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Belvidere committee approves mowing, maintenance contracts and multiple equipment purchases for public works
Summary
Council approved low bids for mowing, landscape and tree programs, rejected the sidewalk replacement bid to rebid, and authorized purchases including a Vermeer stump grinder ($61,430.84), Fecon mulcher ($25,360), trailer ($5,919.37) and a Freightliner chassis for a 10‑yard dump truck ($133,495).
The Belvidere Committee of the Whole on April 14 approved a slate of public‑works contracts and equipment purchases aimed at improving maintenance response and reducing reliance on outside contractors.
Director Brent Anderson presented bid tabulations and equipment proposals. On routine procurement, the committee approved Langton Group low bids for several mowing contracts (water‑department sites at $87 per mowing; public‑works sites at $568.40; Farmington Ponds at $316.54) and awarded the 2025 landscape…
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