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out and contracting of works and improvements without obtaining the corresponding insurance policies and securities." Deficiencies in contracting engineering services were also found, as well as the purchase of heavy equipment from outside of Puerto Rico without the necessary guarantees. Additionally, there were services paid from federal funds with irregularities in the market rate quotes, as well as "overdrafts in special funds".
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mansion with an initial investment of $ 2 million to turn the property into a hotel the next year. According to the state agency the Center for
Municipal Revenue Collection (CRIM, for its initials in Spanish) the municipality still owns the property but the mansion has not been converted. In January 2021 the municipal government purchased heavy machinery to assist with the removal of vegetation.
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under Vélez Vélez's mayoralty. Between 2006 and 2008, among other findings, the audit reports found that building and upkeep services were hired without obtaining the necessary construction permits. Services were also "provided without the granting of written contracts, inspections not being carried
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Another report, compromising the period between the beginning of 2015 till mid 2018, that the municipality invested $ 180,479 in a library and community center construction project without the necessary permits, which were acquired 25 days after.
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1098:Julia María Nazario Fuentes
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806:Gilberto Pérez Valentín
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337:"Heriberto Vélez Vélez"
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1314:Sergio Torres Torres
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