Posts Tagged “Jon A. Bragalone”

I decided to take time from cleaning the gutters today to give a small retrospective of Mayor Henry’s term in office. I’ve listed below some of Henry’s major non-accomplishments. It’s not all-encompassing, so feel free to add your thoughts in the comments section.

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Tags: Budget, Earth First, Fort Wayne City Council, Glynn Hines, Gregg Walbridge, Hardball Capital, Harrison Square, I&M, Jerry Henry, John Shoaff, Jon A. Bragalone, Karen Goldner, Liz Brown, Marty Bender, Monosodium Glutamate, National Serv-All, Tim Pape, Tom Didier, Tom Henry, Vince Robinson

Karen Goldner has revealed why she doesn’t think Earth First would cut it as the city’s garbage vender, via FWP.

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Tags: Earth First, Jerry Henry, Jon A. Bragalone, Karen Goldner, National Serv-All, Tom Henry

In an article by Ben Lanka this morning, Tim Pape is just now admitting one of his business partners owns 5% of Earth First. On top of that, his law firm represents them. We should have caught that when we posted here, who was the registered agent of Earth First.

Jon A. Bragalone
1400 One Summit Square
Fort Wayne , IN 46802

Bragalone is an attorney with Carson Boxberger, LLP along with councilman Pape.

Pape disclosed that one of his law partners represents Earth First and is a 5 percent owner of the company.

He said it was a good thing the city has received competition for this service and noted that Earth First’s proposal was the least expensive of all the others.

“If we get competition for the garbage contract, we save millions,” Pape said.

Question. How would he know it was millions unless he saw the contract?

Now, City Council Attorney Joe Bonahoom is stating that the RFP process should not have been used, and the contract should be re-bid. We questioned the use of an RFP yesterday.

This is a $9 million a year contract, and typically cities issue a call for competitive bids for contracts of this scope. This contract was not placed for bid. Instead, there was a call for “request-for-proposals,” or RFP’s. This allowed the city to pick whomever they deem best suited for the job.

Also, on WOWO last FWP is reporting he heard that Gregg Walbridge, president of Earth First stated Jerry Henry has given up his 5% stake in the company. I assume he still owns the transfer station, Summit Recycling.

Lanka is also reporting that the city is once again sitting down again with National Serv-all to discuss extending their existing contract.

Here’s a point I’ve not hit on. Personally, I don’t think the city should be in the garbage business. Let private enterprise determine who services the residents. I liked it better when I had a choice. But no, Graham Richard had to buy 80,000 containers at a cost of $3.7 million to make sure the streets looked pretty and all of the dumpsters were one color.

Why not require residents to use a dumpster from whichever service they use and get the hell out of the garbage business?

Tags: Earth First, Fort Wayne City Council, Jerry Henry, Jon A. Bragalone, National Serv-All, Tim Pape, Tom Henry