Sapulpa City Council candidate Kent Glesener is disputing claims that his company is debarred, despite a federal labor ruling that ordered a three-year ban from certain contracts after findings of wage violations and recordkeeping issues.
The ruling, first detailed Monday morning on the Sapulpa Times Timeloop podcast, stems from a decision by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board involving Paradigm Construction & Engineering, Inc., a company owned by Kent and Christie Glesener.
In a phone call with Sapulpa Times, Glesener described the matter as still under discussion. However, federal records show that the Administrative Review Board upheld an earlier decision ordering a three-year debarment for violations of the Davis-Bacon Act, which governs wage standards on federally funded construction projects. Documents supporting this ruling have been included at the bottom of this story…