HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2015-01-21, Page 22 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Steffler and MacLellan not happy with Seaforth EMS base RFP
Dave Flaherty
Goderich Signal Star
The request for proposal
(RFP) for a new EMS base
in Seaforth has left Huron
East Mayor Bernie
MacLellan with a number
of questions.
"There is a lot of incon-
sistencies in this RFP,"
MacLellan said while
addressing fellow county
council members at the
Jan. 14 committee of the
whole meeting. "It is not
very professional."
The current ambulance
station in Seaforth that
will be replaced is about
4,000 sq ft.
MacLellan said he
didn't understand why
they were proposing a new
base with a 2,480 sq ft.
vehicle bay and 2,000 sq
ft. building for crew area
and storage, which means
they will have a bigger
space but will only house
half the services.
He added that he had
received some concerns
from industry contractors
about the RFP.
CAO Brenda Orchard
said staff had kept the RFP
"wide open" to see what
kind of response they
St. Anne's getting
back into the
swing of things
Colin Dobson
Minister of Public Relations
After a long and largely
snowless Christmas Break
and a subsequent slew of
snow days, St. Anne's staff
and students are finally
able to enjoy a full and
productive week of
classes. The Christmas
Assembly was a great suc-
cess, where both students
and staff presented their
choreographed dances
and sang carols together.
Quiet week has begun
leading up the end of the
semester, where there will
be no extracurricular
events in the days leading
up to exams. Grade 9s stu-
dents at St. Anne's are also
busy writing their EQAO
Math assessment. Good
luck to all Grade 9s who
are writing. Our swim
team, hockey teams. girls
volleyball, boys basketball
and curling teams are
excited to resuming their
season in the second
semester. We are also
excited for many winter
activities, including Win-
terfest and a special lunch
time event for our friend
Ben who we've been pray-
ing for since October. We
thank God for his contin-
ued recovery.
Second semester classes
will begin on Fri., Jan. 30,
where there will be a wel-
coming assembly held in
the gym in anticipation of
a new and exciting
semester.
would receive.
She explained that they
would accept a proposal
for the building of a brand
new facility or the chance
to move into an existing
building that could be ret-
rofitted to suit their needs.
"We wanted to keep all
the options open,"
Orchard said.
MacLellan and Huron
East Deputy Mayor Joe
â– policebriefs
WEATHER
CAUSES HAVOC
ON LOCAL
ROADS
A section of Huron Road
(Hwy. 8) east of Stratford
was closed for a time last
week due to two separate
motor vehicle collisions.
The first collision oc-
curred on Huron Road near
Hensall Road when the driv-
er of a westbound sports
utility vehicle lost control
of his vehicle trying to pass
two vehicles. The driver of
the sports utility vehicle
clipped the lead vehicle he
was passing causing him
to leave the roadway and
roll his vehicle. The single
occupant, a 46 -year-old
male driver from Waterloo
was transported to hospital
with minor injuries. He has
since been released from
hospital.
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Steffler both agreed that
the RFP has issues that
need to be dealt with.
"If I was a contractor and
an RFP didn't have any spec-
ifications, I'd find it very hard
to bid," Steffler said.
Steffler said it would be
unfair for a contractor to
spend money creating a
proposal without enough
direction from the organi-
zation seeking the bid.
"I would suggest we
agree we made a bit of a
mistake and start over," he
added.
The deadline to receive
proposals for the RFP is
currently Jan. 30, but
Orchard said if council
wishes to do so the county
can make changes and
extend the deadline or
rescind it completely and
start over.
Less than 10 minutes
later, at nearly same loca-
tion, the driver of an east-
bound Chevrolet Cobalt
lost control of her vehicle
and sideswiped two tractor -
trailers that were travelling
westbound on Huron Road.
After the Cobalt collided
with the second tractor -
trailer the Cobalt was struck
by a following eastbound
motor vehicle that at-
tempted to take evasive
action to avoid the collision.
The female driver of the
Chevrolet Cobalt has been
transported to hospital with
minor injuries.
Huron OPP reminds driv-
ers to always drive accord-
ing to weather and road
conditions. Drivers need to
be prepared for unexpected
weather and road condi-
tions at all times.
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s
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