Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance. Ordinance No. 0372-2009, passed March 30, 2009, authorized the contract for landscape maintenance. The contract was bid with four one-year renewal options. This is the second of four renewal options for the period of April 16, 2011 through April 15, 2012.
Landscape activities include full service lawn mowing, edging, four rounds of lawn fertilizing, maintenance of all planting beds, pruning of all trees and shrubs, weeding of all planting beds, mulching, and, hydro-seeding when necessary, and spring clean-up. Landscape maintenance is performed at the I-71 Complex located at 757 Carolyn Avenue/750 Piedmont Road; Health Department at 240 Parsons Avenue; Police Academy at 1000 North Hague Avenue; Strategic Response Bureau at 1120 Morse Road; East Side Health Center at 1180 East Main Street; Police Sub-Stations located at 333 West Town Street, 950 East Main Street, 2500 Park Crescent and 248 East 11th Avenue; Central Safety Building at 120 Marconi Boulevard; and the Police Lot at Marconi and Long Street.
Fiscal Impact: The Facilities Management Division budgeted $64,959.00 in the 2011 General Fund Budget for this contract. The amount of $57,825.83 was spent on this contract in 2010. The cost of this renewal is $64,959.00.
Winnscapes Contract Compliance No. 31-1313521; expiration date September 28, 2011.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to renew a contract for the Facilities Management Division with Winnscapes for landscape maintenance for various City facilities; and to authorize the expenditure of $64,959.00 from the General Fund. ($64,959.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Facilities Management Division to provide landscape maintenance for various City facilities; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Facilit...
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