MAPLETON – Council here has approved a cost sharing agreement between the township and the county for a wash bay at the Drayton garage.
Part of the March 12 motion directed staff to write an invoice for $418,460 to the county for work done on the wash bay.
In total, the county’s portion of the wash bay will be $557,035.
Part of the project includes some asphalt work and a grey water pipe, which have yet to be completed. The cost for that work has been estimated at a total of $138,575.
CAO Manny Baron explained the motion was “just to tidy up any loose ends left with the work garage. The township expects to receive the money within 30 days of the invoice date.”
Baron added that the money will go directly into capital reserves.
Baron’s report to council indicated that “On Nov. 19, 2013 the shop behind the municipal offices caught fire and was essentially destroyed. The remaining structure was demolished and plans for a new shop began.”
The township commissioned a new shop in 2016.
The township will pay for the gasoline it consumes at the shop, based on a quarterly average.
The township will also “bill 8% of all utilities for the shop based on the square footage they are using,” according to the report.
Councillor Marlene Ottens asked whether the county will be doing the outstanding projects like the asphalt and pipe work or if the township will and “have to invoice [the county] for that amount at a later date?”
“[The county] will handle that work and, for instance, if the work comes in at a little bit less [the county is] going to owe us some of that money,” said Baron.
“If it comes in at a little bit more we are going to owe them a little bit of money but they are going to take responsibility for that work.”
