HU PURCHASE ORDER DOES NOT EXIST 3-28-09

Purchase Order for HU Does not Exist 3-28-09
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Borough Elected Officials and Residents
Dear Elected Officials and Residents,
The fifth item on the Consent Agenda for the March 17, 2009 Council Meeting was: ratify the issuance of a Purchase Order to Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc., Old Bridge, N.J. in the amount of $119,511.87 for machinery and equipment for the transition of head end to digital.
In a FAX dated March 16, 2009, a day before the Council Meeting, sent to the Borough Council and Mayor Green I stated the Purchase Order was illegal because it was over $10,000 and was not bid publicly and any one who voted for it could be sued personally. My statement was correct because the request was withdrawn from the Agenda and was not voted on.
Yesterday Friday March 27, I personally went to the Borough Hall and asked Borough Secretary Bonnie Bray to see the Purchase Order. She called over Information Technology Director Frank Caruso, who heads HU, and he said the Purchase Order does not exist. I asked Secretary Bray who gave her the Purchase Order with the exact amount on it to the penny and she kept referring me to HU head Frank Caruso. Mr. Caruso attempted to explain why and how it does not exist and I stated a Borough representative had to give some one at Blonder Laboratories a list of specifications, work to be performed etc. and request a price. Mr. Caruso stated many times the Purchase Order does not exist.
I was then told that the work noted on the Purchase Order was given out by the Borough for public bid. I received the bid package and it had no date on it. I asked Secretary Bray why there was no date on it and she again referred me to Mr. Caruso. I then asked when the bid was advertised in the local newspaper and was told March 23, 2009 which was 6 days after the Purchase Order was to be ratified by the Borough Council. The omission of the date was an attempt to hide the fact that the Bid was given out after the date of the purchase Order
This is proof that all 6 members of the Borough Council, Mayor Green, Borough Solicitors Dietrich and Mooney, Auditors Long and Barrel, Borough Manager\Treasurer Khalife and other appointed Borough Employees were and are all aware and guilty of the many lies about the illegal Purchase Order and took part in the cover up of putting out an illegal bid.
At what Council Meeting did the Borough Council vote for the public bid and publish the bid in the local newspapers?
The Purchase Order is a violation of the Borough Code but the cover up, the late bid and lies about the Purchase Order are a deliberate act of falsifying HU and Borough financial records. This incident is far from over. I am still seeking more information about this incident and another contract for $185,000 that was not bid publicly.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.