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Jackson council approves $4.3 million utilities contract, several engineering and maintenance awards; lawn-care vote splits
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Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Jackson City Council approved a $4,299,282 utilities improvement contract and multiple water, wastewater and engineering contracts, adopted a right-of-way fee schedule and approved a parks/cemeteries mowing contract in a 5–2–1 vote.
Mayor Mahoney opened the March 10 meeting and the council moved quickly through the consent and contract agenda, approving several vendor awards for public-works and maintenance services. The largest award approved was a $4,299,282 utilities improvement contract to Dunigan Brothers Incorporated of Jackson.
Council members approved the East Ganson Street water service replacements contract to Super Construction LLC of Bay City for $369,000 and authorized a $360,000 design and construction-administration contract with Fishback for improvements at the wastewater treatment plant and anaerobic digester. The council also authorized construction-management services for the digester project with Fish Bank at a fee not to exceed 4% of the total approved bid price.
An engineering contract for Morrell Street was awarded to Hubbell, Roth and Clark Incorporated (Jackson) for $442,488.50. The council adopted a resolution establishing a right-of-way permit fee schedule for the engineering department. The council approved a 2026 parks, cemeteries, downtown and trails mowing and irrigation contract to Picture Perfect Lawn Care LLC for $285,987.27; the clerk recorded that item as passing 5–2–1.
All other items on the consent calendar passed unanimously. The meeting record shows motions and votes were called by the mayor and tallied by the clerk for each contract and resolution. No individual amendments to the awarded contracts were recorded in the meeting transcript.
