Tuesday, part one: Kevin Stine, a Medford City Council member, responds to Ankerberg.

Curt Ankerberg is misinformed.

There is public bidding for the Fire Station 15 project.

Kevin Stine, a Medford City Council member for 10 years, responded to Ankerberg's letter to the council.  

Kevin Stine

Stine ignored mayoral candidate Curt Ankerberg's comments calling the City Council "dumbasses" and "corrupt trash." Ankerberg used those and other words in a letter to the Council I published verbatim yesterday. Stine addressed the two substantive elements of Ankerberg's letter. Could Fire Station 15 be repaired rather than replaced, as Ankerberg asserted? And is the contract to rebuild it a "NO-BID contract to Outlier Construction" as Ankerberg also asserted?

Kevin Stine wrote:

No. There is not adequate rehab for the 50 year old building. The station should have been replaced long ago and it is the right move to get it done. Much has been written about the teeter-totter toilets at the current station. The new fire station will be on the same site, but will be bigger and designed in such a way as to hold a second EMS team, being a great benefit for the citizens of Medford.

There was a public RFP for the awardee to be part of the Construction Manager/General Contractor process. Basically this has the architect work with the construction company to look for ways to keep the project moving forward and keep within budget. There can be times where there is value-engineering to keep costs down.

Any comments that Medford doesn't utilize proper processes when agreeing on contracts is erroneous. Oregon law has very strict requirements for building public facilities, and the City of Medford adheres to all laws and regulations.

Kevin Stine lives in West Medford with his wife and daughter. He served nine years in the U.S. Navy with three deployments aboard submarines. He is a Navy Reservist and a substitute teacher in the Medford schools.

Curt Ankerberg is a Republican, a Trump supporter, and a frequent candidate for local political offices.

Note: The City of Medford website currently has this notice of current bid opportunities with a link to announcement of bids for Fire Station 15: Click here.

That link leads to this PDF file:

Click here

This is the first of two short posts today.

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