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Ottawa Council drops contract with landscaping company that worked on Thorton Park improvements


 
 
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa has terminated its contract with a landscaping company that was involved in the Thornton Park improvements. At a special city council meeting on Tuesday, Mayor Dan Aussem’s reasoning behind the decision was due to work not being done in a timely manner.

Aussem says Hacienda Landscaping is also unqualified to complete the job because of their lack of participation in an apprenticeship program, which the city requires.
Maria Guzman, owner of Hacienda Landscaping says they’ve been registered since 2017 with an apprenticeship program but, their union contract was over at the end of May and that’s when problems with the city started.

Aussem says according to The Illinois Department of Labor, the company has never registered with an apprentice program. Hacienda’s work was supposed to be completed by the end of the month, now it is up to the city to rebid the project and get it done before the end of next summer.
 

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