Council Highlights—May 6th
At its Regular Meeting of Council on May 6th, 2024, Council of the Municipality of Bluewater:
- Approved the circulation of the draft amendments to the Bluewater Zoning By-law for public consultation and scheduled a public meeting for July 8, 2024.
- Supported the tender award of Huron County’s project being the Dashwood Main Street Reconstruction to Van Bree Construction Limited in the amount of $6,885,961 including HST and approved an “Amendment to Budget” to increase the 2024 Water Capital budget for the Dashwood Main Street Water by an additional $17,000.00 for the Bluewater water contribution component of the Dashwood Main Street Reconstruction Project and the cost overage be taken from the Water Reserve Fund.
- Approved the following vehicles be declared surplus and that they be disposed of through the public disposal process after the vehicle replacements have been delivered:
- Vehicle 7069 being a 2011 Dodge RAM 1500,
- Vehicle 7073 being a 2012 Dodge RAM 1500,
- Vehicle 7034 being a 2007 Case Wheel Loader,
- Vehicle 7024 being a 1995 Kubota tractor,
- Vehicle7081 being a 2014 Kubota Zero Turn Mower.
- Directed Staff to work with the Bayfield River Valley Trail Association to install posts for wayfinding signage to the Woodland Trail within the municipal boulevard.
- Authorized staff to procure the services of CIMCO through the Canoe Procurement Group to complete the 2024 Capital Project for the Hensall Arena Reciprocating Compressor and Motor Replacement Project in the amount of $85,000 excluding HST.
- Authorized staff to notify User Groups who rent ice at Hensall and Zurich arenas of the requirement to submit registration data for the purposes of allocating ice contracts in the 2025/2026 season, and the upcoming public consultation period for the Ice Allocation Policy.
- Authorized staff to issue notices to all current users connected to the Zurich Water Line requesting that they indicate their preferred payment options for the capital cost of the project. The payment options include full payment received by June 18, 2024, partial pre-payment received by June 18, 2024 with remainder added to property taxes over 20 years, or adding the full cost to their property taxes over 20 years. Any amounts not prepaid shall be added to property taxes effective the final property tax billing for 2024.
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