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“Was I good? Of course, Santa...” Three-year-old Lola Gaffan, daughter of John and Carissa Gaffan of Kingsville, was at the Leamington County Fair Mall on Saturday, December 18 to have a little face-to-face chat with Santa Claus himself. Lola told Santa she’d like a Barbie for Christmas. (SUN Photo)
New docks... for FREE
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By Bill Chaplin, Municipal Correspondent
that the tender came in under budget and is expecting excellent results.
Monday night, December 20, Leamington Council accepted the low tender of Kehoe Marine Construction of Lansdowne, Ontario, in the amount of $1,200,395.00 to construct and install the new docks at Leamington’s Municipal Marina. The wonderful news is that the entire cost will be covered by either insurance on the old docks destroyed in the tornado, or by the federal funding Leamington acquired through the Community Adjustment Fund agreement it signed last week. No municipal tax dollars will be required! Asked if he was confident Kehoe could do the work, the consulting engineer from Riggs Engineering who is overseeing the project told council he was for two reasons: the company has the experience, and there is a $1500 per day penalty clause in the contract if they fall behind. He was very pleased
Tenders that were received for improvement to five traffic signals in town came in so far over budget that municipal council has passed administration’s recommendation not to award a contract at this time. The estimate for the 2010 signal improvements, including provisional items, contingency, and HST was $64, 919.00. The lowest tender was 48% over this budgeted amount. John Tofflemire, the municipal Director of Community Services who presented the report to council commented, “We were taken aback by the prices.” The expectation is that prices will come down once major stimulus funding projects are over in 2011, so the municipality will re-tender an updated list next year.
Traffic Signal Improvements On Hold
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