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l, b . d m . t . Castleton IOWIl Hall 1 S , ( ',astleton parents ',, . B i d b t, skyrocket. on to Plan 1 reassure a out _ C okt t ft/l C- Jeg “any“ were all over $600,000. . l y, By Boa OWEN _ C, Q 07 The chief building official explained . h l, kawentr)xpkamstcrsm pt I that 10 general contraictors Dithedthg ne W SC 00 Ians c c T nc were a t N T r " _ f l The Township of Cramahe's plan to tnededtgys)fi1e't,seetaiQ Nov. 13. All had 1 Ct,ctrrsec-"rr Ciiraecu-a, e, renovate and expand the Castleton Town trouble getting their sub-contractors to By Boy OWEN ' GC" 6 / " Hall hrt an obstacle Nov. 29 when the quote so 't'i2iiir,/ 22 deadline was extended 's (rawen@xplornet.com D _ tenders were opened by the townships a week. Contractors were allowed to make C , No decision has been made by the public school chief building official. Natalie Moro; substitutions 'm the amended versions of ' ', board about the location of a proposed new school in Cornell. . _ their bids - supplying materials that would ', Cramahe Township, parents were reassured Nov. 20 Since the township began ““5““; an meet the stated needs of the project, but for l a at Castleton Public School. active part m the upgrade m zoos, l has alower price. ‘. I l The Kawartha Pine Ridge (KPR) District board allocated over $2(1)/)00 my the repairs. and None did. t I has begun the review ofxplans to close both Castleton improvements “19mm“ by yutyte.ct All the contractors who bid were local. t Public School and South Cramahe Public School and lghillip Carter and designed by the Ventin Facility Services ol'C,-tepftoil bid $635,24.0, E , replace them with a new school in 2010. wroup. . ' Fisher Construction from dobourg came in l Tr er will b fourmeetin s ofa review committee ' Ms.. MororrCornell revealed y) I? at $545,000 and the Jeffery G. Wallans t I“ beige junta 20608 when it isixpected the board will _ interview Nov. 30 that the township gag Construction of Brighton price was , H make a decision using the committee's findings. The $227000 at itsdisposal. Ot that, $158, $669,000. . . j ‘1 meetings will alternate between the two schools was received m a ff,'1n,r.,.')i,.y1l,e?S:r5,(,/,(,l?, Ms, Moroz-Cornell readily admitted I affected by the proposed change. Was set aside by council m its Spring 2000 that, with $227,000 available, the project I l KPR Associate Director of Education Sherry budget (l? 011381011? 1 r t f f r bids can't be completed in the way the township , Summersides attended the Nov, 26 Castleton Parents "the problem IS the ll) es 0 (“if 1 r had envisioned. Council meeting to explain the process to the parents received Nov. 29 was a $440000 Il er Sl? It Was onto Plan B. t and to answer questions. She was at South Cramahe Dalren Ltd. of Cobourg. The other three Continued on page.? Public School Nov 20 I 9__ 7H [ The board's review committee will include Ms. _ / Summersides, Superintendent of Education Bruce 1 j x. 1, Shaw, local school board trustee Cyndi Dickson, ‘trustee Verna Shackleton, Cramahe Township 1 C a S tl e ton I 0 iN n I I all bi d S Mayor Marc Coombs, Principal Michele Adams, reps _ from the two school councils and staffs. the community and businesses. k Pl B l Continued on page 3 . "e-----------------------;"--'-":.': S roc et: on to an "-"------"--------e-------_-, Continued on page 3 design and construction costs. 71 Ms. Moroz-Cotn1eir expects every one of t: When Ms. Moroz-Cornen presented her the designs will be different. But, they must . E report to council Dec. 4. she planned to include six washrooms, an elevator, and a recommend all submitted bids be turned kitchen, After that, the contractors can ft down. a selection process be accepted and a exercise their skills and use their ‘connnittec be formed to make the final experience to provide cost-effective decisions about the design, and the concepts and building materials. T company which will do the work on the The contractor with the best price and town hall. the best plan will be chosen by the If council approved that proposed selection committee to do the ' recommendation. Ms. Moroz-Cornell work if Ms. MorirrCormell's _ planned to ask for expressions of interest recommendations to council are accepted. L from all who bid the first time, and from all Ms. Moroz-Cornell admits she likes the local contractors, many of whom found the tender process better because all the details I original tonderingprocess too unwieldy. are tied down. But, that didn't work. 1 She says she kept hearing contractors Contractors couldn't produce the building it saying they could do the job more cheaply, to the design specifications set out by the so. she will ask if anyone is interested in Ventin Group design team. building the addition and making the Even though the Ventin Group design renovations within the budget. They have will probably no longer be used, the chief until Dec, id to let her know if they are building official is hoping the business interested. stays with the project to approve the final If they think they can do everything for plans for the 997-square-foot addition and under $250000. and provide all the needed administer the contract for the work. ' aspects, they will be asked to provide t filiil: ._,'..§.::":-‘72“?”afflijf"f"§:_;§§3§i;:“I'e’LLTIEis-tt-W "i q