Lyons hires auditor to review school roofing project tied to hardware store

BY JON SEIDEL Staff Reporter September 23, 2013 9:12PM

A poster for Cicero Town President Larry Dominick is displayed in the window of Lembke & Sons Hardware in Berwyn on Feb. 1, 2013. | Sun-Times Media files

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Updated: September 23, 2013 9:37PM

A west suburban school district has voted to hire a Chicago auditor to look into an elementary school roofing project that netted a politically connected hardware store and its owner big bucks.

The Lyons Elementary District 103 school board voted 6-1 to hire Gould & Pakter Associates LLC to review that and an expansion of the districts middle school.

The school board capped the auditors bill at $60,000, asked for bi-weekly reports and said the firm must come back to authorize additional expenses.

A school board member concerned about the total cost of the audit introduced the spending cap.

Each 60 [thousand dollars] is one teacher, said board member Joanne Schaeffer.

People in the audience many of whom were parents seeking air conditioners for their childrens schools grumbled about the cost as well.

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Lyons hires auditor to review school roofing project tied to hardware store