PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS CONTRACT 4-1-09

Professional Computer Systems Co. Contract 4-1-09 Gennaro A. Marino P.E.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

The Borough still has not produced any public bids or bid documents or offered any reasons for a bid exemption for the contract that was awarded to Professional Computer Systems Co. for $185,000.
This contract will computerize billing for the Borough’s utilities. It is an update of the contract with New World Systems which was awarded by former Borough Manager\Treasurer Vettraino for $225,000 without a public bid and was unable to provide a satisfactory utility billing system.
As per the Borough Code any contract for over $10,000 shall be bid publicly unless it has an exemption. Borough Secretary Bonnie Bray in my Right to Know Request stated a section of the Borough Code that allows the exemption but did not state the provision of the section that applies. I asked her personally for the provision of the section and I am waiting for a reply.
This is another incident of the Borough Council, Mayor Green, Solicitors Mooney and Dietrich, Auditors Long & Barrell and some Borough employees circumventing the law to let out contracts to certain hand picked contractors which smacks of corruption.
The Borough Elected officials are obligated by the Borough Code to explain to the residents of the Borough how this contract was awarded. This information should be publicized without a Right to Know Law Request.
Gennaro A. Marino P.E.