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Opelika approves $49,500 tree-maintenance piggyback to meet grant deadline
Summary
The commission added an emergency item to authorize the city manager to piggyback a Miami-Dade County contract with Cocoa Tree Service for downtown tree maintenance after staff said failure to spend the grant by Aug. 31 would forfeit funds.
The City Commission on July 23 added and approved an emergency resolution authorizing the interim city manager to piggyback a Miami-Dade County contract with Cocoa Tree Service Corp. to perform downtown tree maintenance funded by a Florida Department of Agriculture grant.
Why it matters: Staff said the $49,500 award must be used by Aug. 31, 2025, or the city would lose the grant. The resolution allows the…
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