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Picton Water Treatment Plant Repairs
The County will embark on $862,800 in repairs to the Picton Water Treatment Plant.
Tuesday night council awarded the tender for work to Peak Engineering and Construction Limited out of Belleville.
Repairs include: chlorine system improvements; refurbishments for filters and repairs to the sludge transfer line.
Picton Watermain Extension
A large watermain extension project aimed at supporting a new subdivision in Picton is moving forward now that council has officially awarded the tender.
Tuesday night council awarded the watermain tender to Drew Harrison Haulage Limited out of Prince Edward County in the amount of $423,000.
The work includes extending the watermain from its current point of termination near John Street to the new entrance of the Pineridge Subdivision on Union Street and County Road 8.
The work is scheduled to start this fall.
County names Integrity Commissioner
Prince Edward County has signed off on appointing an Integrity Commissioner on an as needed basis.
Last night, council officially named Robert Swayze as the Corporation’s Integrity Commissioner.
The Integrity Commissioner fee for service on an “as-needed” basis is an hourly rate of $300 plus disbursements for mileage and travel time, which would be charged at a rate of $150.
