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Issue No. 284 Published by: Forward Thinking August 18, 2020 The Scoop From The Chicken Coop Local being asked to allow backyard chickens By: Jennifer Layman approve of the location of the [email protected] coop. As this is a pilot project, the Interest in raising backyard owner agrees that if the pilot is chickens is making its way not continued beyond March 2, across some municipalities in 20201, the owner removes all Renfrew and Lanark Counties. hens from the property. Along with that interest, comes Kingston Example concern from neighbours about In Kingston, the bylaw smells, diseases and predators. allowing for backyard chickens However, some municipalities is similar to that of Toronto. have moved forward with Kingston also clarifies that allowing backyard chickens in chickens must be in the coop urban and rural areas, and the from 9:00pm to 6:00am and Ministry of Agriculture, there are greater distance Food and Rural Affairs has also requirements from schools, weighed in on what churches and businesses. Manure must also be bagged and municipalities should consider with the requirements and the Hens must be for the purpose disposed of, not left to "fertilize" from an industry perspective owner is aware of the terms and of enjoyment and egg production lawns. The home slaughter of about allowing these new ways conditions. for home use. Nothing can be hens is also prohibited. of bringing the farm to your own Toronto limits homeowners to sold or given to others. Ottawa-Gatineau backyard. four hens per property. Hens There are requirements for a The City of Ottawa does not Toronto Example cannot be purchased until they weather-proof and insulated permit backyard chickens (or Perhaps surprising is that there are f our months old, the age at coop building that will also keep other domestic farm animals) in are four wards in the City of which you can determine if a hens safe from predators and are areas not zoned for agricultural Toronto that allow for "urban chick is a hen or a rooster. cleaned to prevent the spreading purposes. However, Gatineau hens" as part of a pilot program Roosters are not permitted. The of disease. There is also a does allow for up to five laying that began March 2, 2018 and four-month age also eliminates requirement to be a certain hens for a $30 licence. Residents will run until March 2, 2021. any abandonment of hens when distance from a lot line and must have a minimum lot size. Hens must be registered with the they are no longer "cute and neighbour's windows. Municipal City of Toronto to ensure the fuzzy chicks." enforcement officers must owner's property is compliant Continued on Page 3 August 18, 2020 Ottawa Valley Business Page 2

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Continued from Page 1 Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and safety issues, mostly as it Book Club website. pertains to reducing the chance Springwater Vancouver's link - of disease in the community. The Township of Springwater's https://vancouver.ca/people- "This Evidence Brief only Senior Planner, Chris Russell, programs/backyard- addresses questions regarding penned a February 2020 report chickens.aspx - includes health risks from backyard on backyard chickens. In resources for people to consider chickens and means to reduce addition to a public survey, the before getting hens, how to those risks," says a report on local agricultural community detect disease, basic care and their website. "We have not was invited to submit comments. more. included noise, odour and the The Simcoe County Federation OMAFRA possible benefits of raising of Agriculture, Arbor Lane In an effort to assist backyard chickens in this brief. Farms and the Springwater municipalities, OMAFRA has However, policymakers may Agricultural Advisory compiled a list of resources to also consider these factors when Committee all recommended not consider that include food safety, setting policy.” allowing backyard chickens on the spread of disease, animal Locally, the municipalities of non-farm lots. Their reasoning care and predators. They also Petawawa, Deep River and was similar: concerns about differentiate between Renfrew have discussions about avian influenza and disease, commercial requirements and backyard chickens currently on Forget what you know about the concern about wildlife harming how non-commercial operations their agendas. world of work. You crave of chickens, concerns about differ by provincial rules. A list feedback. Your organization's animal welfare and then of relevant legislation is also culture is the key to its success. enforcement issues. There was provided on their website - Strategic planning is essential. also a concern that potential http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/en Your competencies should be disease for issues with glish/livestock/urbanagricul.html measured and your weaknesses commercial operations. Public Health Ontario shored up. Leadership is a thing. Vancouver While the decision on whether These may