JACKSON, MI – A new contract for janitorial services at city-owned properties will push out a Jackson-based company and likely result in four layoffs of its employees.

Beginning July 1, A Williams Cleaning Services will no longer provide cleaning services for the city after nearly four years as the lead cleaning company. Owner Al Williams said he has contracted on and off with the city for 15 years."It's unfortunate the city won't work with a Jackson company," he said. "The four employees I have working part-time to clean those properties - all of who live in Jackson - will likely be laid off and they're looking for other jobs."

Jackson City Council voted 4-3 this month to approve a contract with RNA Janitorial. The Ann Arbor-based company provided a bid of $46,176, nearly $13,000 a year lower than A Williams Cleaning Services' bid of $59,124.

"Money doesn't grow on trees and $13,000 isn't anything to sneeze at," Councilman Andrew Frounfelker, 5th Ward, said at the May 13 council meeting.

Mayor Jason Smith and council members Arlene Robinson, 1st Ward, and Kimberly Jaquish, 2nd Ward, voted against contracting with RNA Janitorial.

More at source: Mlive

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