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Committee to solicit fertilizer bids for 2025 crop; tenant payment, soil tests discussed
Summary
The committee agreed to solicit bids for fertilizer for the 2025 crop using the 2024 soil tests, asked vendors to be included on a mailing list by Thursday, and noted a tenant payment due March 1 that the tenant said he would deliver.
At the March 3 meeting, the Good Services Committee discussed the county farm lease, a late tenant payment, soil-test records and plans to solicit fertilizer bids for the 2025 crop.
County staff reported that a tenant said he would bring a check after the March 1 due date; staff noted the lease contains a three-day notice provision for late payment and that the lease offers limited remedies. "The payment was due on March 1," a committee member said; staff said they expected the check within a day or two and recommended sending a three-day notice if payment is not received.
The committee reviewed fertilizer bid procedures and a sample vendor letter. Staff said past fertilizer and limestone work was bid irregularly, with fertilizer bids issued in 2023 for 2024 and soil tests performed as recently as fall 2023. Committee members asked that vendor additions be given to Amanda by Thursday so the mailing list can be updated. Staff said they will send letters to vendors and post the solicitation on the county website rather than publish in a newspaper.
Committee members discussed the use-history of limestone applications (previous tenants paid for multi-year applications) and asked staff to confirm records in the clerk's office. The meeting record shows staff will send the bid packet for committee review at the next board meeting and set a submission deadline tied to the April meeting schedule.