sound like basic Vancouver's backyard chicken to allow backyard chickens in Follow us on truths of our work lives today. But permissions (four-hen limit) are residential areas is a municipal actually, they're lies. As strengths referenced on the Ontario one, Public Health Ontario Facebook! guru and bestselling author Ministry of Agriculture and provides some evidence briefs www.facebook.com/ovbusiness Marcus Buckingham and Cisco’s Ashley Goodall show in this provocative, inspiring book, there are some big lies - distortions, A fundraiser for the Pembroke & Area Airport faulty assumptions, wrong WALKYTA thinking - that we encounter every time we show up for work. Nine lies, to be exact. They cause Wednesday, September 2nd dysfunction and frustration, ultimately resulting in workplaces 4:00pm-10:00pm 1.4km and 4.2 km walks that are a pale shadow of what they could be. With engaging stories and incisive analysis, the authors reveal that it is the strength and cohesiveness of your team, not your company's culture, that matter most; that we should focus less on top-down planning and more on giving our people Pembroke & Area reliable, real-time intelligence; $20 (ages 13+) that rather than trying to align AIRPORT people's goals we should strive to We make it possible. $10 (ages 0-12) align people's sense of purpose and meaning; that people don't want constant feedback, they want helpful attention. Come out and walk the mile of runway in support of Project Runway, This is the real world of work. our repaving fundraiser. Choose 1.4km or 4.15km routes. Nine Lies About Work reveals the few core truths that will help you show just how good you are to Further details at: www.flycyta.ca those who truly rely on you. August 18, 2020 Ottawa Valley Business Page 4 Business News Around The Valley

Integrity Commissioner programs. This study is being already adopted the digital City of Pembroke will receive For carried out on behalf of the channel as a preference. Data $3,281,103.13 as part of the William Hunter is being college. shows that 99 per cent of land transfer payment agreement recommended as the new Tender Extension registration documents are Reconstruction of Pembroke Integrity Commissioner for the W.O. Stinson & Son Limited has registered online, 87 per cent of Street West. The grant is funded Town of Arnprior. The requested an extension to the searches are conducted online from both federal and provincial appointment is effective August PWO-2014-17 Fuel Tender and 98 per cent of surveyors governments. 21, 2020 and until the end of the existing contact with the County submit plans for pre-approval New Restaurant year. of Renfrew for an additional via email. Ontario's land For Pembroke Sole Source In Bancroft year beginning August 2020. registration system was The City of Pembroke is The Town of Bancroft is The basis of this contract established in 1795 and has considering a rezoning and considering sole-sourcing the including all fuel used by public undergone several Official Plan Amendment to turn financial management practices works and engineering, transformations in its 225 years a residential property into a review for the to emergency services, of existence. For most services, restaurant. The property is Grant Thorton LLP in the development and property and it will no longer be necessary to located at 1036 Pembroke Street amount of $75,000. The cost is social services vehicles would be visit a local LRO. In some cases, East and is zoned residential. being funded through a grant included in a single tender and where customers need hard The request is to re-zone it to from the Municipal obtained from a single source. copies, Service Ontario will have highway commercial. The Modernization Program that will Records indicate that processes in place until longer operation start date for the new cover the full cost. approximately 600,000 litres of term solutions are developed. development is anticipated in Development Studies in diesel fuel and 150,000 litres of For many municipalities this will 2021. The request was brought County of Renfrew gasoline are consumed by be a seamless change, as forward by Jim Bell Architect on County of Renfrew staff is vehicles Teraview is already being used behalf of the owner. assisting with two projects the annually. W.O. Stinson has to both file documents and Hair Salon Sprott Consulting group are supplied fuel to the county for search title. For those Ownership Change conducting in Renfrew County over 15 years and has provided Municipalities that file Bombshells Hair Studio in by providing data on recent exceptional service during that documents in paper, both Petawawa has changed resort developments, time. Staff recommend that the Teraview and OnLand will be ownership. The new owners are demographics and statistics and contract be extended for an improved to accept digital Sydney and Andrea Lemay. tourism industry information and additional one year term until versions of paper documents. Tay Valley Building Permits perspectives. The first project, a August 2021. Lee Achieves