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A) *ri UV 225 g Box 5/ 1 99 Coke, Sprite or Canada Dry Assorted Varieties 99 24 x 355 ml Tins Unit Price 7.2/100 ml 750 ml Bottles + Deposit Unit Price 9.2/100 ml • 69 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996 PAGE 7. Councillors question renovations to county homes Angry Huron County councillors, Thursday, questioned spending $477,000 to upgrade Huronlea and Huronview, the county's homes for the aged which were opened three years ago. "It doesn't seem like good busi- ness to pay money to repair what should have been done properly in the first place," said Turnberry Reeve Brian McBumey, leading off a debate that took most of an hour. Much of that debate centred on whether the repairs were required because of poor workmanship by the original architect and contractor or if they were necessary adjust- ments to fine-tune the buildings. Charles Hazel], the architect hired by the county to look at prob- lems in the two buildings, said they are first class facilities but some adjustments have to be made after three years of experience and there have been some changes in tech- nology since then. Noting that cor- rection of drainage problems was a major item for repair, McBurney said that technology hadn't changed to make water run uphill in three years. "It would have had to run uphill to get to the old drains." Hazel] said that there was a prob- lem in the courtyard areas where water from the roofs had been run onto the ground but now it was dis- covered the ground was saturated, retarding or even killing some of the landscaping plants. It's usual practice to put water onto the sur- face of the ground, he said, but now it is obvious that drains must be installed to take the water away. Grading will also be done around the buildings to help drain the water away from the huge roof sur- faces. "I think we're seeing a real song and dance," claimed Bob Hallam, reeve of West Wawanosh. He chal- lenged Hazen to admit that there were mistakes made by the original architect. Hazel! refused to take the bait. "I didn't design (the buildings). From what I've seen I can't say there was a mistake. The normal practice of putting water on top of the ground didn't work." Bill Mickle, reeve of Exeter said the project had originally come in under budget, so cost cutting was not a reason for the problems and the county had hired a project man- ager (a member of the architect's staff) to look after their interests. Surely, he said, somebody had to take responsibility. "We're going around and around .the original issue," argued Bill Vanstone, reeve of Colborne. "There are areas that are faults from the original construction. They've got to be fixed. Can we come back on the architect or the contractor?" Lynn Murray, county clerk- administrator, said there is ongoing litigation against the architect, 'he contractor and the project manager, but the county has had legal advice that it might cost more to fight the battle than what they would receive if they won. "I don't like it and I agree with you, but (the legal advice) puts us in the position to spend a lot of money and not get anywhere." The contractor had walked away from $65,000 of the 10 per cent hold-back from the original contract, she said, and this has been used to rectify some of the deficiencies in the building. "I'm disillusioned," said Tom Cunningham, reeve of Hullett. "I sat on the (Health and Seniors) Committee and heard the architect say, 'I don't make mistakes'. The architect was questioned on drainage and she said she knew what she was doing." Pointing to another area requiring repairs, Cunningham said the staff had originally expressed concerns over the proposals for floor cover- ings which are now causing prob- lems. "We, council and committee heads, have been listening to the so-called experts and not listening to the people who really know." But Hazel' argued that the floor covering is an excellent product that has been used in other health facilities. The staining of the floor covering seems to be coming up from the concrete below, he said. Claus Breede, who is in charge of the renovation project for the coun- ty said it's hard to pin blame for problems. Using the flooring as an example he said "We've been around the mulberry bush on this for about two years. The flooring people say it's not their product, the concrete people say it's not their product, the adhesive people say Continued on page 18 Tasty meal The Shriners took advantage of the beautiful weather, Sept. 6, when they hosted a fish fry at Blyth Lions Park. 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