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School board reverses earlier confusion, awards Ponchatoula High grass-cutting contract to low bidder
Summary
After the board voted to reconsider a previous committee action that named the wrong contractor, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board approved the administration's recommendation to award the Ponchatoula High grass-cutting contract to the low bidder, with three members dissenting.
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on April 1 voted to adopt the administration's recommendation and award the Ponchatoula High School grass-cutting contract to the low bidder, John Lawler Lawn Man, at $1,188 per cutting.
The action followed a contentious sequence: board members first voted to reconsider a March finance-committee decision after committee language and a named company conflicted, then debated whether to honor prior calls to the vendor previously told they had the job. The motion to accept the administration's recommended low bid, made by Mister Anthony and seconded by Mister Westmoreland, passed with Miss Dominguez, Miss Abrams and…
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