HEY ALL OF YOU SILLY STERLING PROPERTY TAXPAYERS. I BET YOU THOUGHT THAT STERLING TOWN OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE SELECT BOARD, THE D.P.W. BOARD, THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR, AND THE D.P.W. SUPERINTENDENT SELECTED THE VERTEX COMPANIES, LLC TO BE THE STERLING D.P.W. GARAGE MAHAL PROJECT MANAGER AFTER A THOROUGH, COMPREHENSIVE, OBJECTIVE STATE-WIDE SEARCH FOR THE MOST COMPETENT PROJECT MANAGER AT THE BEST PRICE, RIGHT???
WELL, YOU’D BE WRONG!!!
MEET STEPHEN P. THERAN, VERTEX SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, WHO JUST HAPPENS TO RESIDE AT 19 HARDSCRABBLE ROAD, STERLING, A 7.63 ACRE COMPOUND ASSESSED AT $1,266,200.
SEE https://vertexeng.com/team-member/steve-theran/
Here’s the Town of Sterling property card info on the Stephen Theran Compound:
According to a ‘white pages’ search Theran formerly resided in Athol, but now lives here.
YA, BABY, THIS IS MORE PROOF THAT STERLING TOWN GOVERNMENT CRONYISM IS ALIVE AND THRIVING!
Were you wondering for how much Stephen P. Theran’s time is billed out by Vertex to the Town of Sterling (meaning we the taxpayers)???
Well, according to the Sterling D.P.W.-Vertex contract I got in response to my Mass.Gen.Laws Ch. 66, Section 10 Public Records Request, his time as a Senior Project Manager was billed out at $184 per hour in 2025 and will be billed out at $193 per hour in 2026. Gee, and wouldn’t you just know it, he’s named as “Sr. Project Manager” on the contract’s “ATTACHMENT A– PAYMENT SCHEDULE” !!!
MMMM, DON’T YOU LOVE THE SMELL OF STERLING TOWN GOVERNMENT CRONYISM AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE MORNING?
HECK, THE REST OF US STERLING TAXPAYERS ARE HELPINNG TO PAY THIS CONNECTED PARASITE’S PROPERTY TAXES.
I’M SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU!—
Since intelligent Sterling taxpayers shellacked the proposed $33 Million, 37,000 square foot Sterling D.P.W. Garage Mahal Truck Palace, 373 to 183, at the 13 November 2025 Special Town Meeting, the Town’s contract with Vertex was amended because planning for the proposed, re-packaged 28,000 square foot D.P.W Garage Mahal Truck Palace will now be extended into 2026. For 2025 we paid Vertex $76,157.36. For 2026 we are on the hook to Vertex for an additional $54,091.25, for a total of $130,248.61.
AND FOOTNOTE 1 of the contract says that’s for the “Schematic Design” phase only.
Now you know why Vertex parasites were handing out Sterling D.P.W. Garage Mahal Truck Palace propaganda flyers at the 13 November 2025 Special Town Meeting.
Yes people, we Sterling taxpayers have been, and will be further, well and truly F#CKED by the Sterling Select Board, the D.P.W. Board, the Town Administrator (who signed the Vertex contract and its amendment), and the D.P.W. Superintendent.
THEY SHOULD ALL BE RUN OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL.
Stay tuned.
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 