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Resident urges Bradford County to fill vacancy internally and renegotiate fuel contract
Summary
A public commenter urged Bradford County commissioners to table a proposed position on the consent agenda, consider filling the role from within current staff, and renegotiate its long-standing fuel contract; the speaker named Florida Rock and Gate Petroleum as possible lower-cost suppliers and criticized a $25,000 purchasing threshold.
A public commenter during the meeting said the county cannot ‘‘afford to keep hiring people’’ and urged that the position on the consent agenda be tabled so the county can consider filling it from existing staff.
The speaker also asked whether the county had reviewed its fueling contract recently and urged commissioners to seek cheaper suppliers, naming Florida Rock and Gate Petroleum as alternatives. The commenter criticized what they called a longstanding local supplier relationship and warned that a ‘‘backdoor handshake’’ does not always save taxpayers money. They also criticized the county's $25,000 purchasing limit as too large for single-authority purchases.
