Vieste and London- Witte’s Running Tab on the Capital Projects Management Claims

Vieste and London- Witte’s Running Tab on the Capital Projects Management Claims presented at the last commissioner’s meeting and signed by Messmore,County Administrator, and Dick Robertson, Vieste Representative. They are to be paid at the first April Commissioner meeting. Details are below:

PSA Dewberry presented a separate claim for programming and schematic design (with a not to exceed amount of $325,000) on the Justice Center for total billing $11,713.44 specifying :

Architect I -21.3 hrs x $60= $1278
Architect VII -75 hrs x $130- $9750
Eng/Plan/LA I -1 hr x $65= $65
Eng/Plan/LA VII- 4.5 hrs x $130 = $585
Tech Ass’t III - 0.5 hrs x $55= $27.50
Direct deliveries $7.94

London Witte presented a detailed billing for their financial work from 8/16 – 12/31/2006 totalling $30,000 with $7,500 temporary deferral = $22,500.

There are 7 pages of details on meeting dates and hours, postage, travel time (not mileage but actual paying hourly for travel) For example- on 12/20/2006 the detail shows:
Meeting in Lawrenceburg – no hours- $89
Travel to Lawrenceburg for team meeting- 2 hrs= $400
Prepare and participate in group/team meeting -2.75 hrs=$550
Return form group meeting in Lawrenceburg- 2 hrs= $400
Total for 12/20/2006 for Higgins work and travel is: $1439
Higgins works at $200/hr, Scarafia works at $70/hr, Miller works at $70/hr, Swintz works at $175/hr on this invoice for 2006 from London Witte.

Vieste presented billing with little detail for $67,814.97

Invoice shows $5,000 for master plan services for PSA Dewberry (as subcontracted to Vieste)- no details- just 2/3 completed of $7500= $5000

Mileage for Jan and Feb 2007 for Mark Branaman of 1736 miles for $437.47 Details show DCCPM, MAP, MAEP, and Wabash-Agrienergy mileage.

Vieste Capital Program Management Feb 2007 Criminal Justice Facility $62,377.50- NO DETAILS ON THIS PORTION!

Pickens also noted that Vieste was paid twice prior to this for $22,500 and $15,000. Those claims were published previously in the local paper.

Total of all the above is $139,527.41

This money comes from the $612,000 that was set aside for the Justice Center Project.
Per Pickens- Vieste’s contract, which was signed in Sept 2006, was for $120,000 with deferred payments in it. When presented at meetings we were told $30,000 for 2006 and $30,000 for 2007.

Pickens said it’s a 75/25% split with Vieste ($90,000) and London Witte ($30,000) and nearly a 50/50% split between Justice Center and the NW Quad. Of this $120,000, half will come out of the $612,000 for the Justice Center and the other half will come out of the economic development fund, if appropriated in July.

Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township