Designation Tay Valley Township has issued feasibility study of a tourism Land Registry Moving Lindsey Lee, CAO/Clerk for the 44 building permits from resort and equestrian community To Online-Only Township of McNab Braeside, January to June 2020. This development concept, is being As of October 13, 2020, Service has achieved the designation of includes seven single family conducted for the investment Ontario's land registration Accredited Ontario Municipal dwellings and two commercial group who are considering services will be delivered Clerk and the initial AOMC. Lee buildings. The building value is moving the project forward. The digitally and there will be no secured her credentials on June $4,255,200. The municipality's second is an assessment of the land registration counter services 10, 2020. three-year average permits for marketing and delivery of the which are currently delivered at Pembroke Earns $3M Grant this period is 61 with an average Algonquin College outdoor all 54 Land Registry Offices The City of Pembroke has had a building value of $5,172,296.33. adventure and outdoor naturalist (LROs). In an email to all grant approved as part of the programs to suggest how the municipalities, Jeffrey Lem, Investing in Canada Continued on Page 5 college can sustain and grow Director of Titles for Ontario Infrastructure Program (ICIP) student registrations in these noted that many customers have Rural and Northern Stream. The Fire, Safety and Electrical Services Contact us for your electrical services, fire alarms, fire extinguishers, suppression systems and safety gear needs. We look forward to serving you.

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Biz Quiz MPP John Yakabuski has - , - , released a list of municipalities $166,700 $214,800 How well do you know the in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke - Head, Clara, and Maria, In addition, two municipalities business news for the past few that are receiving funds to $21,400 are receiving funding for weeks? Take the test! alleviate operating pressures of - Horton, $90,400 municipal operations and transit COVID-19. - Killaloe, Hagarty, and operations. The City of 1) The Canadian Real Estate Municipalities receiving Richards, $100,800 Pembroke will receive $795,900 Association reported the most funding for municipal operations - , $90,600 (municipal) and $20,267 (transit) sales in a month for listings on include: - Laurentian Valley, $242,400 while Renfrew will receive MLS. How many sales were - Adamston Bromley, $85,100 - Madawaska Valley, $193,500 $242,400 (municipal) and there? - Arnprior, $256,300 - McNab Braeside, $195,600 $46,392 (transit). - , $149,300 - North Algona/Wilberforce, The funding is part of $4 2) According to 2018 Statistics - Brudenell, Lyndoch, Raglan, $111,900 billion in emergency assistance Canada data, how much does a $71,200 - Renfrew County, $2,780,100 for municipalities announced by woman earn for every $1.00 - Deep River, $120,900 - South Algonquin, $149,700 the Ontario government. earned by men?

3) How many Canada Revenue Agency accounts are affected Business Closures In Rural Ontario from a series of cyber attacks? Increase of 259 per cent over ve-year average 4) Canada's Competition Bureau is investigating what online The Rural Ontario Institute that spike to COVID-19 that rural and small town retailer to examine whether its (ROI) is reporting on the impacts.” COVID-19 seems to employment in Ontario U.S. owners are "impacting number of business closures in be equally impacting businesses increased 1.1 per cent but gaps competition to the detriment of non-metro areas of the province. in urban areas. 33,260 remain in certain sectors. consumers and companies that ROI says 6,197 businesses businesses closed their doors in Transportation and warehousing do business in Canada?” closed their doors in April 2020 Ontario metropolitan areas in (-23%), educational services in non-metro Ontario. To April 2020. This represents a (-22%), professional, scientific 5) How much was the loss for provide some perspective, the 269 per cent increase in business and technical services (-11%) Cineplex in the second quarter? average number of business closures compared to the and accommodation/food closures from 2015 to 2019 for average for the same month in services (-10%) are still 6) A price increase in lumber is April has been 2,390. This year- the past five years. The data experiencing employment causing an increase in new home over-year comparison revels that does not indicate whether the deficits. The female employment builds. How much is the new in April 2020 the number of business closures may be gap is -2.7 per cent. home build increase? business closures increased in temporary or permanent. 259 per cent. ROI says “it would Employment Numbers 7) McDonald's Canada sourced be a safe assumption to attribute In July 2020, ROI is reporting beef from outside of Canada during the pandemic, but will switch back to 100% Canadian beef in September. What percentage of beef were they Buy 2 Ads getting outside of Canada?

