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Province’s prompt payment plan poses problems
Clarence-Rockland council was to review final recommendations fromadministration on the situation at its March 17 regular ses- sion. But Mayor Marcel Guibord confirmed agreement with the position of Ottawa and Russell Township. “We are going to send a letter also,” he said. Liberal MPP Steven Del Duca introduced the legislation as a private member’s bill. The focus of Bill 69 is on payment schedules for contractors and sub-contractors so they
way to encourage efficient and steady pro- gress 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 appro- priate 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.” All three municipalities will contact the provincial government and demand changes to Bill 69 that include “more realis- tic 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 pro- gress and status before authorizing pay- ments to a contractor.
GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Both the City of Ottawa and at least two municipalites in Prescott-Russell have some qualms and some questions about Bill 69, the provincial government’s Prompt Payment Act. Ottawa city council and councils for Russell Township and the City of Clarence- Rockland have
are “paid quickly when they undertake work” according to a report summary of the legis- lation. There is no objec- tion from any of the councils to contrac- tors getting paid on time for their efforts. The concern is that the wording of Bill 69 could
received reports from staff about Bill 69 along with r e c ommend a - tions to demand changes to the legislation. The proposed legislation has received initial reading and now
The Bill could result in costly work stoppages and restarts and potential litigation to settle disputes states one administration report
Russell mayor Jean-Paul St. Pierre
“set strong limits on municipalities’freedom of contract for construction and infrastruc- ture 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 contract payments to “construction milestones” as a
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Russell Township’s dog park project now has an official committee to direct its develop- ment. Council approved a resolution appointing eight residents and two township staff to the committee as it begins planning work on the future community recreation site. Public Safety Director Millie Bourdeau and municipal secretary Hélène Brisson will serve as the township’s liaisons with the group. Sitting on the dog park committee as its first group of directors are Julie Émard, Rodrigue Taschereau, Angela Matzigkeit, André Monfils, Édith Brisson, Amélie Poulin, Justine Arcand, and Samara Taschereau. Dog park project has official committee
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