More contract troubles dog Smith in public work as business awarded without bidding

Greg Smith, a state reprresentative from Heppner, has resigned his private role as project manager for Malheur Couny's rail project. The Treasure Valley Reload Center, started with $25.6 million in state money, is behind schedule and needs another $6.5 million to finish. (The Enterprise/file)

Greg Smith recently sent an unusual letter to the engineering firm of Anderson Perry & Associates.

He had to halt a half-million-dollar contract in northeast Oregon because the business was improperly awarded.

“Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., is to immediately cease any further performance,” the letter said.

Smith was acting in his role as executive director of the Columbia Development Authority, the Boardman-based agency converting the former Umatilla Army Chemical Depot into other public uses.

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