![]() Rather than open negotiations up to the public, Council decided in a 5-2 vote to negotiate exclusively with the Kinser family. The disqualification of Kinser’s proposal appears in sharp contrast to the negotiation process in August 2014, the last time the contract was due for renewal. ![]() With Kinser’s proposal deemed “non-responsive,” staff evaluated the two other proposals and is submitting its selection, Pecan Grove Partners, for Council approval at its June 20 meeting. 12, the city published an RFP on March 25 and closed solicitations April 9. Kinser may now lose that business due to a filing error in her business proposal submitted earlier this year.Īs Matt Duree, procurement manager with the city’s Purchasing Office, explained, Kinser’s failure to sign the document cannot legally be corrected after a request for proposal deadline because the solicitation process prohibits acceptance of proposals “even one minute after the deadline.” The Kinser family has operated the course since opening it in 1950, and it has become a unique attraction to golfers and non-golfers alike while generating roughly $80,000 annual city revenue in recent years. ![]() Several residents showed up to defend the longtime manager of the nine-hole golf course, Lee Kinser, from what they consider unfair treatment by the city. The Parks and Recreation Board yielded to the authority of city procedure Tuesday when it passed a recommendation for Council to approve an agreement with Pecan Grove Golf Partners to take over the management of Butler Park Pitch & Putt golf course in August. ![]()
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