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Delaware County Daily Times

Location

Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1983

Page

4

Delaware County awards five jail renovation contracts

Delaware County Council awarded five bids Tuesday for jail renovations including heating at 754000 dollars plumbing at 228008 dollars electrical at 416360 dollars and detention windows at 610599 dollars. Bordendale Driver Examination Bureau at Bordendale Road and Old Middletown Road will close Saturday and Monday with hours returning Tuesday. Prospect Park approves 1964 budget of 1,140,275 along with a 2 mill real estate tax increase and 85.5 mill levy for 1984 raising about 213.75 dollars on a 2500 property.

Delaware County Council Delaware Coun DMB Mechanical Systems, Inc Armor and Sons Electric T. Koch Corp Middletown Township Bordendale Bordendale Road Old Middletown Road Corp Martin Jeffers Prospect Park

Probe of bridge crew uncovers tax abuses in county funds

A four part series details Delaware County efforts to track liquid fuel tax money. Former controller Thomas Lynch highlighted misallocation and possible fraud by the bridge crew and contractors, with millions in contracts and questionable bids examined from 1977 to 1980.

Ware County William Alnor Daily Times Weller GOP Thomas Lynch Lynch District Attorney’s Office Delaware County Council Roberts Road Ithan Creek Radnor Thornbury Delaware County District Attorney’s Office County Council

County disbands bridge crew under tax fund review

The Daily Times found the 1960 District Attorney report recommendations largely adopted after a 1979 bridge crew breakup. Former controller Lynch aided changes saving up to 75000 annually. Public Works tightened controls, reduced emergency contracts, and opened repair files under Bob Keates.

Daily Times Thomas Lynch County Parks Department Lynch County Public Works Department Public Works Bob Keates

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