Listen as former Mayor Cathy VanRisseghem states this would normally cost 15K. Then Greg explains and says something about costing 20K to have a design plan. Listen for yourself and decide if you think this was on the up and up.
Now listen as former Mayor Cathy VanRisseghem urges council to hire SEH (Greg Kimmans former employer) to design a plan for the Little Falls Area Recreational Complex. Why wasn't there a bidding process for this design job? Greg Kimman was hired as the Public Works Director, shortly after he offered to design the plan for a much discounted rate. The city has a policy for accepting donations, and SEH or Greg, never filled out a donation form, and the city of Little Falls never accepted this gift. This seems to violate city policy and looks to me like Greg bought his job. This sure seems like a conflict of interest if there ever was one.
At the very least, the city should have put an ad for bids so other firms could have stated their fee to perform the same service.
Lori Kasella answers Robin Hensels questions about the discounted design from SEH and Greg Kimman.
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