Commission accepts bid to kill water weed at Lake Shawnee

Compared apples-to-apples, the apparent low bid Shawnee County received recently to kill a specific type of water weed at Lake Shawnee turned out to be higher than that of a competitor, the county commission learned Monday.

Commissioners Bill Riphahn, Kevin Cook and Aaron Mays then voted 3-0 to instead enter into a contract with that competitor, Truesdale, Mo.-based Aquatic Control Inc.

Aquatic Control’s bid was “the most comprehensive and most competitive” the county received, Cook said.

(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)