Cemetery Maintenance - Mt. Hope

Mowing, trimming, leaf removal, and annual spring debris cleanup of the grounds at Mt. Mowing: The Proposer(s) shall provide mowing services by using designated equipment in each separate cemetery. All terrain in the cemetery shall be mowed to include elevated lots, bank slopes, borders, and grassed in areas on road surfaces. Hand mowing shall be required on all terrain that is uneven and not conducive to riding mowers. Mowing shall be accomplished Monday through Friday unless extenuating circumstances, to be approved by the Public Works Director or their designee, arise that require Saturday or Sunday mowing. The date of the spring cleanup of the cemetery and the date of the first mowing shall be determined by the Public Works Director or their designee. After the first mowing the frequency of mowing will be once per week prior to Memorial Day and as necessary, usually once every seven (7) to fourteen (14) calendar day period after Memorial Day as determined by the Public Works Director or their designee. The mowing of the cemetery shall be completed the Friday before Memorial Day. When inclement weather does not permit time for the mowing before Memorial Day, the work schedule will be continued through Saturday, Sunday and Memorial Day to ensure that all cemetery is properly prepared. At no time shall grass be allowed to exceed a height of 4 inches. Any windrows of cut grass resulting from mowing shall be removed from the grass surface the same day of mowing. Trimming: The Proposer(s) shall provide trimming services with gas operated power trimmers. Trimming maintenance shall include the trimming of all grass located around or adjacent to upright monuments, flush markers, cemetery borders, fence lines, buildings, shrubbery, trees and roadways. Commencing with the first mowing the frequency of trimming will be once per week prior to Memorial Day and as necessary, usually once every seven (7) to fourteen (14) calendar day period after Memorial Day as determined by the Public Works Director or their designee. Debris Collection & Removal: The Proposer(s) shall remove fallen leaves from the city section of Mount Hope Cemetery as coordinated with the Public Works Director or their designee. The contractor shall provide spring cleanup services for the collection and removal of all organic debris including tree branches, pine needles and leaves for all cemeteries. This service may require the entire cemetery to be raked or cleared with a leaf blower. Organic debris may be disposed of at the Public Services facility at 530 Maine Avenue. The total area to be maintained by location is 27.74 acres.

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Exterior Improvements, Operation and Maintenance of Exterior Improvements, Irrigation, Planting Irrigation, Planting, Planting Preparation, Soil Preparation, Landscape Grading.