John Kay

John Kay had been executive director of Uintah County's road department for just about seven months when he found what he said were "serious engineering ......(Continue Reading)

"There isn't a day that goes by that some vehicle that exceeds the 15 ton weight goes across the bridge," said John Kay, Uintah County Road Superintendent.

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Man arrested after evading deputy

Monday last week, at about 10 a.m. a man was arrest by Uintah County Sheriff's Deputies for evading and alcohol violations.

On the heels of another lawsuit recently unsealed from federal court, Uintah County is facing a similar suit filed by the county's former road foreman, John Kay.

Kay was appointed executive director of roads and GIS by Uintah County Commissioners, Lloyd Swain, Cloyd Harrison and Dave Haslem on April 1, 2001.
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In the suit Kay contends that on Dec. 1, 2001 he discovered serious engineering and surveying defects, errors and other problems related to the Dry Fork project and other county projects.The projects include SR 121 in front of Uintah High School and the Stanton Road Project from Bonanza to the Colorado border.

On Feb. 19, 2002 Kay said he met with Commissioners and the Uintah Country Attorney to advise them of the problems.The suit states that by way of retaliation for Kay having provided the notice, on Feb. 23, 2002 he was given written notice by the Commissioners of their intent to relieve him of his duties as the county director of roads.Illegal actions taken by the commissioners included harrassing him, firing him in favor of other employees who refused to disclose the waste of county funds, hiding his personal day timer, GPS handheld unit, palm pilot and threatening physical injury.

Kay requests that he be reinstated as Uintah County Executive Director of Roads, given payment of his back wages, reinstatement of benefits, paid $50,000 as provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act and reimbursed for his attorney fees.

Questions about this price quotation solicitation may be directed to John Kay , Uintah County Road Superintendent , at ( 435 ) 789-1070.

Uintah County Purchasing Policies and Procedures provide that the County reserves the right to reject any or all price quotations or accept the one deemed most advantageous to the County.The purchase award will be placed with the most responsible quotation as determined by several factors including , but not limited to , price , quality , and other criteria determined to be important as it relates to the particular purchase.

Published in the Vernal Express August 8 and 15 , 2001

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