Sunday, January 6, 2008

City engineer cashes in


"City officials in Wilmington have grumbled for years about how much the city pays each year for professional services, but this year's payments to the city engineers has led to discussions about creating an in-house engineering position." This according to a recent article in the Free Press newspapers.

It seems the City of Wilmington paid engineers over $221,000 last year. The city council is so upset by the expense that it is considering moving engineering services in-house.

Morris should be so lucky.

According to the City of Morris Treasurer's Report published in the Morris Daily Herald, the city of Morris paid Chamlin & Associates engineers a whopping $826,972 last fiscal year.

Payments to Chamlin ballooned 39% percent over the previous year, when the city of Morris paid Chamlin $593,346.

To put this in perspective, if we allow for weekends and holidays, the city of Morris paid Chamlin $3,269 per day, for each and every working day of the year.