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Sarasota News Leader June 21, 2013 Page 30 "I'm really concerned that we can't get our roads leading into the county are maintained hands around this mowing." in tip-top form. Barbetta was among the commissioners who had voiced great misgivings about a mowing contract awarded in early 2012 that ultimately led to the county's falling far behind in mowing last summer, prompting a multitude of complaints about overgrown medians and rights of way. The situation grew so bad that the commissioners finally agreed in February to hire 24 new employees to ensure the county could keep up with the mowing and especially to make certain the view along the major By the end of the June 18 discussion, the commissioners had unanimously agreed to award the contract for the North Urban Zone mowing to JLC Hauling Inc. of Myakka City, but they declined a staff recommendation that a lower bid for the work be sought before the contract expires in 10 months. JLC Hauling's bid was about $200,000 higher than the bid of Mainscape Inc. of Sarasota, which had won the bid in April. A chart shows the contracts awarded in April for county right of way mowing and median maintenance. Image courtesy Sarasota County