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The contractor, Stamford Wrecking Company, complained that Melissa McCaw’s agency, the Office of Policy and Management, was undermining competitive bidding laws on school demolition and hazardous-material disposal contracts.
Newly obtained emails show OPM officials responded to complaints.
Attorneys for the town of Manchester and the former developers of the Parkade site are locked in disagreement over whether a deal between the two sides is null and void. Developer Michael Licamele, who is a principal of the Easton-based Manchester Parkade 1 LLC, the Parkade’s former developer, said he and his partner, Harry Freeman, would fight the town’s recent decision to pull the plug on negotiations for redevelopment of the Broad Street property that once held a retail plaza.
Developers that Manchester officials removed recently from the planned revival of the Manchester Parkade say their deal with the town is not null and void as the town claims.
The Manchester Mayor said the icy mix of weather always poses challenges to the department of public works, but it’s nothing they can’t handle.