May 21, 2018
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
On June 10th the Lawrence Co. BOE held a special meeting where they gave the bid of grass mowing to Lawn Express which was not the low bidder.
Why have something called a bid when they knew from the beginning who they were going to hire?
The BOE requested bids on the yearly lawn mowing for all of the school grounds. There was special criteria that each company had to have and the 3 companies that met all criteria and bid were Webb Mowing, who turned in a bid for 1,900.50 a month, Lawn Express bid 1,799.00 a month and M & W Lawn Care bid 1,700.00.
The BOE had a special meeting after the bids were turned in and changed it from a bid to a point system. The point system was based on manpower, equipment and how much they currently mow. Lawn Express got the job according to their point system. It would be hard to beat them since they mowed for the Board of Education last year.
By the way, they agreed to get it done in three and a half days where M & W Lawn Care said they could do it in one and a half days.
The question that remains unanswered is why call it a bid? The state requires for them to bid the job, yet they picked who they wanted for it. They even changed the rules at the end of the game.
After all of the cuts that the Lawrence County Board of Education is facing why are the taxpayers paying $400 more a month for the grass to be mowed at our schools?
Mike and Wilma Hughes
Louisa, Ky.
