Council here has recommended that Landmark’s composite elevated standard configuration water tower be erected in Drayton.
At the June 26 meeting council approved the completion of a preliminary design at $47,000; detailed design and tender preparation at $61,000; and tender period support at a cost of $13,000.
The total of $121,000 plus HST is part of the $3,034,000 budgeted for the water tower construction in 2017.
In his report to council, Mapleton CAO Manny Baron said the process would take two to three months, according to R.J. Burnside and Associates.
Integral step
“This step is integral as it will provide an updated capital forecast as it relates to the water tower project and help with the overall plan to engage Watson and Associates to conduct an updated rate review,” Baron wrote.
At the meeting, councillor Lori Woodham asked if the items would be necessary for the township to apply for future grants.
“Am I correct in that, in that’s the way that we’re going and hopefully to obtain some?” she said.
Baron said she was correct.
“Very importantly we’re eligible for … almost $1.2 million in OCIF (Ontario Community Infrastructure Fund) top-up funds and that’s the project I think that best fits the criteria,” Baron said.
“But we just can’t apply with no details so they’re going to have to rush and get those details firmed up and engineered.
“Also it paints a bigger picture with the asset management plan, rate study … that goes along with the waste water plant, readjusting our water rates to better suit our capital needs – so kind of a two-fold engineering study.”
