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Board approves fuel, wood‑chip and snow‑removal contracts; single snow-bid, higher cost draw questions
Summary
The Barre Unified Union School District #97 board approved a three-vendor agreement for fuel and wood chips and awarded a snow-removal contract after discussion about a single bidder and rising costs; staff described labor shortages and prior contractor pricing practices.
At its meeting, the Barre Unified Union School District #97 board approved two operations contracts: an annual fuel and propane and wood-chip services contract and a snow-removal contract for the coming season.
For the fuel and wood-chip services (agenda item 8.4), the board approved entering into contracts with Irving for fuel and propane and Kuzane Forest Products for wood-chip services. The motion to award the contracts was made by Giuliano and seconded by Jeff; after brief discussion and no public comment on the item, the board moved to a roll-call vote and approved the motion…
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