By Mark Squibb / September 7, 2023
Witless Bay council has made good on its promise to construct a new dog park.
During a public meeting held on August 24th, council awarded site work and fence installation for the new dog park to the lower compliant bidder, Harbour Construction, at a cost of $12,840, plus HST.
“We promised earlier that we were going to relocate the dog park, so this is the part where we do that,” said councillor Ralph Carey.
Deputy Mayor Lorna Yard said she was surprised by the amount of feedback the Town received regarding the dog park.
“I didn’t realize how many people used the dog park, but one thing we heard was that people would like to see the park closer to the playground, and so that’s where we’re going to put it,” said Yard. “And once we get it sorted out, maybe next year, we’ll look at some doggy décor.”
The former dog park was located in the same general area but could only be accessed by trespassing over private property. It has been closed this summer while council worked behind-the-scenes to get construction of a new park off the ground.
Deadline for completion of the work is September 30.
Councillor Gerard Dunne declared a conflict of interest as his company bid on the work. The remaining five members of council voted in favour of awarding the tender.
In other tender news, council also approved a janitorial contract for the cleaning of town buildings such as the Town Hall, fire department, and Puffin Centre.
Council voted unanimously to approve lowest compliant bidder Royale Cleaning Services Inc., at a rate of $33.21, plus HST, per hour.
Council, back in May, 2022, had contracted House Cleaning St. John’s NL for a one-year period at a rate of $30 an hour.
