By Mark Squibb/May 19, 2022
After a delay of some weeks, Witless Bay has approved a janitorial contract for the cleaning of town buildings including the Town Hall, fire department, and Puffin Centre.
During last week’s meeting, councillor Alex Troake made a motion that the Town enter a contract with House Cleaning St. Johns NL for a period of one year at a cost of $30 an hour.
The Town received two bidders, and awarded the contract to the lower bidder.
In a previous meeting, Troake had voted against awarding the contract to Trillium Services as it was the only qualified bidder after a second company backed out.
Troake, along with councillor Jacob Hayden, voted against awarding the contract to Trillium, while councilors Gerard Dunne, Ralph Carey, and Mayor Trevor Croft voted in favour of the motion. As Deputy Mayor Lorna Yard and councillor Nancy Burke were absent from the meeting, the vote did not pass, despite three of five members present having voted in favour of it. That led to the second call for tenders.
