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Merit Board approves $9,800 payment to testing vendor after fee questions
Summary
Franklin City’s Merit Board voted to pay a testing vendor $9,800 to run upcoming written and oral exams after members flagged unexpected project-development fees and agreed to seek clarification from the vendor before finalizing 2026 arrangements.
The Franklin City Merit Board voted to approve a $9,800 payment to an external testing vendor for written and oral exams, after members raised concerns about additional project-development fees that were not included in the vendor’s attachments.
Speaker 1, a board member presiding over the meeting, said the vendor’s newly submitted contract reflected $12.05 per (unit) pricing for the promotion testing, and noted an earlier document appeared to show a $9.08 figure, a discrepancy Speaker 1 estimated as a roughly $2,700 difference. "She did send a new contract and agreement for us to refer to review,…
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