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The Olney City Council awarded a four-year contract for maintaining the municipal airport infield to Jordan Haralson, provided he presented the council with a valid certificate of general liability insurance Mr. Haralson and Herb Bernhardt had each submitted bids to keep the 111-acre infield mowed and free of mesquite saplings. The Council was seeking a fouryear maintenance contract, which Mr. Haralson submitted Mr. Bernhardt submitted a one-year contract, City Administrator Arpegea Pagsuberon told the Council. Mr. Haralson proposed paying the City $500 in the second year of the contract, $800 in the third year, and $1,000 in the fourth year to allow him to grow hay on the land, she said. The Council expressed concern that whoever got the maintenance contract should carry a general liability insurance policy to cover any fire or damage to Air Tractor and privately owned planes at the airport.