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Resident alleges overbilling on town golf-course mowing contract, asks for immediate review

Hope Mills Board of Commissioners · October 22, 2025
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Summary

Resident Ron Gozniak told the board that records show the golf-course mowing contractor billed the town $2,800 a month from April through August 2025, $1,000 more than the contract rate, and he called for termination of the contract and a town-wide review of contract oversight; staff accepted the public record and said they would follow up.

Resident Ron Gozniak delivered a public-comment pitch asking the Board of Commissioners to investigate what he described as recurring overbilling on the town’s golf-course mowing contract. Gozniak summarized two public-records requests and said he found invoices showing the contractor billed $2,800 a month from April through August 2025 when the contracted rate was $1,300 per cut twice a month (a total of…

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