1999-09-27_Minutes
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COMMON COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 27,1999
At a meeting of the Common Council, held at the City Hall in the City of
Saint John, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of September, AD., 1999, at 6:30
o'clock p.m.
present
Shirley McAlary, Mayor
Deputy Mayor Chase and Councillors Ball, Chase, Court,
Desmond, Fitzpatrick, Titus, Trites, Vincent and White
- and -
Messrs. 1. Totten, City Manager; J. Nugent, City Solicitor; A
Beckett, Commissioner of Finance and Commissioner of
Corporate Services; P. Woods, Deputy City Manager; J. C.
MacKinnon, Commissioner of Environment and Development
Services; P. Groody, Commissioner of Municipal Operations;
Mrs. M. Munford, Common Clerk; and Ms. C. Mosher, Assistant
Common Clerk.
MeetinQ Called To Order - Prayer
Mayor McAlary called the meeting to order and offered the opening
prayer.
Mayor McAlary noted that the purpose of this special meeting of Common
Council was to consider two items, one being a Committee of the Whole
recommendation regarding the proposed sale of the Old General Hospital property, the
other being the City Manager's report regarding Contract 99-21, Rothesay Avenue street
reconstruction.
1. Old General Hospital Property
Read the report of the Committee of the Whole
(as follows)
To the COMMON COUNCIIL of the City of Saint John
The Committee of the Whole
reports
Your Committee reports that it sat on Monday, September 27, 1999,
when there were present Mayor McAlary, Deputy Mayor Chase and Councillors Ball,
Chase, Court, Desmond, Fitzpatrick, Titus, Trites, Vincent and White, and your
Committee submits the following recommendation, namely:
1. That as recommended by the City Manager, Common Council authorize
the sale of the Old General Hospital and Nurses' Residence sites on Waterloo Street,
identified on the submitted plan as NBGIC Numbers 55048334, 14514, 13326, 14522,
14530, 16105, 16113, 16121 and 16139, to Matrix Management Inc., for the purchase
price of $650,000 (plus HST if applicable); the closing date to be on or before September
30, 1999, and the previously forfeited deposit of $45,000 be credited as a non-
refundable deposit on this transaction; and the Mayor and Common Clerk be authorized
to execute the deed, to be in the name of Matrix Properties Ltd., as requested.
September 27, 1999,
Saint John, N.B.
Respectfully submitted,
(sgd.) Shirley McAlary,
C h air man.
On motion of Councillor Desmond
Seconded by Councillor Ball
RESOLVED that the above report be received
and filed and the recommendation therein be adopted.
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Councillor Fitzpatrick advised that, while realizing that this is a new offer,
he would not be supporting the above resolution based on his previous comments about
extensions.
Question being taken, the motion was carried with Councillor Fitzpatrick
voting "nay".
2. Tender For Contract 99-21
On motion of Councillor White
Seconded by Councillor Ball
RESOLVED that as recommended by the City
Manager, Contract 99-21, Rothesay Avenue street reconstruction, be awarded to the low
tenderer, Nautilus Construction & Rentals Ltd., at the tendered price of $528,635.78, as
calculated based upon estimated quantities, and the Mayor and Common Clerk be
authorized to execute the necessary contract documents.
Question being taken, the motion was carried.
Adjournment
The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned.
Common Clerk