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PWC-2020-49 – Asphalt PW-C-08-2020-20-E0 - County Cotieville Road Rehabilitation Scratch Coat. County of Road 43 (Hwy 43) and County PW 2020-05. Horton. It’s A Fact Renfrew. Road 18 (Port Elmsley Road) BR Fulton - $239,560.00 Miller Paving - $599,265.50 Intersection Improvements. Bonnechere Ex. - $234,586.43 Ontario H&H Const. - $666,535.78 Lanark County. Greenwood Paving- $670,243.75 Arnott Bros - $155,360.00 Standing Offer Agreement for Fiscal Update Bonnechere Ex. - $708,163.33 G. Tackaberry - $120,802.00 Interior Painting 2020. County Coco Paving - $187,464.00 of Renfrew. $30 billion RFT BM-2020-01 Flat Roof Crains' Const. - $138,139.00 Above Painting The Ontario government's Replacement Upgrades. Full Ceiling - $120,582.02 projected spending in response County of Renfrew. 2020-14 Olmstead-Jeffrey No Ceiling - $112,048.26 to COVID-19 (August 12, 2020) Perth Roofing - $188,007.00 Lake Road Engineering. Repairs - $5,244.95 Simluc Cont. - $196,800.00 Whitewater Region. Expressions $17 billion Irvcon Limited - $234,913.44 Jp2g Consultants - $121,335.00 Full Ceiling - $11,865.00 The Ontario government's Goodman Corp. - $255,637 R.V. Anderson - $220,309.00 No Ceiling - $10,735.00 projected spending in response CLS Roofing - $270,700.00 Repairs - $929.45 to COVID-19 in Ontario's Action MV 2020-07 Double Surface Habraken-Allen-Cliche Plan: Responding to COVID-19 on RFP BM-2020-02 HVAC Treatment and HL3 Asphalt. Full Ceiling - $33,601.02 March 25, 2020 Upgrades. County of Renfrew. Madawaska Valley. No Ceiling - $29,121.49 Frances HVAC - $417,750.00 Only one bid was received. Repairs - $3,445.00 $7.7 billion Irvcon - $653,912.00 Greenwood - $333,101.97 Ontario government funding to Supply and Delivery of One build hospital capacity, prevent PWC-2020-05 – Rehabilitation MV 2020-05 Crushed A 2020 Multi-Purpose Sidewalk and contain the spread of of County Road 5 (Stone Gravel. Madawaska Valley. Tractor Tender # PW-07-2020. COVID-19 in long-term care Road). County of Renfrew. H&H Const. - $279,675.00 Petawawa. homes, increase testing and Greenwood - $644,338.50 RGT Clouthier - $210,434.25 Sontrac Equip. - $187,400.00 purchase PPE/medical supplies Miller Paving - $729,975.00\ GP Splinter- $248,698.87 (did not meet specifications) B.R. Fulton - $732,890.00 BEI Const. - $240,986.663 Cubex Ltd. - $138,424.69 $11.0 billion H&H Const. - $733,710.63 Joe Johnson - $156,249.00 Ontario government funding to Cavanagh Const. - $794,287.16 Water Filtration Plant Backup support people and jobs, Power Generator, Contract PW-03-2020 Concrete Works. including temporary pandemic PWC-2020-04 – Rehabilitation No. ES-2020-02. Perth. Petawawa. pay for 375,000 frontline of County Road 67 (Simpson Alliance Engineering - $224,750 H&H Construction - $85,030.00 workers of over $1.5 billion Pit Road). County of Renfrew. Industrial Electrical - $218,109 Greenwood Paving - $78,900.00 $4 billion Greenwood - $440,292.50 Black & MacDonald - $213,800 H&H Const. - $507,872.41 GenLet T Electric - $193,000 PW-04-2020 Hot Mix