Discussion session
Adjourned meeting
Consideration of a proposal for professional deer management services. The Municipality received proposals from two organizations for the provision of services to manage the hunters participating in the deer management program for the 2018-2019 archery season. The proposals are as follows:
Bid Items
Suburban Wildlife Management Solutions $8,000
White Buffalo $9,000
Municipal staff has reviewed the proposals and deemed the low bid to be accurate. Recommended Action: Move to authorize the proper officials to execute the contract with Suburban Wildlife Management Solutions, LLC for deer management services utilizing archery for the 2018-2019 season.
The archery season for 2018-2019 is Sept. 15- Nov. 24 and Dec. 26 - Jan. 26, 2019.
A little background on Suburban Wildlife Management Solutions. They can take the Wild Out of Your Life. Animal control is offered for skunks, ground hogs, raccoon, mink, muskrat, opossum, woodchuck, beaver, fox, coyote, rabbit, squirrel, mice, rats, chipmunk, and others! I wonder how the PA Game Commission feels about them. Deer was not listed.
White Buffalo archery results for 2017-2018 25 deer killed at a cost of $360 per deer. Tony DeNicola's White Buffalo charged Mt. Lebanon taxpayers $1352.81 PER DEER for their "sharpshooting" program. Original cost was estimated to be between $200-$300 per deer.
Managing the bow hunting program for Mt. Lebanon was just a lost leader for DeNicola to keep him in total control of the "know nothing" commission, and to assure himself of the more lucrative $77,000 bait-and-shoot annual program. So on one hand, he's probably happy to lose that contract; however, on the other hand, losing that contract could eventually threaten his total control over the "know nothing" commission and his annual $77,000 mug job of Mt. Lebanon taxpayers. Only time will tell. I'm surprised that Mt. Lebanon couldn't find a way around the bidding system to award the contract to DeNicola - I'm sure they tried.
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