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Council awards mowing contract to low bidder despite local vendor’s plea; city attorney cites state law against local preference
Summary
Council awarded the mowing-services contract for parks and public works to City Green Services at $9,250 per occurrence after public comment from a local bidder; city staff and the city attorney said state law and an Attorney General opinion prohibit local-preference awards.
The City of Columbia City Council voted to award a three-year mowing-services contract, with one-year renewal, to City Green Services at a combined parks-and-public-works per-occurrence price of $9,250 after a local vendor asked the council to keep the work in town.
Jason Burkhalter, owner of Freedom Hill Land Management, told the council he had performed the work for the past three years and asked, "Can we keep this contract local? Can we support a local company…
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