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Board awards athletic‑field maintenance contract to All About Lawns after task force backs outside vendor
Summary
After hearing options — in‑house maintenance, lowest bidder All About Lawns, or rebid — the board voted to award a one‑year contract (with renewal option) for total ballfield care to All About Lawns for $607,906; the athletic task force recommended an outside contractor.
The Highlands County School Board voted to award the district’s total athletic‑field maintenance contract to the lowest qualified bidder, All About Lawns, after an athletic task force recommended using an outside contractor instead of bringing the work in‑house.
Business operations director Angelica Tenajero told the board that the district’s current contract expires June 30 and that the three qualified bids reviewed for total ballfield care ranged substantially; Tenajero said the lowest qualified bid was $607,906, while a staff estimate to bring the work in‑house (hire a manager, two groundskeepers and purchase equipment) would require similar recurring costs plus capital startup items and could be about $400,000 in start‑up capital plus recurring expense.
The task force’s recommendation and vote
JC Shoop, chair of the Athletic Task Force, told the board the committee’s recommendation…
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