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Commissioners table $1.25M recreation lighting RFP after questions over specs and $400,000 price gap
Summary
After a presentation recommending Musco Sports Lighting for a $1.25 million LED conversion at county recreation facilities, commissioners raised concerns about a roughly $400,000 price difference and requested more information; the board voted 5‑2 to table the award until the November meeting.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners postponed action on a $1.25 million recreation lighting RFP after sustained questions over specifications, local impacts and a large price difference between the top two bidders.
Recreation Director Thad Ferguson recommended awarding the contract to Musco Sports Lighting, which the evaluation committee ranked highest. Ferguson said the bid price was $1,250,000 and that the county already had $1,000,000 set aside for the project. He told commissioners the committee also proposed reallocating about $193,000 from a prior…
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