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pressed concern that the wording of Bill 69 could “set strong limits on municipalities’ freedom of contract for construction and infrastructure projects” and create both deadline and budgeting nightmares for some municipal infrastructure projects. Bill 69 at present would eliminate any hold-back provisions that are part of a mu- nicipal construction contract except those allowed under the Ontario Construction Lien Act and even then allow just one day to release the holdback. The bill would also prevent municipalities from linking con- tract payments to “construction milestones” as a way to encourage efficient and steady progress on a project. The legislation would require monthly “progress payments” every 31 days or less and allow a contractor to stop work or end a project if progress payments are late. “Bill 69 provides for extremely short pay- ment timelines that will not allow for ap- propriate review of work and certification of the payments progress,”states one adminis- tration report. “The Bill could result in costly work stoppages and restarts and potential litigation to settle disputes.” Both Ottawa and Russell Township coun- cils are urged to contact the provincial government and demand changes to Bill 69 that include “more realistic timelines for payments in infrastructure projects” and also allow municipalities to be able to link payments to “construction milestones” and also allow reasonable time for due diligence checks on a project’s progress and status before authorizing payments to a contract- or.
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EMBRUN | Both the City of Ottawa and Russell Township have some qualms and some questions about Bill 69, the provin- cial government’s Prompt Payment Act. Councils for both municipalities have re- ceived reports from their staff about Bill 69 along with recommendations to demand changes to the legislation. The proposed legislation has received in- itial reading and now moved on to a gov- ernment committee for review before it comes back before the legislature. Bill 69 has escaped attention for the most part with the introduction of the federal budget and speculation on the upcoming prov- incial budget and whether or not Ontario might be headed for a spring election. “This bill has just sort of crept up in the past few weeks,” said Mayor Jean-Paul St- Pierre, Russell Township mayor, during his council’s March 3 committee of the whole session. Liberal MPP Steven Del Duca introduced the legislation as a private member’s bill. The focus of Bill 69 is on payment sched- ules for contractors and sub-contractors so they are “paid quickly when they undertake work” according to a report summary of the legislation. Neither the City of Ottawa nor Russell Township council objects to contractors getting paid on time for their efforts. But administration for both municipalities ex-
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Autism awareness at council The mayor and council of Russell Township plan to do more than just raise a flag for Autism Awareness Day next month. Mayor Jean-Paul St-Pierre wants to host a quiet kaffeeklatsch gathering with himself and other council members on April 2 for local children or adults who have autism and their parents or caregivers. Council will also proclaim April 2 as Autism Awareness Day at the request of Autism Ontario. The of- ficial proclamation and plans for the informal social visit will be part of the mid-March council session agenda.
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