Keystone Heights rejects Lake Geneva cleanup bid – Sole bid was 16x over budget

Trees surround the Clay County boat ramp near Lake Geneva’s Fifth Avenue. Clay County and the City of Keystone Heights are seeking to remove trees and underbrush from the lakebed before rising water from the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project makes the removal impossible.

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected]  Keystone Heights city council members rejected the sole bid made to cut down and remove trees and underbrush from the dry lake bed of Lake Geneva during the council’s August 4 meeting. Interim City Manager Jamie Booth told council members that two contractors attended a pre-bid meeting and only one submitted…

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