Keeler Centre gets new storage

The Keeler Centre in Colborne will get more storage. At its December 15 meeting, Cramahe Council approved an $84 thousand building to be built to the south of the centre.

Only one company bid on the request for proposal but it offered three choices.

Greydanus Construction will install a Steelwood prefabricated building.
The cost is greater than the $75 thousand council allocated in its 2009 budget. Community Services Director, Dan O’Brien suggested to council that the missing $9,339 be taken from the parking lot lighting account.

The other two options under consideration were a pole style wood/steel building for $79,530 and a Tasco Dome Fabric building for $85,745.

The building will be 60x108 feet and will house materials and equipment.

Council, in its 2009 budget, allocated $75,000 for the supply and install of a storage building to be located at the Keeler Centre and shared by Public Works and the Community Services departments.
A request for proposals was published in the local media to accommodate this initiative.

Community Services Director, Dan O'Brien recommended that the most appropriate building for the township's storage and security needs
would be the Steelwood option with two 16' by 14' doors, two
man doors, interior and exterior lighting and a ventilated storage room for storage of paint.

The picture, right, was distributed to council with the Community Services proposal.