As Bruce County council works to finalize a 2023 budget that will increase capital spending by $2 million over last year, they granted pre-approval to a few projects so staff can get ahead.
At their Thursday budget discussions, council granted pre-approval to spend $950,000 on social housing capital replacements, $74,200 for HVAC replacements and $44,592 for exterior deck and roof deck and ladder replacement at the museum.
Edward Henley, director of corporate services said these items needed to be approved to get tenders in a reasonable time, and due to the 2022 election, they couldn’t get the funding passed in the fall.
These are the latest capital items council has granted approval too, along with the purchases of ambulances, snowplows, and the pedestrian crosswalk in Walkerton.