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Muncie Sanitary District awards levee mowing contract, moves to buy 15-acre compost site
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Board of Sanitary Commissioners authorized contracting Smith Family Services for levee mowing after a low bidder lacked required equipment and approved a contingent purchase of about 15 acres on East Wilson Road for a municipal leaf and wood composting site at $182,950.
The Muncie Sanitary District board on Feb. 4 unanimously approved two operational moves intended to reduce long-term disposal costs and protect levee slopes. The board awarded the Lehi levee mowing contract to Smith Family Services after staff and legal counsel found the apparent low bidder did not meet required equipment specifications, and authorized a contingent purchase of roughly 15 acres on East Wilson Road to develop a municipal leaf and wood composting site.
The presiding officer, speaking in an interim administrator capacity, told the board two bids were opened publicly for the levee mowing work: Smith Family Services and Buffins Landscaping and Snow Removal. "Buffins, who was the lowest bidder, did not have the equipment that was specified within basically the bidding request to…
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