The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-10-14, Page 3Firm o j ects to
from page 1
committee's report.
The Slaught company's bids were as follows, base
bid boiler at $44,100, York -Shipley boiler at $34,611,
and Syncro Compac boiler at $36,543 (Syncro Compac
is manufactured by Bell Industries). R. Egan, the
board's consulting engineer, did not accept the Syn-
cro Compac boiler as being equal to the base bid, but
did accept the York -Shipley boiler as being equal.
"We have just learned that, at the advice of Mr. R.
Egan, the board's consulting engineer,the board has
awarded.a contract for a new boiler in the Seaforth
District High School to a contractor who will supply a
boiler of foreign manufacture," stated a letter dated
Sept. 25 from Charles Smith, vice-president of Bell
Industries to the board.
The letter adds that the school is only a half mile
from the company's plant.
"Robert Bell Industries paid taxes this year into
the Huron County School system in the amount of
$2,457.05. If the tax paid by our employees is added to
this it would easily double the amount," stated Mr.
Smith's letter.
The committee's report states, "the representative
of Bell Industries Limited, in his letter to all
members of the board, seeks preferential treatment
because his company and his employees are Huron
County taxpayers. We have been advised by the
Ministry of Education that the only preferential
treatment the Ministry will acknowledge is the Cana-
dian Content policy."
The committee's report noted the Ministry's grant
rate is approximately 80 per cent of approved costs
based on the lowest bid, and in this case, adjusted
bid. The adjusted bid, used for comparison purposes
only, is computed by using a formula developed by
the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. In the adjusted
bids, the York -Shipley boiler remains the lowest.
"The local ratepayers will have to pay not only the
20 per cent (approximately) not provided by the Pro-
vince but also 100 per cent of the difference between
the lowest adjusted bid and the bid the Board ac-
cepts," stated the committee report.
Trustee J. Jewitt, representing the Townships of
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•44*
Hulled and McKillop and the Town of Seaford), said
in view of the large difference in cost between the
boilers, the board should go, with the lowest bid.
Chairman of the board Donald McDonald said it is
a straight "dollars and cents question".
In a question period at the end of the meeting, Mr.
Smith asked the board if they had a written state-
ment of the Canadian. Content of the York -Shipley
boiler. (The boiler is manufactured in the United
States.) Chairman McDonald said the board did have
a letter listing the Canadian content of the boiler.
Mr. Smith also asked if the consulting engineer
gave reasons why the alternate boiler, in this case
the Syncro Compac boiler, was not acceptable.
Superintendent of Education R; B. Allan said no
reasons were given except that the boiler was not
equal to the base bid.
The Bell Industries representative asked if the
board was aware of the paragraph in the statement
of Canadian Content which states, "If the Canadian
content information is found to be incorrect, the
quotation -tender will be rejected, and the bidder may
be disqualified from all future bidding".
Chairman McDonald said the board is aware of
this.
Mr. Smith's final question to the board asked if the
board is aware Bell Industries can move its Huron
County Board of Education support to other areas.
During a break in the meeting, Mr. Smith told
reporters his next step would be to ask the Ministry of
Industry and Tourism for a verification of the Cana-
dian Content of the York -Shipley boiler. He said he
was "almost positive" the boiler in question would
not meet Canadian Content regulations, but it could
be proven through duty documents.
In the committee's report to the board. it says, "The
Ministry of Industry and Tourism states that
`everything added in Canada - labor, materials,.
transportation, duty, taxes and the Canadian sup-
plier's profit - qualifies as Canadian Content. Quite
simply, Canadian Content is the value of the sup-
plier's total actual bid minus the dutiable value of
any imported goods or services'."
Township taxes in bind....
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the town of tioaerich has always benefitted from
the existing requisition collection system by
prepaying a portion of the bill. This year the board
allowed the town a credit of $29,218 for pre -paying.
The board gives the town a rate of interest com-
parable°to the prime lending rate.
While the town has been issuing interim tax bills
and taking advantage of the money by prepaying the.
board of education requisition, Clerk Larry McCabe
said the new system will not affect the town greatly.
"Things might change slightly but the finance
committee will have to take.a look at it," he said. "We
will till be able to prepay the March instalment but it
will affect our cash flow."
'The move was no real surprise as the board has
been considering changing the requisition system for
many years.
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