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College Park council approves consent agenda including battery-powered mowing contract and $1.5 million DNR grant application
Summary
The College Park City Council approved a five-item consent agenda March 18 that includes a three-year, battery-powered municipal grass mowing contract and the city’s $1.5 million Program Open Space grant application to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Council members approved a five-item consent agenda during their March 18 meeting, adopting contracts and authorizations tied to city operations, insurance coverage and park improvements.
The consent agenda contained five items staff described as routine but substantive to ongoing city projects and services. The council voted to adopt the package without amendment after a motion to move the agenda; the consent motion carried by voice vote.
City manager Kenny Young told the council the package included a three-year municipal grass mowing contract (with two optional one-year renewals) that specifies right-of-way mowing using battery-powered landscaping equipment — a strategic step the city has pursued as part of its sustainability initiative. The council also approved renewal contracts for employee health…
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