COUNTY CONSIDERING FINE FOR LIBRARY CONTRACTOR.Byline: Kermit Pattison Daily News Staff Writer The county may levy a fine of more than $1,000 against the contractor building an expansion to the Moorpark Library for violating state law. County officials say RCO RCO Remote Communications Outlet RCO Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra RCO Recycling Council of Ontario (Canada) RCO Royal College of Organists (UK) RCO Rear Commodore RCO Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer Construction Co. of Encino violated the state Public Contract Code by illegally substituting plumbing subcontractors on the library project. ``We do not run around like the Gestapo snooping and trying to find every minute violation,'' said Robert Quinn, Ventura County deputy director of public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . ``But we do highlight this law because it is a protection of the public and the small subcontractors.'' In its original proposal, RCO listed Caspian Plumbing as a subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. for $10,250 in plumbing work, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. county records. But Caspian Plumbing did no work on the library. Instead, Loris Plumbing completed the job, officials said. ``We contacted both subcontractors,'' said Quinn. ``The original one said `We were ready to do the work and we wanted to do it but the prime contractor said he decided to use somebody else.' '' The state Public Contract Code requires contractors to list subcontractors for different facets of projects and secure consent from the county for any changes. But public works officials say RCO failed to notify the county of the substitution, subjecting the company to a fine equal to 10 percent of the plumbing subcontract sub·con·tract n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party. intr. & tr.v. sub·con·tract·ed, sub·con·tract·ing, sub·con·tracts . ``There was no effort to hide it,'' said Quinn. ``Whether they honestly didn't think about it or forgot or said `ah hell, it's worth the risk' - we'll never know.'' Representatives from RCO could not be reached for comment Thursday. The Ventura County Public Works Agency has recommended a fine of $1,025 against the contractor. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. will hold a public hearing on the proposed penalty Tuesday. Although state law allows the county to fire the contractor for the violation, Quinn said public works officials decided against canceling the contract because RCO had performed well on most other aspects of the job and because the expansion was nearing completion. In October, the supervisors awarded RCO the $279,849 contract to build a 2,717-square-foot addition to the Moorpark Library at 699 Moorpark Ave. The expansion will more than double the library space and relieve chronic overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. of tables, chairs and bookshelves. |
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