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June 5, 2008

Dominic J. Scaglione, Inspector General
County of Essex
Hall of Records
465 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Rm. 519
Newark, NJ, 07102

Re: OPRA Request Re. Shauger Group

Dear Mr. Scaglione:

Attached, please find the OPRA (Open Public Records Act) request CWA Local 1081 has filed on this date with Al Fusco, the Custodian for the County of Essex, “to be provided by the County of Essex with copies of all documents related to the Inspector General’s investigation of a purported overpayment of $320,000 to the Shauger Group for building maintenance, landscaping and snow removal services, including the memorialized final findings of the investigation”.

If you will please recall, our Union wrote you the attached letter of April 13, 2008 requesting the outcome of your investigation of this matter. However, to date, we’ve received no rejoinder.

Sincerely


David H. Weiner, President
CWA Local 1081




C: Joseph DiVincenzo
Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders
Joyce Wilson Harley, Esq.
Lynn Buckley
Stephen Weissman, Esq

April 13, 2008

Dominic J. Scaglione, Inspector General
County of Essex
Hall of Records
465 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Rm. 519
Newark, NJ, 07102

Re: Investigation of Shauger Group

Dear Mr. Scaglione:

Attached, please find the missive of February 10, 2008 CWA Local 1081 wrote Essex County Administrator Joyce Wilson Harley, Esq. in which our Union noted, and asked, the following:

In October, 2007, it was reported in The Star Ledger that “The Essex County Inspector General is investigating the county vocational school district’s overpayment of $360,000 to a pair of vendors without the school board’s consent”. “The first contract being examined is a one-year agreement for $320,000 with the East Orange-based Shauger Group for building maintenance, landscaping and snow removal”, with Inspector General Dominick Scaglione quoted as asserting that “nine months and $250,000 were added to that contract without board approval”. What was the outcome of Inspector General Scaglione’s investigation?

When our Union met with Ms. Wilson Harley on March 10, 2008 to discuss twenty-one (21) for the most part unrequited epistles our Union had written the Administration regarding County expenditures, she stated she was unaware of the outcome of your above cited investigation. Please provide our Union a memorialized recounting of your investigation’s conclusion.

Sincerely


David H. Weiner, President
CWA Local 1081

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