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Board accepts $5,450 cemetery maintenance bid; councilor abstains over conflict
Summary
The board accepted a single cemetery-care bid from Hope Trappler for $5,450. Council Member Joseph Trappler abstained from the vote citing a conflict of interest; the motion passed with four Ayes.
The Town Board accepted a bid from Hope Trappler to care for town cemeteries at a cost of $5,450.00. Council Member John Lyons moved to accept the bid and Council Member Jason Becker seconded the motion. The vote recorded Ayes from Thompson, Weale, Lyons and Becker; Council Member Joseph Trappler abstained citing a conflict of interest.
"Motion by Council Member Lyons, seconded by Council Member Becker, to accept the bid from Hope Trappler, in the amount of $5,450.00, for the care of the Town Cemeteries," the minutes state. The record identifies the abstention explicitly as a conflict of interest; no additional competing bids were reported.
The contract award is limited to the services specified in the bid; the minutes do not include a contract document or start date. The board did not take other cemetery actions at this meeting.
