Request for Proposal Supply of Firewood

Requirements:

¨ 10 cords of firewood

¨ 18" cut length

¨ Max 10" diameter or split

¨ Infested, ro ed, painted, construc on, or waste wood not accepted.

¨ Delivered to Public Works yard within 3 weeks of order

¨ Supplier must have Town of Faro business license

Interested suppliers may provide a quote indica ng the type of wood that will be provided or an approximate percentage of the mix. The quality of the wood will be considered, as well as the price offered; therefore, the lowest price will not necessarily be accepted.

The quote is required by 4:00 pm, Friday, March 17, 2023. Please deliver your quote to the Town Office in a sealed envelope labeled ''SUPPLY OF FIREWOOD 2023.'' erty owners come in. As those people, who have vacant &/or uninhabitable housing, sit on their housing units and do nothing, the Town is s ll required to maintain the water & sewer lines in front of their proper es, as well as plow the snow and repair the roads. Property taxes on vacant &/or uninhabitable housing is assessed lower, so the Town loses revenue from these proper es each year. A vacant &/or uninhabitable housing penalty works to address that inequity. For someone who has a vacant & uninhabitable four-plex, this will increase their property taxes by an addi onal $2,000.00 or more.

To be clear, the Town has no desire to take possession of these units, but it is hoped that this addi onal levy may ‘push’ these property owners to either develop their property or offer the proper es for sale to others who may be interested in buying them.

Town Union Se les Collec ve Agreement

At a recent Regular Council Mee ng, Mayor Jack Bowers noted that the Town has come to an agreement with the Interna onal Union of Opera ng Engineers, Local 115 for a new collec ve agreement that will represent Town Staff un l June 2025.

Says Larry Baran, CAO for the Town, “I especially want to compliment the local staff who sat on the nego a ng commi ee. They were excellent to deal with. At a me when infla on is impac ng many residents in Canada, and the world as a whole, everyone recognized that there is really only one taxpayer and there is no value in raising taxes 10 or 20 percent.”

The collec ve agreement covers all staff working in the Public Works, Recrea on, and Finance departments, including about 12 full- me & part- me permanent staff.