At their meeting on Nov. 25, Limerick Township council discussed a full septic replacement that needed to be done at the community centre on Hwy. 620. Due to the urgency of the work required, council was informed electronically on Nov. 19 and it was discussed and voted on with the agenda for the Nov. 25 meeting, at which time it was revealed that Murphy’s Septic Service out of Bancroft had been chosen to do the work at a cost of a little over $21,000. CAO Victoria Tisdale comments on this issue to The Bancroft Times.
Limerick Township council discussed the septic replacement at their meeting on Nov. 25. Mayor Kim Carson brought it up under Action Items, mentioning that an electronic vote had been submitted the previous week on Nov. 19. A backup had occurred at the community centre and they had the septic pumped at which time it was identified that the weeping bed needed some work. When getting quotes for this following the pump out, it was indicated the interior wall of the septic tank has collapsed. This promoted the electronic notification to council to enable staff to authorize emergency corrective action.
Tisdale says they did not put out an RFP, as the work was under the amount required for an RFP, but just called for quotes to four companies to satisfy the requirements, and that the quotes were not made public.
“The four companies were Earle’s Excavating, Murphy’s Septic Service, Tripp’s Excavating and EBL Ltd.,” she says.
Tisdale told The Bancroft Times that she thought the discussion went well and that all four quotes received for the septic work were close to the same price.
“But when factoring in the need to have the septic pumped as well that added costs to three of the quotes. Overall, it seemed like all of council was in agreement on the choice. We have already been in contact with all applicants to let them know the results. We ended up going with Murphy’s Septic Service out of Bancroft,” she says.
Murphy’s Septic Service is a locally owned family run business in Bancroft does septic pumping, septic installs and septic inspections. For more information, go to www.murphyssepticservice.ca.
Tisdale said that as soon as they were aware of the issue, they reached out to council as a whole electronically, as they needed to use reserves.
“For transparency, we put it on the agenda and did the actual vote during the meeting,” she says.
Tisdale reiterated that the septic had backed up in the community centre, and that when they had it pumped and inspected it was identified that the interior wall of the septic was collapsing.
“The septic system is very old and was on our radar to maintain/replace in our Asset Management Plan, however we were unaware of how bad it was until it was pumped out,” she says.
Tisdale told The Bancroft Times that the new septic system is going to cost a little over $21,000 for a 9,000-litre tank.
“Every year we add money into reserves specifically for the community centre for things like this. We will continue to add money each year to ensure that we can address matters as they arise.”
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