What Petro seeks is the competitive bidding process that went on this year - with at least two companies bidding and the village selecting the lower price. Petro also recommended that the Sitterly brothers abstain from voting on the contract, which both of them did this year. Sitterly Tree Service has trimmed Monroeville's village-owned trees for years. The company is continuing to trim the trees this year under the contract it won in fair competition. Petro believes in the competitive bidding process.
State law requires it.
And for what it's worth, the Spectator supports competitive bidding, too. That having been said, it's important as well to keep Petro's criticism in perspective. No one has suggested that Bob Sitterly and his company has failed to deal fairly with the Village of Monroeville. No one has suggested that Mike Sitterly and Tom Sitterly let their judgment as councilmen be clouded by their sibling relationship to Bob Sitterly. In short, there are no bad guys here.