M.D. Vaden
vadenphotography.com
Our local municiple arborist told me that to bid for or do city work in Medford, a tree or landscape contractor must be prequalified through the engineering dept.
I thought they would just make sure we reviewed some standards, first.
The application was huge. Even notarized.
The had a page with about 20 boxes for previous projects done. They wanted to know what contracts I did. What the biggest was. Who the bonding company was at each, etc., etc..
The line for my landscape license and bond company made sense. I think the page for all my previous contracts back 5 years was absurd.
I still can figure out why they will limit any approval to my bond limit - that doesn't jive for pruning. Install maybe, but not pruning.
It was an opportunity to stir things up a bit. I called the mayor's office and one city council member to request a review. I told them that I couldn't even tell if I was qualified by this thing.
For example, if I listed a $50,000 landscape install, what's to say I didn't lie? They don't ask for a copy of the contract or the contact of the customer. What if the Japanese landscape company from Portland said that they did one for a million dollars - what's to say that it wasn't really worth $200,000 even if they were paid a million?
So....what's the scoop where you folks are at?
I thought they would just make sure we reviewed some standards, first.
The application was huge. Even notarized.
The had a page with about 20 boxes for previous projects done. They wanted to know what contracts I did. What the biggest was. Who the bonding company was at each, etc., etc..
The line for my landscape license and bond company made sense. I think the page for all my previous contracts back 5 years was absurd.
I still can figure out why they will limit any approval to my bond limit - that doesn't jive for pruning. Install maybe, but not pruning.
It was an opportunity to stir things up a bit. I called the mayor's office and one city council member to request a review. I told them that I couldn't even tell if I was qualified by this thing.
For example, if I listed a $50,000 landscape install, what's to say I didn't lie? They don't ask for a copy of the contract or the contact of the customer. What if the Japanese landscape company from Portland said that they did one for a million dollars - what's to say that it wasn't really worth $200,000 even if they were paid a million?
So....what's the scoop where you folks are at?