Anderson, Indiana Jul 25, 2025 (Issuewire.com) - A local citizen investigator has uncovered what seems to be over $2.3 million in engineering and oversight costs tied to a single half-mile road project on Washington Street in Alexandria, despite public records showing the actual road construction contract was awarded for just $1.05 million. When asking Darcy VanErman specific questions regarding it, she says these numbers are wrong but NO AUDIT has been done or completed. Be reminded, INDOT says typically engineering/planning costs shouldn't exceed 6% of total construction costs. So it should have been 60 thousand....Yet we are seeing possibly 2.3+ MILLION.
The project, funded in part through INDOT and local utility accounts, has raised red flags across the state after Clerk-Treasurer Darcy VanErman admitted no internal audit has been performed and could not confirm whether overlapping engineering contracts were counted once or multiple times.
We found formal design contracts, three separate construction inspection contracts, and nearly $700,000 in invoices billed to water, sewer, stormwater, and road funds, says James Peters, a local resident who compiled the report. When you add it all up, theyve spent over twice as much on engineering as they did on actual construction. Thats not normal. Thats not legal.
The findings come as Alexandria city council members Jeremy VanErman, Roger Cuneo, Wendi Goens, Donna Key-Kerr, John Burdsall, and Amy McCurry deny any water safety issues, even while lab results confirm E. coli, and citizens are demanding answers. All the while, silence from Mayor Todd Naselroad. Mark Caldwell, the water superintendent, when asked via a live video call if he received an email requesting chlorine logs, denies it live, yet James Peters confirms he not only sent the email but has now forwarded it to both the mayor and Darcy VanErman.
Peters asked the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) direct yes-or-no questions at a public meeting but was cut short, spoken over, and denied answers.
Its all starting to connect, Peters said. The city has something to hide. And the state knows if the water spotlight stays on, the money trail will be next.
A full report has been compiled and may be submitted to the State Board of Accounts, the Attorney Generals Public Integrity Division, and the Indiana State Police.
For now, Peters is preparing to launch a series of public press campaigns and targeted outreach ads to ensure the community knows whats happening.
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This isnt about politics. Its about truth. Our town is being bled dry, our infrastructure is falling apart, and nobody wants to answer for it. Well, we will let the whole world know until they all have to answer for it.
Live Video of City Council Meeting
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.mullinssummers/videos/788768053820766
Full Dossier of Evidence
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ihq9B-ulfg7QrVoY7YzmyIdmD-HAs8Mk?usp=drive_link
Includes lab results, financial audits, videos, emails, screenshots, and full citizen testimony.
Source :Concerned Citizens of Alexandria
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