and Ontario government funding to Bonnechere Ex. - $558.557.64 Solidstate Electric - $168,500 Asphalt. Petawawa. municipalities, transit agencies, Miller Paving - $595,700.00 Selectra - $202,730 Greenwood - $180,733.50 temporary relief for residential, Mel Evans Electric - $178,800 H&H Const. - $174,296.75 farm, small business, industrial PWO-2020-01 – Street Miller Paving - $267,695.00 and commercial electricity Sweeping – Urban Area Only. Sand Dome Roof consumers County of Renfrew. Rehabilitation PW 2020-02. Mill Ridge Road and Nieman $38.5 billion Eastway Cont. - $32,400.00 Horton. Drive Rehabilitation Contract Hughson Fencing - $40,500.00 Stephen & Sons - $58,048.10 No. PW-2020-01. McNab Ontario's projected decit for B.R. Fulton - $44,480.00 Lloyd Eady Const. - $52,206.00 Braeside. 2020-21 McCrea Equipment - Rejected Bay Roofing - $36,447.74 BR Fulton - $1,396,918.45 $343.2 billion Aecon - $1,545,000.40 Canada's projected decit for PWO-2020-03 – Manhole and Screened Winter Sand PW Walsh Cont. - $1,684,074.67 2020-21 (as of July 8, 2020) Catch Basin Cleaning. County 2020-03. Horton. Miller Paving - $1,693,914.36 of Renfrew. RGT Clouthier - $ 32,001.60 24-88 Xsite Enterprises - $29,205.00 BR Fulton - $32,205.00 Three Quarter (3/4) Ton Months to return to pre- Eastway Cont. - $73,800.00 McCrea Equipment - $38,985.00 Extended Cab Pickup Truck recession peak employment Hughson Fencing - $6,582.00 (4x4) PW-2020-03. McNab across the last three recessions Supply of Earth Borrow WM- Braeside. PW-05-2020 Supply and 2020-01. McNab Braeside. Mack MacKenzie - $49,912.10 13.6% Delivery of One (1) 2020 Two- Castleford Ex. - $154,584.00 Urban Ford - $54,278.85 Ontario unemployment rate Wheel Drive One-Ton Truck RGT Clouthier - $156,957.00 from February to May 2020 with Dump Box. Petawawa. Paul Neill - $214,841.25 2020-PW02 “A” Gravel. North 11.3% Murphy Ford - $60,932.00 Elm Enterprises - $228,062.25 Algona Wilberforce. Ontario unemployment rate as Urban Ford - $61,519.00 Bonnechere Ex. - $242,385.00 R.J. Selle - $65,674.40 of July 2020 B.R. Fulton - $265,267.50 McRae Equipment - $79,494.80 Source: Ontario Government, August 12 August 18, 2020 Ottawa Valley Business Page 8 Tender Results Around The Region

Supply and Haul of Granular #2020-10 Supply & Installation BV20-01 Operational Review. Asphalt Scratch Coat Paving M-PW 2020-04. Horton. of LED Lighting at Bonnechere Valley. & Shoulder Gravelling. RGT Clouthier - $63,842.00 Madawaska Valley District Municipal Government County of Renfrew. BR Fulton - $46,379.72 High School (Invitation Only). Wayfinders Miller Paving - $599,265.50 RCDSB. Cost: $40,115.00 H&H Const. - $666,532.78 H & H Const. - $71,860.09 Earl Carr Electric - $594,722.00 Score: 97 Greenwood - $670,243.75 Winter Sand 2020-PW-012. Lecompte Electric - $593,500.00 Maclaren Municipal Consulting Bonnechere Ex. - $708,162.83 Tay Valley. Frank's Electric - $473,289.00 Cost: $49,720.00 Crains' Const. - $348,450.00 Yemen Electric - $512,000.00 Score: 93 PWC-2020-12 – Arnott Bros. - $388,825.00 Performance Concepts Reconstruction of