The township has chosen a consulting firm to complete a planned Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for long-term wastewater management.
At the Jan. 13 meeting, council approved the recommendation of public works director Brad McRoberts to accept the proposal of Exp Services Inc. to complete the project for $139,696.
Headquartered in Brampton, the company has offices throughout North America and was one of 11 firms responding to a request for proposals on the project. Exp’s proposals scored the highest on a formula that blends technical and financial components. The company’s proposal had the highest technical score and the second-lowest fee proposal.
In a report to council McRoberts stated the company has a highly-qualified professional team, has recently done a similar project for a community of comparable size, and offers an “aggressive, yet realistic, project schedule” with completion dates estimated at 13 months from initiation.
At the Sept. 9 meeting, council directed staff to issue a request for proposals for the completion the environmental assessment. The initiative is aimed at alleviating wastewater capacity limitations that are stalling development.
Councillor Michael Martin asked if conducting the assessment means “things are on hold” until the project is completed.
McRoberts explained the Class Environmental Assessment is part of the long-term solution to the township’s wastewater issues, but other measures are also being taken to deal with the problem in the short-term.
“I thought this was such a great process,” said Mayor Neil Driscoll, who noted previous councils had done a great deal of research but taken little action on the problem.
