Leland Township approved 4-1 to designate Schaub Outdoor Services as the township’s primary outdoor maintenance contractor for fiscal year 2025 at a special meeting on April 1. Township treasurer Shirley Garthe voted against the motion.
A list of lawn care services from Schaub Outdoor Services with prices based on a per mow basis was referenced for consideration by the board. A second handout with total costs for the projected outdoor maintenance schedule was also presented. Hancock Field, for example, is $450 per mow, but with the anticipated 15 mows needed for the season, the total cost is estimated at $6,750. Other parks considered in the maintenance schedule are: the soccer field, Nedows/Bartholomew, Suelzer, Schneider, Grove, DNR, and Drow. Cemeteries included are Beechwood, East Leland, and Manseau, as well as properties like the township office and road ends/narrows. The total estimate for lawn care services and maintenance is about $30,830.
“I’d like to get started on some spring cleanup sooner rather than later… I did put ‘primary outdoor maintenance’ just to note that they won’t necessarily be the only ones when we do have other work that needs to be done,” said Leland Township Supervisor Clint Mitchell at the special meeting. “We can still use other firms/other services, but they (Schaub Outdoor Services) would be the ones I’m working with based on the schedule I provided.”
