Public Works Committee Meeting

"That the agenda for the March 30, 2026 Public Works Committee be approved."

"That the Public Works Committee receive the correspondence from the Regional Municipality of York regarding 'Circular Materials Ontario', for information; and Further That the Committee recommend that County Council:  Support the correspondence and call upon the Province of Ontario to intervene to ensure that Circular Materials Ontario (CMO) and its contractors provide fair, consistent and equitable recycling collection service levels across all municipalities in Ontario; and  Request the province to establish, enforce and publicly report on consistent province wide standards for Blue Box recycling, including collection frequency, missed collection recovery, accepted materials, cart provision, customer service response times and contractor performance; and  Direct staff to send a copy of this resolution to the Honourable Doug Ford (Premier of Ontario), the Honourable Todd J. McCarthy (Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks), the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), Circular Materials Ontario and all Ontario Municipalities."

“That the Public Works Committee, having considered Report 2026-052 ‘RFQ 26-03 Micro-surfacing 2026 Award’ recommend that County Council awards RFQ 26-03 (Micro-surfacing 2026) to Miller Paving Limited, in the amount of $1,046,398.08 (inclusive of provisional items and non- recoverable HST); and Further That the Public Works Committee recommend that County Council authorize staff to utilize savings, if necessary, from the transportation infrastructure reserve to a maximum amount of $16,400.00 to fund the shortfall from the budgeted amount of $1,030,000.00 to the total estimated cost of $1,046,398.08 for this project; and Further That the Committee recommend that County Council authorize staff to transfer any savings realized at project completion relative to the estimated Total Project Cost to the Transportation Infrastructure Reserve to be used towards financing other 2026 programs or future years capital works projects.”

“That the Public Works Committee, having considered Report 2026-053 ‘Technical Radio Communication Review’, recommend that County Council approves funding up to $100,000 from the County General Reserve for a Technical Radio Communication Review to further improve the radio communication system used by local Fire and Public Works departments throughout Northumberland County.”

"That the Public Works Committee recommend that County Council proclaim May 17 to 23, 2026 as ‘National Public Works Week' in Northumberland County, at the April 15, 2026 County Council meeting."