The Gateway Development Commission meetings must allow public comments live and Marc Molinaro of AFT must publish PMOC – New York Daily News reports
Tomorrow, the Bistate Gateway Development Commission has an official meeting with the commissioners participating at a distance by phone and the entirely excluded public, capable of watching only on video.
No live public comments will be authorized, only pre -recorded video declarations and written declarations in advance. These are not the same thing, especially since the resolutions to be voted are even available shortly before the meeting.
Since the commissioners can call, let the public also call. Or since GDC staff will be in person, the public also has in person.
Another way for the public to understand what is going on is in the monthly relationships prepared to follow the progress of the project on construction and costs. These are called the reports of project supervision of project management. There are also quarterly step reports prepared by the sponsor on all change orders exceeding $ 100,000.
These files should be published for all readings as soon as they are completed, without limiting themselves to GDC and other government entities, such as the Federal Transit Administration, which provides billions.
The CEO of GDC, Tom Prendergast, says that he does not disturb the reports of the published PMOC, but this should be done by the ALE. Ok, then the FTA should publish them.
Marc Molinaro, the former member of the Congress and director of the Dutchess county, was confirmed by the Senate last month to lead the FTA. Molinaro should order that the FTA immediately put on the Internet each PMOC and quarterly stage report for each project in the country.
The FTA should establish a complete document library of each monthly report for each project and each month add the new. It’s our money. Let’s see how it is spent.
