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Gadsden County commission approves multiple grants, contracts and purchases; tables administrator hiring
Summary
The Gadsden County Board approved several procurement contracts, grant resolutions and the refinancing/purchase plan for heavy equipment while voting 3-2 to table a process to hire a permanent county administrator. Public commenters pressed for transparency and whistleblower protections.
The Gadsden County Board of County Commissioners approved a slate of procurement awards, grant resolutions and vendor agreements at its regular meeting, and voted to delay action on establishing a permanent county-administrator hiring process.
The board approved an engineering negotiation authorization for road and bridge RFQs and accepted a state-funded agreement for Charles Brown Road over Mill Dam Creek with an estimated project cost of $574,000; it also approved a Safe Routes to School resolution to support a Strong Road sidewalk application to the Florida Department of Transportation. Commissioners awarded the Dogtown Road widening and resurfacing contract to PB and Sun Construction Co. for $1,000,053.02 and approved Providence Road resurfacing to the apparent low bidder.
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