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Kincaid trustees debate mowing costs, campground host duties and propose local bids
Summary
Trustees reviewed municipal mowing costs (estimated at roughly $600/day with current staffing), clarified a verbal agreement with the campground host over mowing duties, and agreed to solicit informal bids to parcel out mowing work.
Trustees spent a large portion of the meeting reviewing municipal mowing and campground lawncare arrangements. Louis presented a cost breakdown and warned current in‑house mowing is expensive: with three people cutting for six to eight hours 'we are paying almost six hundred dollars a day to cut grass,' and over a March–October season that equates to roughly $60,000. Trustees discussed breaking the town's mowing responsibilities into smaller lots and soliciting bids or hourly proposals from local contractors to lower costs.
The board also sought clarity on an informal exchange with campground host Kent, who said he mows 'everything except the dam' and that he was given a lot to host the campground, not explicitly in exchange for mowing. Trustees raised liability concerns if residents use village equipment and discussed requiring insurance or formalizing any exchange. The board asked staff to compile a list of lots and post a bidding notice on the village website and Facebook page.
