The end of last Thursday’s (October 9) nearly seven hour College Station city council meeting included a review of the new provider of city mowing and landscaping services.
Last June, for the first time, staff chose to not require a residency requirement.
That led to the council ending a ten year relationship with a Bryan company whose bid was $216,000 dollars higher than a Dallas area company that received the contract.
Councilman Bob Yancy said he has received three or four reports of what he described as “very rough areas”.
City manager Bryan Woods told Yancy “we’re actively engaged with that contractor”.
Click below to hear comments from Bob Yancy and Bryan Woods during the October 9, 2025 College Station city council meeting.
Original story July 9, 2025:
July marks the last month of a ten year relationship between the city of College Station and a Bryan based company that has been providing mowing and landscaping services.
This is after the city council agreed with the staff recommendation to award a $1 million dollar contract to a Dallas area company.
Assistant public works director Pete Caler said this was the first time that there was no local residency requirement to bid on this contract. That resulted in the city receiving six proposals.
The provider for the last ten years, Bryan based Green Teams, submitted a bid that was $216,000 dollars higher. Green Teams owner Tucker Gallagher told the council he hoped their track record would count more.
Caler said 50 percent of the weight given to a bid was based on recommendations and qualifications and 35 percent was based on price.
Mayor John Nichols, who was part of the six to one vote, said he “could not bring himself to throw out” the low bid, then complemented staff when they “accomplished what you wanted to by opening up the bidding process to see if there is anybody who can do these specifications at less cost.”
The lone no vote came from David White, saying he wanted to rebid the contract with a local residency requirement.
Click below to hear comments from the June 26, 2025 College Station city council meeting.