERR Funds. When | received the GOFERR Fund
Schedule from the Mayor back in August, it stated that it was already overdrawn by approximately a half a
million dollars. And that figure did not include any renovations to City Hall. | just received the actual bills that
the City sent to the State to back up the approximately $2,100,000.00 GOFERR Funds received by the City.
And these invoices show that the City overspent by $372,000.00. So how can the Finance Committee approve
bills against an account that is already overdrawn?
| have noticed that some of the GOFERR Expense Bills have been charged to the FEMA Account, which the
City knows will not be paid by FEMA to the City. So why is the City still stating that these expenses are
GOFERR charges, when they are clearly not? Is the City playing hide and seek with the residents so that they
do not know how much money the Mayor is spending? Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
Alright, thank you very much. Any other members of the public want to address the Committee? If not we will
go to Communications.
COMMUNICATIONS
From: Kelly Parkinson, Purchasing Manager
Re: Lead Inspection/Risk Assessment Services in the amount not to exceed $336,000 funded from account
54225 Lead Hazard Control Grant: Inspection Services
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AWARD THE
CONTRACT FOR THE LEAD PAINT RISK ASESSMENT/INSPECTION SERVICES TO ALCHEMY LEAD
MANAGEMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $336,000. FUNDING WILL BE THROUGH
DEPARTMENT 184 URBAN PROGRAMS; ACCOUNT 54225 LEAD PAINT BASED PAINT HAZARD
CONTROL GRANT, BY ROLL CALL.
ON THE QUESTION
Mayor Donchess
Thank you. Before | turn this over to Ms. Schena, this is, of course, being funded by a multimillion dollar grant
received for lead abatement. Ms. Carrie Schena and her staff have done a really great job in yet again being
awarded this competitive, multi-year grant. It should be de-lead many units also once they are de-leaded they
become affordable and have a rent restriction for five years after the work is done. With that | see Ms. Schena
is with us, so | will turn this over to her to have her explain what the specifics of this contract are about.
Carrie Schena, Urban Programs Department Manager
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It is Carrie Schena, Manager of the Urban Programs Department. As the Mayor said,
this is a multi-million dollar grant, the total amount being $5.7 million dollars. It will run for three and a half
years and we will hope to address hazards in about 210 maybe 250 units depending on how far we can stretch
that budget. This contract was put out for proposals; we received two responses. The contractor, Alchemy
Lead Management is actually under contract or just finishing up their contract for the grant we just closed out.
