During their regular meeting Mar. 11, Sylvan Lake councillors:
• awarded a contract to Al-Terra Engineering of Red Deer for engineering services required for the first phase of the trunk main upgrade from 50th Street to the main lift station and for the Willow Springs water loop, Lakeshore Drive.
• agreed to purchase a garbage collection vehicle with mechanical reaching and lift arm from Superior Trucks of Calgary for the amount of $236,223 excluding GST. Their tender was one of four received but was the only one that met all of the tender specifications. Delivery is expected in October or November.
• awarded a contract for the second phase of modernization along 47A Avenue in the area between 52nd and 53rd Street, and 52nd Street from 47th Avenue to 48th Avenue and 53rd Street from 47A Avenue to 48th Avenue to Border Paving in the amount of $693,218.23 including GST. The company indicated work will take 60 days to complete and would be finished no later than Sept. 30.
• awarded a contract to Border Paving for the community centre parking lot reconstruction in the amount of $374,543.82 including GST. The project will be split into two different time periods to accommodate the busy soccer and baseball seasons. The rear one-third of the parking lot that wasn’t completed last year will be paved before June 15th and the remainder of the work completed by Sept. 30.