Bill Fay
The man speaking is Bill Fay, the former Associated Superintendent of Operations at the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD). Prior to this meeting in February 2014 he was considered by some of the Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) as part of the problem with the bond construction program. He was involuntarily let go shortly after this was put on the web with a controversial severance package (see Charles Cowens original post).
The second speaker for the District is my good friend and former boss, Martin Coyne. Some of the CBOC committee members are (not comprehensive): Tom Waller, Ken Jett, Charles Cowens, and Ivette Rico (Committee Chair).
The most important ten minutes I’ve ever spent in a meeting. It explains fairly succinctly much of what has gone wrong with District’s building program. “Scope Driven” was a phrase frequently used by the former Board President to justify decisions. So understanding what it means is important.
The question of the District paying for Architect’s mistakes (“errors and omissions”) also comes up. The industry standard is that the architect pays. In this District to date, the District pays. Worse than that, we not only pay the contractor to make the fix, we pay the architect for the extra time to design the fix. It doesn’t feel good no matter how you look at it.
Dennis Clay 