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As part of the alleged scheme, Mickens allegedly told the HVAC contractor to bid exactly $18,000 for a flooring job at Townsend Community Center.\nUnder state law, contracts worth more than $75,000 require a sealed competitive bidding process, while purchases between $5,000 and $74,999 only require quotes that don\u2019t have to be sealed or secret. 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So I think it\u2019s just adding more complications on something that small a scale.\u201d\nMayor Stephen Jones\u2019 response referenced the indictment indirectly.\n\u201cWell, you wouldn\u2019t be getting any bids anyway,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s how we\u2019re in trouble now.\u201d\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tStephen Jones\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\u201cI get that,\u201d Greene replied. \u201cMy point was you\u2019re wasting someone\u2019s time \u2026 at that small a scale.\u201d\n\u201cWe don\u2019t think it\u2019s making it harder,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe think it\u2019s making it fairer and people can\u2019t go to jail.\u201d\nNathan Katona, building department director, said he initially shared Greene\u2019s concern. But he pointed to how specifically requirements will be written for jobs and the fact his department would permit and inspect the jobs before vendors are paid. Allowing bids by electronic portal will also help, Katona said, because it is unlikely very many vendors would submit sealed paper bids for such small jobs.\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tNathan Katona\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n\u201cIf anybody agrees to it, they don\u2019t have a choice in their quality of work because it has to abide by this standard and this standard,\u201d Katona said. \u201cJeff and I work very hard on the requirements before we put it out to bid because we know that that shady contractor who just knows how to win a contract may be out there.\u201d\nJones also pointed out the city could pick the \u201clowest and best bid,\u201d by law, and not just the lowest.\n\u201cSo it could be something that if you know that contractor is shady, we may not choose them because of that \u2026 like, if you\u2019ve had a problem with them in the past,\u201d he said.\nThe council did not vote on the matter at the work session, but Greene softened his position by the end of the discussion.\n\u201cI think that\u2019s a good compromise,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause quality of work means a whole lot.\u201d\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tZack Plair is the managing editor for The Dispatch.\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n      \n      \n        Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. 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