Where's The Sewer Program Report: Raptakis

From RI Legislator: State Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis (D-Dist. 33, Coventry, East Greenwich, West Greenwich) is calling on the Coventry Town Council and Citrin Cooperman to update the town’s taxpayers on the report Citrin Cooperman had been hired to deliver on the town’s troubled sewer program. Coventry residents are paying $37,000 to Citrin Cooperman for the report, and the firm was hired in January, initially saying the report would take 60 to 90 days to complete.

“Accountability to the taxpayers of Coventry is once again being side-stepped regarding the disastrous sewer program being forced upon our residents. The taxpayers have paid for this report that is long-past due and leading members of the Town Council don’t seem to care. At the very least, the taxpayers deserve an update on this report that they have paid for, so I am calling on the Town Council to do their jobs and update the taxpayers on the report’s progress,” said Senator Raptakis.

In January, Coventry’s bi-partisan delegation at the State House asked that the state’s Auditor General, Dennis Hoyle, to investigate the town’s sewer program and the high costs being levied on taxpayers. Auditor General Hoyle accepted the request and his office has begun the process of a full audit on the program.

“Thank God that the Auditor General is looking into this calamity because the Town Council does not appear to be very concerned with the very real problems surrounding this program and the costs associated with it. The taxpayers deserve a local government that works for them and that is why I am calling on the council to remember who they work for and update the town’s taxpayers,” added Senator Raptakis.

Senator Raptakis has appeared before the Coventry Town Council on April 9 and April 26 calling for the report to be released. His requests on behalf of the sewer ratepayers and taxpayers of Coventry were rebuffed which is why Senator Raptakis felt the need to publicly demand that the council updates the public on the progress of the report.

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