Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Water Treatment Plant $5,000,000 Over Budget

Council Spends $45,849,600 In Two Minutes
Spent More Time On $100,000 Toilet Debate

In true city council fashion, they decided to award a $45,849,600 contract for the South Fork Water Treatment Plant which had come in $5,000,000 over budget.

The staff report would indicate that staff are at a loss as to why the tenders for this contract came in at 10% over estimated amounts.

It brings to facts into focus: city staff guesstimates are just that, and city council never seems to question the spending of really large sums of money, without any discussion.

If this was all the deliberation council gave this issue, it is rather scary to think the same bunch are in charge of an $851,000,000 budget, for which they have NO ideas of how to reduce the burden on local taxpayers.

Remember that Councillor Brennan is of the opinion that there is no such thing as taxpayer fatigue in Nanaimo.

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1 comment:

  1. are we to have two water treatment plants, one on south forks rd and one on the Nanaimo Lakes rd, next to second dam as well, whats next, the Brannon lake water treatment plant.

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