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PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2013. Classified Advertisements
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Tenders Tenders Tenders Tenders
acation
propertiesV
Tenders for Hot Mix Paving
for the
Municipality of
Morris-Turnberry
Tenders are now being received for the following:
Hot Mix Paving for Clyde Line, from approximately County Road
16 to Browntown Road 1 lift of 50 mm asphalt; requiring 2200
tonnes of HL4 and 200 tonnes of HL4 Sand Pad.
Tender documents are available at the Municipal Office or on the
Municipal website - www.morristurnberry.ca
Clearly marked, sealed tenders will be received by the
undersigned of the Municipality until 12:00 noon, Monday, July 22,
2013.
Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Gary Pipe, Director of Public Works
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry
PO Box 310, 41342 Morris Road,
BRUSSELS, ON N0G 1H0
Email: gpipe@morristurnberry.ca
Telephone: 519-887-6137 Fax: 519-887-6424
County of Huron
Homes for the Aged
Invitation to Tender
Flooring Renovation Project
To obtain complete packages on the details of the Tender
for Huronlea in Brussels and Huronview in Clinton,
go online at www.huroncounty.ca
or contact Huronview Home for the Aged at 519-482-3451
All interested parties must comply with the “Workplace Safety and
Insurance Coverage” and “Workplace Health and Safety” clauses from
the County of Huron, Human Resources Policy No. 5.12
“Contractors-WSIB, H & S Obligation Clearance Certificate
and Site Safety”
Sealed bids will be accepted until
3:00 pm, local time on July 29, 2013
at Huronview Home for the Aged
R.R. #5 Clinton, ON N0M 1L0
Attention: Tracey Seymour, Environmental Services Manager
The County of Huron reserves the right not to accept the lowest or any tender.
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traditional values and is involved in
promoting the different aspects of
modern agriculture with the fair.
In addition to these activities she
also makes time for hockey and
curling.
“We’ve got a bit of a transition
plan in place,” Vincent says about
her family and the family farm. The
Vincent family farm is a mix of
sheep, beef and cash crops. She says
all major decisions regarding
breeding plans, crop rotation,
upgrades and herd/flock
management are discussed as a
family.
In the future she hopes to
eventually take over the farm from
her parents. She feels it is in her
blood and agriculture is her long-
term goal. She says she is thankful
for her parents’ support because her
goals would not be possible
otherwise.
Vincent says she does plan on
maintaining off-farm employment.
“I can’t see myself with a large
flock,” she says. “I want to be
involved in crops,” she adds in terms
of what sector she likes to work in.
She likes having beef and sheep as
both types of livestock allow her to
work off-farm without too much
difficulty. She says she can work
with the animals in the hours around
her job.
She likes educating others about
agriculture. “I'm not farming the
same way my grandfather was,” she
says about the ever-changing
industry. “I’ve been lucky to see
true, hard-working leaders in
action,” she says.
She says everyone around her has
helped her get to where she is now
and she is actively working to give
back to the community all it has
given her.
Vincent
looks to
future
North Huron stays consistent with farmland
The need for a consistent business
practice over-rode the desire to know
that North Huron Township Council
had a good tenant in Glen Warwick
when the council decided to tender
out a field Warwick had offered ‘fair
market value’ on.
Recreation and Facilities Manager
Pat Newson suggested that council
sign a new lease with Warwick for a
field abutting the Richard W. LeVan
airport, both properties owned by the
municipality.
Due to the increased value of
farmland, the price had gone up
significantly from previous years
and Warwick offered $270 per acre
plus HST. The price for the 230
farmable acres was set at $155 per
acre plus HST in 2011 and that
contract runs out in 2013.
“This was the most challenging
time to renew,” Newson stated. “The
current market value of farm land
leasing has gone so high that it
wasn’t our normal couple of dollars
increase that we could just
implement and say off we go.”
Newson continued on to say
Warwick had been extremely helpful
and that, along with the assistance of
councillors who are knowledgeable
in farm land leasing and prices, she
was comfortable that council was
getting a fair deal.
