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Joshua City unanimously approves mowing contract for Joshua Station, clarifies frontage mowing costs
Summary
City members approved a contract for mowing services at Joshua Station at $4.80 per mowing cycle and confirmed that an additional $2,400 monthly payment for frontage mowing will be covered separately by the city.
Joshua City members voted unanimously on Jan. 12 to approve a contract for mowing services covering Joshua Station at $4.80 per mowing cycle and authorized the city manager to sign the agreement.
During discussion, Speaker 2 said the annual contractor work covers medians and frontage along Highways 174 and 917 and the North end of Main Street, and confirmed that the city’s portion pertains specifically to Joshua Station. The meeting record also references an additional $2,400 monthly cost for North Main Street/frontage mowing that the city will fund separately from the Joshua Station contract.
Speaker 5 moved to approve the $4.80-per-cycle contract, and Speaker 1 seconded. The presiding officer called the vote and declared it unanimous. The presiding officer also clarified the usual practice for contract signature: the city manager signs municipal service contracts.
The contractor name in the meeting transcript appears inconsistently as both "Bridal home" and "Brenda's home." The transcript later records the motion as approving the contract with "Brenda's home for mowing services at Joshua Station at a cost of $4.80 for a rolling cycle." Because the record contains both forms, this article reports both renderings and notes the discrepancy for the public record.
The contract adopted at the meeting covers Joshua Station mowing at the specified $4.80 per mowing cycle; the separate $2,400/month frontage mowing was described as a city-funded item not included in the $4.80 per-cycle motion.
