Columnist Ted Slowik writes: 'Rather than earning recognition for advocating transparency and accountability, Calumet City 1st Ward Ald. Michael Navarrete is a target of political harassment and intimidation.'
Calumet City Ald. James Patton, left, speaks with Ald. Michael Navarrete during Wednesday's City Council meeting at City Hall.
Imagine being asked to approve a contract that will jack up costs 50% from $8 million and having to request a recess during a public meeting so you could read the contract. The room was tense as Navarrete bravely made his request. Other aldermen rolled their eyes and fidgeted during a special meeting Wednesday.Jones seemed annoyed but granted a 10-minute recess so Navarrete could read the pact. Eventually the council voted 4-2 to approve a deal that will raise monthly rates to $31.
Answers to Navarrete’s questions were hard to come by. There were plenty of awkward silences and embarrassed expressions that might have hinted at some shame, but few answers. Why didn’t the city have better leverage during negotiations with Republic Services, its waste hauler? Why wasn’t there more competition? Why didn’t the city begin the process sooner to seek proposals from other companies?“I know my alderman to have a high level of expertise in these kinds of matters, contractual things, environmental things,” Grenchik said. “He does his due diligence.”
“If we go with the option to throw out this contract and go with the RFP, we still have to submit a RFP, which could take six months to get drafted and the city would be without garbage ,” Jones said.
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