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Mount Vernon board approves multiple 2025–26 service contracts; $1.6 million landscaping deal draws questions
Summary
The Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education approved a package of service contracts for the 2025–26 school year, including a roughly $1.6 million landscaping contract that prompted trustee questions about budget planning, grounds staff roles and equipment.
The Mount Vernon City School District Board of Education on June 23 approved a set of contracts and service agreements for the 2025–26 school year, including awards for landscaping, computer services, food-service consulting and insurance brokerage.
Trustees approved a bid to award landscaping services (Bid No. 2025/26-02) to Felicia Work Group for the 2025–26 school year. The landscaping contract was discussed at length by trustees who asked whether the expense had been included in the district’s adopted 2025–26 budget and whether district buildings-and-grounds staff and equipment would remain in place. The board described the contract amount during discussion…
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