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Oak Harbor arts commission rejects costly electrical-box wrap bid, will pursue school painting and other options
Summary
The Oak Harbor Arts Commission voted to reject a single high bid to wrap utility boxes and directed staff and commissioners to pursue alternative approaches, including school-led painting, calls for artists, and seeking grant or utility partner funding.
The Oak Harbor Arts Commission voted June 12 to reject a single bid to wrap electrical (utility) boxes after members said the proposal was far costlier than expected, and directed staff and commissioners to restart planning and pursue alternatives.
Commission members said the original plan — to apply vinyl wraps to multiple electrical boxes — came apart after only one vendor bid and that bid would have covered just four boxes at a price members called excessive. "Plan A is gonna fail," Chair JR Russell said during the discussion, and commissioners voted to reject the bid and return to "ground zero"…
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