By Craig Westcott
October 27, 2023 Edition
Harbour Construction of Witless Bay has been awarded the contract to prepare the site for a new outdoor rink in Bay Bulls.
The company will be paid $15,978 plus HST, Bay Bulls councillors agreed last week.
Councillor Jason Sullivan, who made the motion to award the job, noted Harbour Construction was the lowest compliant bidder to respond to Bay Bulls' request for proposals.
Sullivan also moved a motion that the Town ask the provincial government for permission to use federal Gas Tax money to pay for the work.
Both motions passed unanimously.
In other council news:
Two development applications have been approved. One is for a new house at 13-17 Hydes Lane, while the other is for a telecommunications tower at 79-87 Farm Road. Council also agreed to reconvey a parcel of land at Bristol Landing Phase III to Northland Holdings to accommodate expansion of the subdivision. The land comprises 54 square metres of roadway on Island Cove Road.
Southeast Construction was the winning bidder on a contract to provide snow clearing and ice control in Bay Bulls this winter.
The company will be paid $329,900 plus HST for the work.
"I'd just like to point out that this tender has increased pretty significantly from last year’s, roughly 16 per cent higher than what we expended last year on snow clearing," said Deputy Mayor Jason O'Brien.
And finally, council approved more properties to be sold off to apply against their owners’ tax arrears.
Deputy Mayor O'Brien moved that staff undertake to sell properties at 257 Northside Road, 254 - 256 Northside Road, 13 O'Dea's Lane, 10A O'Dea's Lane, and 77-79 Gunridge Road.
"I’d just like to let the public know that we're going through a similar process to what we did last year," said O'Brien. "That worked out pretty well for us in clearing up some backlog in our tax roll. These (latest ones) are some that we've identified so far in areas of the harbour that we can try to get cleaned up."
