Gop Slams Contract for Power Plant As Illegal ; Officials Say Jail Project Should Be Publicly Bid
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › October 22, 2004
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Bergen County illegally approved a contract to build a cogeneration power plant at the county jail, Republican officials claimed Thursday.
Republican Freeholder Elizabeth Randall and Sheriff Joel Trella said the county's Democratic freeholder majority and Democratic administration were required under state law to publicly bid the project, which was awarded to a firm owned by a major donor to the county Democratic organization.See the full content of this document
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Gop Slams Contract for Power Plant As Illegal ; Officials Say Jail Project Should Be Publicly Bid
Democrats have said the cogeneration plant, which will cost the county roughly $3 million, will save an average of $230,000 a year for the next 25 years on the jail's utility bills.
The contract has...See the full content of this document
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