{"id":5369,"date":"2013-08-27T13:49:10","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2013-08-27T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T17:50:00","slug":"confused-bids-for-pest-control-lcc-2013-08-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/confused-bids-for-pest-control-lcc-2013-08-26.html","title":{"rendered":"Confused bids for pest control @ LCC 2013-08-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4m3wADVYUFc&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEKK_uj0iF5k2jjUae0m0lT&#038;index=8\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4m3wADVYUFc\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nWe get to pay some unknown amount chosen from bids we didn&#8217;t get to see\r\nfor pest control with no bond.\r\nThey vote tonight about what was proposed\r\nat the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/new-judge-river-gauge-park-deed-personnel-costs-and-pest-control-lcc-2013-08-26.html\">\r\n26 August 2013 Work Session of the Lowndes County Commission<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n7.  Bid-Pest Control Service\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nPurchasing Director Kari L. Sands said this was a renewal\r\nfor rodent and insect control for all county buildings including\r\nthe fire department, beginning September 1st 2013 with\r\nfirst and second year renewal options. Staff recommendation.\r\nis\r\nto approve the bid (for unannounced amount)\r\nfrom\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbrythebugguy.com\/\">\r\nBaird&#8217;s Pest Control and Termite Services<\/a>\r\n(she didn&#8217;t mention any other bids).\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigbrythebugguy.com\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:500px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigbrythebugguy.com\/images\/header2.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Crawford Powell wanted to know if there was a bonding requirement.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nAnswer: No.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nPowell then wanted to know &#8220;do we need a bonding requirement for this?&#8221;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nAnswer from County Manager Joe Pritchard:<!--more--> we haven&#8217;t in the past\r\nbut you could require one.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nPowell wanted to know if that would be a good idea.\r\nThere was a bit more discussion.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nPublic Works Director Robin Combus said termite control was\r\nusually done when the buildings were built,\r\nso this was just for pest control.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCommissioner Demarcus Marshall said one of the bids was three times\r\nthat one.\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nChairman Bill Slaughter said only one was local and the other was from Columbus.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nCumbus:\r\nPreviously we were paying $637 a month, so this is a lot less.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\nThat seemed to satisfy the Commissioners, but we who are actually\r\npaying for it out of our taxes still don&#8217;t know what they were\r\ntalking about, since we never saw those bids.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4m3wADVYUFc&#038;list=PLshUv86fYkiEKK_uj0iF5k2jjUae0m0lT&#038;index=8\">\r\nthe video:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4m3wADVYUFc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nConfused bids for pest control\r\n<br>\r\nWork Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC),\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by Gretchen Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 26 August 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We get to pay some unknown amount chosen from bids we didn&#8217;t get to see for pest control with no bond. 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