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Lago Vista council cancels golf-course irrigation contract after procurement irregularities
Summary
The Lago Vista City Council voted unanimously to cancel a contract with Dunnic Inc., dba Dunnic Golf, after city attorneys said electronic bid submissions did not meet state procurement rules; council directed staff to hire an engineering firm and rebid the project.
Mayor Joel, presiding over a Lago Vista City Council special call meeting, reconvened the council from executive session and opened discussion on a contract with Dunnic Inc., dba Dunnic Golf, on grounds that the procurement process may have violated state law.
City Attorney Bullock told the council that bids for the irrigation contract were submitted through the city’s electronic procurement portal but that copies of those submissions were simultaneously emailed to an outside irrigation consultant. Bullock said that under the Local Government Code, electronic bids must maintain identification, security and confidentiality and remain effectively unopened until the public bid opening; because…
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