A longtime Adams County manager is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into allegations that he awarded no-bid contracts to a paving contractor in exchange for work done on his home.
Sam Gomez — contract manager for Adams County Public Works — was placed on administrative leave more than a week ago, said County Manager Jim Robinson.
Gomez has been with the county for 29 years, Robinson said. Channel 7 News reported that Gomez had extensive work done on his basement and backyard in 2004 by Thorngren Building Co. and Quality Paving and Resurfacing.
The report said the owners of Thorngren and Quality Paving are business partners and that Quality Paving received millions of dollars in paving contracts from Adams County.
Gomez recommended the contracts, according to the television station. Many of the contracts were no-bid, and a contract went to Quality Paving even though the company was not the lowest bidder.
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