County Site Improvements at Various Cost: $78,786.00 Road 512. County of Renfrew. #2020-11 - HVAC Upgrades at RCDSB Locations Jp2g Score: 85 Bonnechere Ex. - $1,466,260.78 Cobden Public School. Contract No. 20-5025A. WSCS Consulting Inc. R.G.T. Clouthier - $1,635,200.89 RCDSB. RCDSB. Cost: $78,503.00 Greenwood - $2,374,439.50 Irvcon Limited - $272,770.00 Greenwood Paving Score: 80 Bruce Mechanical - $199,286.00 Opeongo HS A - $249,860.00 PWO-2020-01 – Street VCI Controls Inc. - $256,831.82 Opeongo HS B -- $176,400.00 One New Half Ton 4x4 Pick- Sweeping. County of Renfrew. PSL Mechanical - $292,914.00 Opeongo HS C - $49,140.00 Up Truck SA2020-05. South Eastway Cont.- $32,400.00 Climate Works - $229,800.00 Queen Elizabeth A - $43,272.00 Algonquin. Hughson Fencing - $40,500.00 Zenith Mech. - $224,490.00 Queen Elizabeth B - $26,528.00 Two bids were received for this B.R. Fulton - $44,480.00 Queen Elizabeth C - $32,358.00 tender. The winning bid came McCrea Equip. - Bid Rejected Supply & Installation of a Queen Elizabeth D - $11,550.00 from Hunter Ford of Madoc and Generator at Eganville PS and Highview Parking - $338,624.10 it was just over 36k. The bid PWO-2020-02 – Line Marking. Killaloe PS #2020-12. RCDSB. Highview Entrance - $171,400.00 from Vance Motors of Bancroft County of Renfrew. Frank's Electric Highview Taxi - $31,760.00 was $920 more than the winning B.R. Fulton - $91,000.00 Eganville PS - $160,230.00 Highview Kiss/Ride - $142,436.00 bid but they were not able to R.G.T. Clouthier - $97,000.00 Killaloe PS - $150,543.00 CSL Group Ltd guarantee that they actually had Cavanagh - $109,500.00 Gannon/Blackburn Electric Inc. Opeongo HS A - $394,276.0000 a truck available. Bonnechere Ex. - $109,890.00 Eganville PS - $206,599.00 Opeongo HS B - $274,430.0000 G.P. Splinter - $161,990.00 Killaloe PS - $198,987.00 Opeongo HS C - $68,915.0000 Catch Basin Cleaning 020- R.J. Selle - Bid Rejected JWK Utilities & Site Services Queen Elizabeth A - $44,149.00 2023 Project No. PW-20-14. Eganville PS - $161,714.00 Queen Elizabeth B - $28,676.00 Mississippi Mills. PWO-2020-03 – Manhole & Killaloe PS - $154,753.00 Queen Elizabeth C - $35,645.00 X-Site Enterprises - $45,659.23 Catch Basin Cleaning. County Welk Electric Ltd. Queen Elizabeth D - $15,800.00 Clean Water Works - $48,341.40 of Renfrew. Eganville PS - $198,760.00 Highview Parking - $356,946.50 Hughson Fencing - $237,808.50 Xsite Enterprises - $29,205.00 Killaloe PS - $189,780.00 Highview Entrance - $168,665.00 Eastway Cont. - $73,800.00 Rondeau Electric 1997 Ltd Highview Taxi - $34,867.00 PW-E-07-2020-20-Eo 4x4 Hughson Fencing - $76,582.00 Eganville PS - $217,105.00 Highview Kiss/Ride - $157,827.50 Loader with 18'-2" Digging Killaloe PS - $218,000.00 Depth. Lanark County. PWO-2020-04 – Two Tandem Refrigeration Maintenance - Lanark County is only releasing Truck and Plow. County of 20-02 Grass Cutting and Almonte & Pakenham Arenas. the name of the successful Renfrew. Grounds Maintenance (2 Year Mississippi Mills. bidder and the bid price. Truck 1 Contract). Mississippi Mills. A/C Mechanical