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Oconee County Commissioners Award Bid For Grounds Maintenance At Parks Despite Complaint

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners last Tuesday awarded $92,298 in bids for grounds maintenance at Oconee Veterans Park and Heritage Park despite a challenge.

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners last Tuesday awarded $92,298 in bids for grounds maintenance at Oconee Veterans Park and Heritage Park, but only after setting aside a challenge by one of the bidders.

Chad Keller of Precision Landscape Management, 1351 Jennings Mill Road, had complained that his company’s low bid improperly was passed over in the bidding process.

Following the recommendation of County Administrative Officer Jeff Benko, the BOC last Tuesday awarded $68,705 to Houseman Pest Control of Watkinsville for grounds maintenance at Oconee Veterans Park and $23,593 to Ruppert Landscape of Lilburn for grounds maintenance at Heritage Park.

The action was at odds with the advice of Parks and Recreation Department Director John Gentry, who at the BOC meeting on March 26 has recommended to the Board that it award both bids to Ruppert.

In an email message to the Commission members earlier that same day, Benko had made the same recommendation.

Neither in the BOC meeting on March 26 nor in the meeting on Tuesday was there any public mention of Keller’s complaint with the bidding process.

For more on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

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