Monday, April 16, 2012

Town Council To Approve Contract - Without Contract To Approve

It seems St. Stephen Town Council was counting their eggs before they hatched.


Over the weekend, a special meeting was called to approve two motions concerning the Garcelon Civic Centre, the first to authorize the signing of the Design Build contract with DORA Construction.

But there was no contract to authorize at the meeting.

Chief Administrative Officer, John Ferguson tells Tide News it's a requirement for the Town to have any contract legally vetted.
 
He says Council went to have certain language changed in the contract, and when the meeting came to order, they had not yet heard back from DORA's legal council.
 
The second motion -- which did get approved -- was to adopt the governance model for the Advisory Commission of the Civic Centre.