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0) s J J J s |v e Serving Scugog Township PORT §@ PERRY Wednesday, January 14, 1976 wt! Ve AVI WEA r ALA (aE a Baby AN? 3 asda Vol. 110 No. 10 Tender for new arena approved Except for a few pro- cedural loose ends yet to be tied, the township has accep- 'ted a tender for the new arena that not only meets or exceeds all design criteria, but is below the target figure set almost one and a half years ago. Scugog Township, Mon- day night, adopted a report of the New Scugog Commun- ity Memorial Arena Commit- tee that accepts in principal the bid of contractors, C.D.S. Ltd., Whitby, to build the new arena at a cost to the municipality of approxi- mately $710,000. With servic- ing and site preparations, the project comes to an estimated $748,750. -- below the $750,000. target. Although there are a number of minor alterations and changes yet to be con- sidered, new arena chair- man Howard Hall told coun- cil last night that they are almost certainly looking at the top price. 'If there is to Fine idea Our Good-Idea-Of- The-Week award goes to Scugog Township Coun- cillor Bob Brinkman who suggested council destroy two handguns rather than sell them. 'There are too many guns in the world today as it is," he added. The motion didn't have a seconder, how- ever, and the guns from the now defunct Port Perry police force will be sold along with the other equipment such as radios, typewriters and desks. Let's hear it one time for the idealists. be a change at all," he stated, "it will probably be less." The acceptance in prin- cipal was asked for by the committee to expedite the arena project, since the com- mittee has already obtained an extension on the final bid proposals from the bidders. Council agreed that a Letter of Intent be drawn up and sent to the contractor as soon as possible stating their intent to accept the company's tender. Mr. Hall pointed out that the letter would allow the company to go ahead and spend money on more detail- ed plans, specifications, and other details. Even after such preparations are com- pleted and the letter has been sent, Mr. Hall pointed out, the township is still not obligated to go through with the C.D.S. tender. While the letter ties the company to the price quoted, the township can still withdraw until the more detailed documents have been prepared and accepted. The township would have to pay for such preliminary work, however, a figure Mr. Hall thinks would not go over around $20,000. If council goes ahead, the figure is included in the bid, amount. The C.D.S. proposal bid was the centre range, in respect to price, of the five tenders submitted to the committee by contractors. Bottom runner. Whitney Construction Ltd.'s bid of $629,209. was dropped almost immediately because it had "few of the features included in that price. Engineered 'Structures and Components and Paul Carruthers Con- struction Ltd. bids of $770,000 and $790,000. were also drop- ped when the committee found many of the features of these more costly bids in the C.D.S. tender $674.855. tender of Con Dign Ltd. Mr. Hall said the com- mittee considered the Con " Dign proposal and the C.D.S. tender, but found the latter much more suitable in terms of building layout and other features. Although the basic C.D.S. offer came in at $699,000., a number of things have been altered, added on or removed from the plans submitted, giving it the up- ward adjustment to $710,250. The alteration and adjust- ment process is still going on at this time, but Mr. Hall feels any further changes and the' 24 Pages Attractive, many extras...and under budget! would tend to bring down the price, rather than increase it. Secret of the commit- tee's ability to bring the price down (or up) is the listing of a number of items by the contractor separately in the bid. Such items can now be negotiated, added or subtracted from the base price. ' . Items such as spectator heating and an under ice heating system, for example, have been picked to be added to the base price, while items such as substi- tuting plain block for the proposed cosmetic ledge block on all outside walls but ~ the front wall was slashed by the committee to money. More Arena Reports on pages 3 and 9 save Wary of Oshawa Scugog Township is a bit wary about getting into a 50-50 blanket cost-sharing program for boundary work, particularly with an urban community like Oshawa. Lilla plans The long-awaited Infor- mation Centre on the Lilla Stree} project has been an- nounced for January 29 at the municipal offices, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mayor Malcolm made the announ- "cement at the Monday meet- ing of council. The public meeting will be held to inform local resid- ents about the project. which township officials think may go ahead next year. % PTR APY FE ATLA SEAN ra} Godild a, Vi aty US a ARO Ln oid 4 Council Monday night decided to inform Oshawa they would like to postpone a $3,600. road repair work on the Oshawa-Scugog bound- ary road. Council expressed con- cern that such an agreement may not be in the interest of Scugog, since the heavily urbanized municipality of Oshawa can better afford to pay major bills while more rural Scugog could not. What council would like is an agreement that requires bilateral agreement before such a project is undertaken. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm express- ed concern about any such scheme that would tie us in with any project a neigh- bouring community decided to do. hy Lottery held by Hy three local groups "Lotaluck". That's the new slogan...and the new project...of three local organizations in an ef- fort to keep up with growing costs of operating commun- ity facilities. The "Luck" in Lotaluck stands for Lottery for Up- keep Costs "Kommittee', and will hopefully raise enough money to help pay for the operation of the Museum, the Scout Hall, and the Town Hall 1873. The joint venture is the combined effort of the Town Hall 1873 Committee, the Lake Scugog Historical Society, and the Scugog Parents Association. The Parents Association is res- ponsible for the Scout Hall. Idea is to raise about $5,000 total a year, with each of the three groups getting $1,000 off the top, with the remain- ing $2,000 to go into a trust fund. Lawyer George Smith is already arranging the fund and trustees Grant MacDonald, William Sharpe and Wes Lane have been appointed. according to Town Hall Committeeman Bill Brock, chairman of Lotaluck. Vice chairman of the lottery is Earl Stone, a member of the parents' Association. Also on the lottery committee are Ray Munroe of the Historical Society and secretary Mrs. Irma Lewis. The draw, held twice a year in April and October, will be from 500 tickets sold, with a first prize of $1,000, second prize $500, and third prize will be $250. The seller of the winning ticket will get $100.00, and one out of every 10 ticket buyers will get his $10.00 back. Chairman Bill Brock thinks that the popularity of both Wintario and the Olympic Lotteries will rub off on the local venture. 'Since the money raised will be spent locally, and since the chances of winning are about one in 10, 1 don't see why this shouldn't turn out lo be a success. Drop consultants Just how close the new arena committee is watching the pursestrings is made clear in their latest move that drops township engineers Totten Sims Hubicki from the project, and replaces the firm with a project co-ordinator at a saving of nearly $20,000. The committee pointed out in the report to council that it is not necessary to employ an engineering con- sultant for this supervisory role. "It should be noted," states the report, "that under the terms of the "Specifications for Propon- ents', each proposal must be SR TTRNGT A BARAT, INSIDE THIS ISSUE Up & Down the Street.............. page 2 Editorials ..............................page 4 Letters to the Editor ................ page 5 Classifieds............. Fisher Family Returns ............ designed by a registered architect or professional engineer." The proposal which was recommended to council was designed by both an archi- tect and a professional engineer. the report adds, making it unnecessary to duplicate the cost of engin- eering as suggested in the Totten. Sims, Hubicki final report to council. Mr. Hall said that al- though there is nothing in writing, he has a verbal report by Totten, Sims, Hubicki that $8,500. has been spent by the firm on the (continued on page 2)