Faced with approving a more than $1.1 million contract for MLGW vehicles yesterday, the City Council balked ... and asked about the next highest bidder.
The contract for trucks, vans, and sedans was split between Gossett Motor Cars ($370,036), Crossroads Ford ($379,444), and Jackson, Tennessee's Golden Circle Ford ($364,948). Council members took issue with the Jackson dealership.
"Those who are in support of denying this are in favor of paying another $2,000 so that the money will go to a local dealership," Councilman Myron Lowery explained to the audience. "Yes, we want to be prudent with the city's dollars and MLGW's dollars, but we also want to support the local dealership."
The council wanted to award the contract to Crossroads Ford, which had bid $366,972 for the 24 vehicles.
"The difference between the cost of the vehicles is $88 a vehicle," said council member Barbara Swearengen Ware. "In the whole scheme of things, that becomes peanuts when acknowledge the fact that we are supporting a local business."
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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