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Tender accepted for Moorefield hall project By Patrick Raftis
Redsfest at Norwell - To kick off the start of another school year, Norwell District Secondary School’s student council surprised students with Redsfest. Students spent the afternoon of Sept. 28 on the sports field eating cotton candy, playing mini golf, competing in “hamsterball� races and more. School officials thanked the student council “for an awesome afternoon filled with fun, laughter and school spirit.� Clockwise from top left: Mary MacKenzie enjoys some cotton candy; Lauren Haveman works on her swing; students try out the hampsterball track; and teachers Lindsay Clements, left, and Mallory Tolcher had their faces painted for the occasion. Submitted photos
MAPLETON – Council has authorized staff to award the tender for the base components of the Maryborough Community Centre renovation project, including a new entrance canopy, to Sax Construction Inc. The company’s bid of $671,200 plus HST was the lowest of five presented to council on Sept. 26. Council also approved an additional debenture amount of $206,124 to fund the project. Councillors made the decision to proceed with a two-stage renovation process on Aug. 22 after submitted bids for the original tender, which closed on July 25, were substantially higher than the budget amount council had authorized. In January the township learned it was successful in obtaining $259,800 through the Ontario 150 Community Capital Grant Program for the hall in Moorefield, which was built in 1967. The tender from Sax Construction included a $621,400 bid for the base project elements and $49,800 for the entrance canopy. The re-tendered base project consists of: - accessibility ramps,
inside and outside of the building; - lighting upgrades; - washroom upgrades accessibility (including requirements) and vestibule; - floor and ceiling replacement; - painting; - new concrete patio including all fencing, gates, hardware; - heating, ventilation and air conditioning replacement (includes incidental roof repairs around new unit installations); and - replace existing electrical service equipment in the electrical room. The budget for the project is based upon pre-tender estimates and a total budget of $625,420. Acceptance of the latest tender will allow for completion of the base project within the stipulated time frame for qualification to receive the provincial grant funding, which has a project completion date of March 31, explains a staff report from public works director Sam Mattina. Additional elements of the project will be considered for construction following completion of the base project, the report states. SEE TENDER Âť 3
Rural residents slow to adopt curbside waste/recycling pickup By Patrick Raftis More GUELPH Wellington County residents are using expanded curbside pickup to send recycling, rather than garbage, to local landfill and transfer station sites. However, overall, county residents have been slow to adopt to the new service. A staff report presented at the Sept. 28 Wellington County council meeting indicates total recycling managed by the county’s solid waste services division increased by 359 tonnes since the expansion of rural curbside collection in July 2016. This represents a 6.4 per cent increase over the same period the previous year. Over the same period, garbage disposed of increased
by less than 1%, even with population growth in the county. “This suggests that with the convenience of curbside service, more recycling was captured in the blue box program rather than in the garbage stream,â€? solid waste services manager Das Soligo explains in the report. Councillor Don McKay, chair of the solid waste services committee, told council rural residents haven’t switched to the curbside system as quickly as anticipated. “It maybe hasn’t moved as fast ‌ the uptake of the residents in the rural communities, as expected,â€? said McKay. The report shows that throughout rural areas where curbside collection
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began last year, 22% of residents are putting out garbage and 43% are recycling. This compares with 52% using waste collection and 69% recycling in Erin and where Guelph-Eramosa, rural collection has been in place longer. Individually, 58% of Erin rural residents are using waste pickup and 69% are using curbside recycling. In Guelph-Eramosa the figures are 46 and 68% respectively. Of the five areas where curbside pickup was implemented last year, only the Town of Minto was involved in a previous rural pickup pilot project, which was discontinued there in 2008. At that time, Minto residents were putting out recycling and waste respectively at rates of 17 and 38%. Last
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year, only 15% of Minto residents put out garbage and 38% used recycling pickup. In other new service areas the results were: - Mapleton, 21% waste, 48% recycling; - Centre Wellington, 20% waste, 37% recycling; - Wellington North, 28% waste, 45% recycling; and - Puslinch, 28% waste, 45% recycling. Combined across the entire county, 31% of rural residents are using waste pickup and 51% are using curbside recycling. The staff report cautions that the current figures come from sample areas of the various municipalities selected for a participation study, not the entire municipality. Figures detailing the number of garbage and
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recycling stops on routes by Waste Management show a monthly increase in garbage and recycling collected. The report states this trend “suggests the above participation numbers are in fact understating actual participation in the program. “Anecdotally, staff are also observing higher participation in many areas that have not yet been selected for the participation study.â€? McKay noted staff anticipates a gradual increase in usage of the services in new areas. “It takes a lot for people to change the way they do things ‌ I still like to go to the transfer station although I can put my blue box and my refuse out on the curb and I think there’s still some people that like to do that,â€?
McKay stated. “As time goes on I think that people will see the benefits of having it picked up at the door.� Hazardous waste Another new service that has been in operation for over a year now is the county Mobile Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Depot service was launched in July of 2016. The program replaced HHW Event Days in the five member municipalities which host a county waste facility. The depot has been placed for a month at a time at each of the waste facility and this year two county road garages were added to the rotation, meaning the depot will spend at least one month in each of the county’s member municipalities each year.
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