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River Ridge terminates Laz's Lawn and hires GulfScapes amid performance concerns
Summary
Citing poor performance, the board terminated the district's contract with Laz's Lawn Service and authorized immediate engagement of GulfScapes at $58,500, using unassigned funds and withheld payments to offset the higher cost.
The board authorized Management to terminate the Landscape Service Agreement with Laz's Lawn Service, Inc., and to immediately engage GulfScapes Landscape Maintenance Services after staff reported poor performance by Laz's.
Mrs. Adams said GulfScapes' proposal totals $58,500, which is approximately $13,000 above the $45,000 budgeted amount. Board discussion covered using unassigned funds to absorb the increase, the inability to engage GreenScapes (which declined to sign the CDD contract), and offsetting plant-replacement costs by withholding payments from Laz's Lawn Service.
On a motion by Kurt Blumenthal, seconded by Bob Schultz, the board voted unanimously to terminate the Laz's Lawn contract and engage GulfScapes, effective immediately.
