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Council tables cemetery mowing award pending references, awards city-facilities mowing to local bidder
Summary
The council reviewed three cemetery mowing bids and tabled awarding that contract pending reference checks; separately, the council awarded a separate city‑facilities mowing contract to CJ's after reviewing three bids.
Councilors reviewed bids for cemetery mowing and for a separate package covering multiple city facilities. For the cemetery contract the council received three proposals: Bottom Lawn Care ($34,000), Kennard Outdoor Services ($20,000) and a Council Bluffs bidder (BW Services, $18,500). Members discussed crew size, equipment and past performance; some councilors favored keeping the contract local while others urged caution about unusually low bids. Council instructed staff to check references and tabled awarding the cemetery contract pending that follow-up.
On a separate facilities mowing package (multiple city properties), the council reviewed three bids and voted to award the contract to CJ's (low/responsive bidder for that package); the award passed on roll call.
Provenance: Cemetery bids discussed starting with the bid-readings and public proposer remarks; the decision to table the cemetery award and the roll-call vote awarding CJ's are recorded in the motion and roll call segments.
