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ue en’s HOtel l l Iural In February, 2004 Council got â€" destruction of one of Colborne‘s a quote for budget purposes only. heritage buildings and It suggested that the cost of compromise the King St. 5 § painting four walls would be â€" streetscape in the opinion of the ® _ The 1996 mural agreement is Contracting quoted between $14,500 and $17,000. group. _ _ rescinded in an Oct%ber 7,2003 approximately $140,000. The In July, 2004, Cramahe Parks Sometime in September, 2004, Cramahe Council resolution contractors proposed â€" two and recreation Director, Ken artist Berg Johnson resurfaced moved by Councillor Mike different methods of completing Wood, was directed by Council to and Council had to refer back to Johnston and seconded by then the work. Mr. Gilligan did not get quotes for the work agreed to the 1996 agreement. On the Deputyâ€"Mayor Dekeyser. agree to the method proposed in in 2003. Mr4 Wood explained in _adv1ce of the Township .lawyer, The resolution which is titled â€" the cheaper one. + an interview on May 16, 2005 tl_lat in January, 2005 Council gis.ked "Tim Gilligan‘s (Queen‘s Hotel) In August, 2004 Council Council did not put out a notice Mr. Berg to sign off the original ; Counter Proposal re Mural" delayed making any decision to for tender at that time as it felt deal. There was no answer from * states that Council is rescinding _ go ahead with the work. that the quotes would be under tk_)e artist until March when he | any previous agreement and is At the August 13, 2004 meeting the $20,000 minimum that signed off. 4 entering a new agreement with â€" of Cramahe Council Mayor Lee requires Council to seek public On May 3, 2005 Council issued A Mr. Gilligan. This new Dekeyser admitted, when tenders. § a notice for tenders to side the agreement stipulates that the questioned, that quotations had He sent out requests to six west wall and paint the other | Township will cover the cost of been asked for by the Township. contractors. He got two quotes three. No bids were received. painting the complete exterior of "We didn‘t agree with them," back. And the matter is now in the the Queen‘s Hotel, and plastering â€" said the Mayor at the time. The difference between the â€" hands of the Township lawyer. of the west wall on which the The delay may have been two responses was Council has set $35,000 aside mural is painted. The resolutionbecause Mr..Benny Piccattoli extraordinary. A+ Painting in the 2005 budget for the work. states the work will be completed..offered on August 23, 2004â€"toâ€" quoted $14,000. Willby | in the Spring of 2004. Mr. . stone face and @luminum side the Gilligan is responsible~ forâ€" mural wall for $21, 763 â€" a saving overseeing the work of of about $27,000 over the only contractors but not approving other bid acceptable to Mr. § them. Gilligan. ' There is no record of a After being contacted by ‘ Township proposal, only "Tim Council Mr. Piccattoli added an | Gilligan‘s counter proposal". offer on September 3 to paint the Two records in the Township remaining three walls for a files relate to the resolution. One further $6,285. Mr. Gilligan ; is a letter from Cramahe CAQO _ appears to be in favour of this * Merlin Dewing, explaining the idea. ; resolution. There is no staff One document which cannot ° report which preceded the be traced to any open meeting of § resolution which might explain Council is an August 31, 2004 , why Council agreed to paint the â€" resolution of Council, and signed entire building. by the Mayor and Mr. Gilligan. It ; _ The only other public record states that the Township will which relates to the issue is a cover the costs of siding the q directive from Cramahe Councilâ€" mural wall and painting the _ on Sept. 17, 2003 to CAO, Merlin â€" other three walls with two coats § Dewing to negotiate with Mr. of paint. It also releases the â€" Gilligan to resolve the mural â€" parties from the 1996 agreement. issue. The agreement precedes a s â€" Former Mayor, Jim Williams â€" resolution of Councillor Marc stated last month that he could Coombs moved on September 21, @not recall why the Township 2004 to seek tenders to paint the . entered into the 2003 agreement, _ three walls. * but offered that Council may Prior to the September 7 ; have decided to get out of the meeting of Council the higher "responsibility of repairing the quote was not on the public mural. It might be cheaper to record as the decision to seek .. paint the other three walls and â€" quotes and the discussion of the *@! get out of the original agreement. _ two quotes received at that time, Lee Dekeyser, the seconder of â€" were done at separate in camera * the October 7 motion, refused to meetings. z make any statement about that Two â€" weeks later, Mr. _ agreement, claiming it was in the Piccattoli backed out of his offer â€" hands of Mr. Hustler. to paint the three walls. No R Former Cramahe Township decision was made by Council. " reeve Stu Oliver says the October In its meeting on September > resolution is all a mistake. He â€" 20, 2004, the Heritage Committee " claims to have a legal opinion jumped into the debate, agreeing which states that, prior to that siding the west wall of the . October 7, 2003, the Township _ Queen‘s was not a valid solution. ' @ could have stepped in at any time The heritage group felt that »and sandblasted the wall, siding would hide the real removing the mural and problem, which is moisture in 7 Council‘s responsibility to the brick. Covering the brick will maintain it. ultimately contribute to the