Remarks by Erika Pierce
7 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 23:32
“Thank you. So specifically thinking about some of these very large projects, I know we always keep an eye to what this means for the rate payers who are in the district. We know costs overall have been going up, both operating and capital costs, not because of anything we're doing, but because of factors outside of our control, whether it's the cost of chemicals or the construction costs and now interest rates, all those things. So for the very large project in Yonkers, for example, do we have any outside money that might be helping, grant money, anything that we can braid in here to help…”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 25:40
“And I guess to some extent possibly also for the folks with septics, because all that septic effluent is effectively making its way down there, so you could change the fees connected with that, too, if you need. Yes?”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 26:07
“So just the last question. So we had a couple of these items where there were cost escalations. I know you're constantly now building into your expectations now cost escalations. So we're not always seeing them as evidently as we would if you have to specifically ask for extra money. But what are we seeing at the current level? RATES? DO WE HAVE A GENERAL SENSE OF HOW MUCH COSTS ARE INCREASING FOR US YEAR AFTER YEAR ON THIS PROJECT AT THIS POINT?”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 27:16
“Plus, you have consultants on the clock. Right. Yes.”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 27:37
“And everyone we're going to contract with is doing the same math and are giving us higher bids because they are trying to gain what they think they're going to be seeing by the time they get to their project.”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 28:33
“Especially as many of these hopeful contractees are no longer holding their bids for a very long period of time, so they don't even have the window to catch up.”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026
- Play at 35:32
“Yeah, and this may be a conversation that we have to reboot with DPW as a starting point. But we had talked a year or two years ago about improving the reporting and having regular reporting to us on capital projects. And we have not seen the fruit of that labor. I don't know if that labor has actually even happened. I know there might have been some IT components to kind of make it all come together. But there was a specific ask and it was, you know, one that I think was well thought out and well received. to have regular reporting for these major capital projects so we can all see without…”
Committees · Oct 19, 2026