Brandt Tractor - $145,310.00 Freightliner - $300,846.49 Cooney Construction Stewart CC - $560 Valley Truck - $305,820.00 Year 1 - $16,272 Almonte CC - $560 Engineering Services for a Francis Canada - $311,475.00 Year 2 - $17,176 Almonte (Curling Rink) - $365 Transportation Study and Antrim - $319,310.00 Troy Property Maintenance Emergency Service: $90/hour Preliminary Detailed Design of Surgenor - $342,947.00 Year 1 - $10,432.12 Regular Hourly: $85/hour County Road 51 (Petawawa Truck 2 Year 2 - $10,432.12 Cimco Refrigeration Boulevard) Intersections from Freightliner - $300,846.49 Bosman's All Weather Property Stewart CC - $2800 County Road 26 (Doran Valley Truck - $305,820.00 Year 1 - $18,746.70 Almonte CC - $2800 Street) Northerly to Garrison Francis Canada - $311,475.00 Year 2: $19,198.70 Almonte (Curling Rink) - $2800 Petawawa. County of Renfrew. Antrim - $319,310.00 Emergency Service: $125/hour AECOM - $247.904.00 Surgenor - $342,947.00 2020-PW03 Hauling and Regular Hourly: $115/hour BT Engineering - $251,415.00 Stockpiling of Winter Sand. JL Richards - $284,025.00 PWO-2020-07 – Steel Sign . 2020-PW01 Township Road Posts. County of Renfrew. R.J. Selle - $27,475.00 Revitalization Project. North PWO-2020-19 – Roofing UCC Industries - $31,595.44 R.G.T. Clouthier - $35,190.00 Algona Wilberforce. Replacement and Exterior McRae Equipment - $27,125.00 Bonnechere Ex. - $2,094,304.28 Wall Repairs – Cobden Patrol Winter Sand. Tay Valley. Greenwood - $1,643,728.75 Garage. County of Renfrew. Crains' Const. - $348,450.00 Irvcon Limited- $187,075.00 Arnott Brothers - $388,825.00 August 18, 2020 Ottawa Valley Business Page 9 The Code of Conduct Local elected ofcial found to be in error, says Commissioner Tenders EXPRESSION One (1) New 2020 4WD Half- By: Jennifer Layman changes to the internal processes OF INTEREST Ton Crew Cab Truck with [email protected] and financial reporting were Matching Truck Bed Cap Tender inappropriate. Fleming wrote Affordable Housing Concepts Contract No. T-20-13 The Township of Lanark that Hall also used “intemperate ----- language that threatened and Potential Development Highlands is looking to address a Opportunities Expression of 20-18 Supply and Installation of complaint filed December 17, consequences if the CAO did not Outdoor Digital Sign at Almonte follow council's decision.” Yet, Interest# 2020-09 2019, under their code of ----- Community Centre conduct. 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Village of White Lake Road ----- Hall spoke to a member of the As no individual member of Renewal Contract PW 2020-21 Waste Collection public at a committee of the council has any authority to No. PW-2020-08 Lanark Village whole meeting on December 3, direct staff, the pressure to have ------2019 and agreed that the new the CAO make policy changes RFP #: 20-ED-01 Purchase and PW 2020-22 Waste Depot municipal logo was a waste of was a breach of section 6.1 and Development of Town-Owned Management money. Fleming found that 11.2 of the code of conduct. 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