Alexandria, Indiana — The numbers don’t add up.
The city of Alexandria awarded a $1.05 million construction contract for the Washington Street infrastructure project. Yet documents obtained by residents show over $2.3 million already paid — not for construction, but for “engineering,” “design,” and “oversight.”
To make matters worse, the road remains unfinished. No significant progress has been made in months. No official accounting has been released. And the firm responsible — Clark Dietz — appears multiple times in the city’s detailed receipt reports, while actual construction-related disbursements are mysteriously absent.
“How do you spend over two million dollars before breaking ground?” one resident asked. “Where did the money go?”
Residents have filed public records requests seeking breakdowns of spending, planning invoices, and contractor payment logs. So far, city officials have not responded — a potential violation of Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (APRA), which requires acknowledgment within 7 business days.
Paired with a growing water crisis — including lab-confirmed E. coli in city tap water — many residents now believe Alexandria is facing not just mismanagement, but a systemic breakdown in accountability.
Over 70 locals are backing a citizen-led audit. Others are preparing for class action litigation. And as trust erodes, the silence from elected officials grows more damning by the day.
