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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-04-08, Page 3Di trk t n f.rm la Huron County Council last week award- ed the contract for the Huron County Pioneer Museum redevelopment project to a London firm. At its regular meeting last Tuesday in Goderic•h, council gave its approval to a museum committee reconunendation to award the contract to Bach -McDougall, Engineers and Contractors at a price tag of $2.4 million. That figure, however, is inure than $200,000 lower than the firms original tender - the lowest of three submitted - of $2,606,800. Following the opening of tenders at .a meeting on March 151, the c•otrunittee authorized Project Director Claus Breede and Architect Christopher Borgal to meet with the lowest bidder to negotiate reduc- tions in the total tender • price. The $2.4 million price is the result. '1'o meet the new price, a number of substitutions and deletions were made in the original tender, some of which could be put back in at a later date should addi- tional funding be confirmed prior to com- pletion of work by the contractor. Mr. Breede, following council's approval of the recomnlent;ation, had difficulty sup- pressing his pleasure. '•1 feel this is a good CO s COUNTY COUNCIL NealaNedaaeliefalellaie day for the county," he said. "A dream ap- pears to be on the horizon." Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston express- ed some concerns aver the changes in con • - struction materials from those originally specified. Both Mr. Borgal and the project director agreed with his observation that although some of the deleted items could be re -instated at a later date, some changes were, however, irreversible. '1'o the question of why it was decided to negotiate the adjustments rather than go through the procedure of re -tendering, Mr. ,Breede told council it would be far too costly. Mr. Borgal said the) county would have been faced with an increase in construc- tion costs of as high as 25 per cent had re- tendering been necessary. In addition, there would have been extra costs incur- red- in. order to redesign .the project. "What you see when you look at this list the negotiated changes).is the 'nice to have' items that are being deleted, " he s J said. These items have been deleted, he added, "because we felt we had an obliga- tion to bring this project in on target." During the .museum committee report, presented by Goderich Reeve Harry Worsell, council was told demolition has already begun to make way for renova- tions and restoration to the museurn. Mr. Breede said he is confident the con- tractor will be on the site and ready to pro- ceed in 10 days. In other business related to the museum, Howard Harris of Qoderich, Friends of.the Huron County Pioneer Museum president, appeared before •council to announce a fund-raising project the group is • undertaking. Mr. Harris said the project involves building blocks to be used in the renovation and restoration work, at a price of $5 each. The group hopes to raise at least $10,000 for the museum through the -sale, he said, although the ultimate target is twice that figure. he thanked council for its diligence in giving its attention to what was needed at the museum. "Your forethought will go a long way in- to the future," he. said. "Our children and grandchildren .will reap the reward." mittee to study county government Municipal Affairs Minister Bernard Grandmaitre recently named the members of his Advisory Conmiittee on County Government and announced the terms of reference under which the committee will G operate. . The advisory com►nit'tee will undertake a comprehensive • review of representation , . • and accountability in county councils. and of what responsibilities those councils . • should have in the future to meet new demands for municipal services; "The county council system has served Ontaria•well," Mr. Grandmaitre.sa,id. "'But' it .is. now tiine.to hiok at nays of'iimproving • - and strengthening' it." • In February, the riiinistc►; ippoilited his County t pa from page 1 • and Will incorporate components normally found in several shop areas in larger secon- dary schools. At Gocierich District Collegiate Institute, $5,000 will be spent to make minor building changes to allow spaces_ for instruction in furn'itur'e refini::hing and painting and " decorating, and to provide.additional,spaces • for. an expanded auto 'prograrn. This work Will also complement building changes to accommodate the . senior students with challenging learning needs formerly Iocated at Vic'tor'ia Public School. Other special projects will see $5,000 used' to support, alcohol and drug education pro - •grams; $14,00Q for the'replacement of the HCBE courier. van, $26,950 for the full com- puterization of financial,, services at the HCBE Education Centre and an additional $30,000 for. temporary' personnel hirings to implement the new service.. Also noteworthy is a $15,000 allotment for late bus proposals, Whereby secondary schools may apply'. to the board for funding to offer limited late bus scheduling as a means to allow students to participate in co - curricular activities.. Another $10,000 will go to health and safety repair of field and playground equipment and $8,000 will be us- ed to support communications and public parliamentary assistant, Ray Haggerty, the MPP for Erie; as chairman of the commit- tee. The other three, members are Albert Bouwcrs, Mayor of Osgoode Township and a Member of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.( AMO) board of ,directors; Doris Brick, Reeve of Ennismore Township and a member of the AMO, board of directors; 'Ron Eddy, Reeve of . South Duinphries Township, and a former. pref./dent of AMO and AMO's county and regiofi section. • The minister has directed the committee -tri look at such questions as whether . wardens should be elected annually, how big a couhty council should be, and whether town mayors should continue to be excluded from county councils. The committee has also been directed to look at the division of responsibility for ser- vices — including solid Waste disposal — between the county and the municipalities within it. r. Mr. Grandmaitre has sent the terms of reference to all county councils and all local " municipal councils in counties, with a re- quest for their comments.. • The committee is to begin its work in April, and plans to meet with municipal councils and interested groups in the corn- ing months. Recommendations on represent tation and solid waste disposal are to be sub- mitted to the minister by September 30. Recommendations on the other respon- '. Sibilites of.. county. Councils are due by December 31. yers face e ucation hike relations work. The special projects included in this year's budget are part of a detailed report,of estirnates.. In 1987 the elementary expen- ditures are expected to run at'$23,798,215, up 8',9 per cent from 'the' 1986 figure 'of $22,052,531.. At the, secondary school level, the,expen-" ditUres .for 1987 will be $20,761,530, as com- .. pared to $18,57&,385 in the year previous'for an increase of .4.2 percent. While expenditures in the 1987 budget, are up oi;;> ,previous years, the director of educationb•Altan said that this year he is encouraged by additional financial support given by the provincial government. Additional French instruction at the public school level has meant additional, grant money, amounting to $556,782 which is some $94,'000 more than .received in 1986. Various other monies from the province amount in total to $15,001,157 in 1987. At the secondary level, grant money has been awarded to the HCBE for various education initiatives, including $72,897 for the continuing educations programs, $15,000 for ,the Ties to `Business and Industry pro- gram and $39,600 for the Co-op Education. In total the provincial contribution to the 1987 financial program for the HCBE secondary Schools is $11,865,734. GODERICH SIGNAL; STAR. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987- PAGE 3 Mr. Allan said he was encouraged by this year's bi,rdget rand the provincial input. He noted, "The provincial share hasn't quite kept pace, but they have put up a good amount of money this year. I'm encouraged by this." ' • He suggested that the additional. govern-' ment Support could be due in part to the. in- creased enrolment figures within the school system.. Enrolment, on' the decline since 1971,: rose slightly this year, In 1982 the figure in the decline per. year column read 260.81. This year the 'figure re on the positive side to 10.58. ' . Additional budget and formula chap es were seen this year in the reclassification of Roman Catholic students who attend secon- dary schools in Huron County. In 1987 the secondary 'school residential assessment has dropped $10 million from $29,460,746 in 1986 to $89,685,602. This has meant a decrease 9.1 per cent in the municipal revenue' requirement for 1987. The HCBE will' be receiving a neW revenue, the tax transfer from the Roman Catholic board assessment for students in Grades 11-13 amounting to $573,787. 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