In the existing contract with
Warwick, Newson said he had the
first right of refusal so she
suggested he provide a fair price
that was market value and that, if
council didn’t agree with the
proposal, council could go to
market.
When questioned by Councillor
Archie MacGowan, Councillor Ray
Hallahan, a farmer from East
Wawanosh, stated he thought the
deal was fair.
“We’re looking at the $270 per
acre range,” he said. “I think we have
a good tenent with Glen.”
Councillor Bernie Bailey,
however, felt uncomfortable with
just leasing out the land to Warwick
who has farmed the plot since he
became the township’s tenant in
2002.
MacGowan said the last time the
issue was put to tender was when the
last lessee, a Mr. John King, left.
“Since then, Glen has been a good
steward of the land, a good lessee
and he has worked with the airport,”
he said. “The only concern I have is
the fair market value, and it seems
like that research has been done.”
Bailey’s main concern was
legality.
“I feel we should be tendering it
out because I think it’s gotten to be
too much money to have a year-to-
year contract with,” he said. “We
wouldn’t do that with tractors or
graders and we’re talking about the
kind of money we would spend on
that.”
While the price change wasn’t a
concern, the overall price seemed to
keep coming up in Bailey’s
questions and concerns despite the
fact that he stated price wasn’t an
issue.
A motion to go to tender was
moved, however it was eventually
tabled because too many ideas were
presented about how to proceed and
Newson was told to come back with
the best procedure to use to tender.
Council had requested such
addenda to the issue as having letters
of reference and a letter of credit for
the potential lessee as well as giving
Warwick the opportunity to outbid
the highest bidder as per his right of
refusal.
Council, however, could not come
to a decision on how to put a tender
out and requested Newson do the
research to decide the best way.
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machine they’re trading in had
15,000 hours, wondered if council
should hold off for a couple of more
years.
Mayor Paul Gowing disagreed.
“It’s our job to keep good equipment
on the road,” he said.
The motion to accept the John
Deere tender was approved with
only Warwick opposed (Deputy-
Mayor Jason Breckenridge was
absent on holiday).
In another grader-related matter,
council reluctantly agreed to pay a
bill for replacement of the
transmission of its Volvo grader at a
cost of $39,803 after learning the
machine was 17 months past the
expiry of its warrantee.
Again Warwick was a holdout. “It
should be covered because it
shouldn’t have failed,” complained
Warwick who also felt the repair bill
was higher than it should have
been.
Gowing, noting there are 7,000
hours of use on the grader said he
didn’t think the municipality “has a
leg to stand on” if it fights the
bill.
“This isn’t a farm tractor that gets
used now and then,” agreed
Councillor David Baker. “This is a
grader that gets used hard every
day.”
The motion to pay passed with
Warwick and Smuck opposed.
Grader purchased
Sealed tenders, addressed to the Public Works Manager, Barry Mills,
Municipality of Huron East, 72 Main Street South, Box 610, Seaforth,
ON, N0K 1W0, will be received by him until:
1:00 p.m., Thursday, July 25, 2013
The work includes approximately:
• 1300 m
3 of earth excavation
• 950 tonnes of Granular “A”
• 1700 tonnes of Granular “B”
• 150 tonnes of asphalt for 2013
• 125 tonnes of asphalt for 2014
• 275 m of curb and gutter
• 190 lineal metres of various size storm sewer (300 mm dia. to
450 mm dia.)
• 170 lineal metres of 200 mm dia. watermain
as well as other work incidental thereto.
Plans, specifications and tender forms may be obtained from the office
of the undersigned upon payment of a non-refundable fee of $30.00.
This fee includes all taxes.
A certified cheque in the amount of $12,000 must accompany each
bid.
Lowest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted.
B. M. ROSS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Engineers and Planners
62 North Street
Goderich, ON N7A 2T4
Phone: 519-524-2641
Fax: 519-524-4403
www.bmross.net