The city contracts the landscaping work and lawn maintenance
for the cemetery since its inception.
Grass Master has provided this work and has been a good partner with the
city working with the cemetery volunteers in directing efforts in the various gardens
and doing miscellaneous landscaping work. The arrangement has worked out
well.
The service offered by Grass Master has been done through a
two year contract. This year the
contract provides for a 2% increase in costs but looking back on contract costs
with them the cost of service has remained relatively flat. In review of the cost for mowing of the
cemetery since 2007 up until this contract the increase has been only
$4.28. The labor cost increases for
landscaping work has only increased in that time $0.56 per hour.
A contract for cemetery services of landscaping work and
mowing has been approved. The contract
covers 2015 and 2016. The contract for
services in the cemetery will increase $4.37 for mowing to $222.65. The labor rate will move to $30 per
hour. In the grand scheme of things
we’ve seen good value from Grass Masters with minor increases in the
budget.
