The township will be receiving an additional $500 per kilometre to provide winter maintenance on Wellington Road 45 on behalf of the county. In a letter received at the Nov. 27 meeting, county operations manager Paul Johnston advised council the county would provide compensation of $5,500 per kilometre, rather than the $5,000 per kilometre rate earlier agreed upon.
The Town of Minto recently requested a higher level of compensation for county roads it maintains in the winter months, after a cost analysis indicated the municipality lost money on the contract the previous year.
Figures presented at the Nov. 6 Minto council meeting indicated it cost an estimated $75,500 to maintain Wellington Roads 2 and 3 in 2011-12, while compensation, at $4,800/km, totaled only $69,120, leaving Minto with a shortfall of $6,380.
Johnston said the county was increasing Minto’s compensation by $500 per kilometre and would up Mapleton’s rate by the same amount.
“In fairness to Mapleton, I offer a new rate of $5,500 for the maintenance of Wellington Road 45 to reflect the same increase,” he stated.
Mapleton CAO Patty Sinnamon told the Advertiser Mapleton had already accepted the contract at the lower rate and had not asked for an increase.
