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’5 By can Hoilo ‘ "u - cw mu who: t' The Region’s Engineering Commissioner, D'Arcy Dutton , loaded a recent engineering committee agenda with mat- i'" directly affecting the City of Waterloo. The only prob- ;; fllll is he did it when Waterloo Mayor.Mhrforie Carroll was t" y onyakation. "any 1"g1t,'t'ti "ftwif cusable," the mayor said, "that very major de-, cisions such " the traffic controlsignal system or the fluoridation plant should be made during the months of July and August" when representatives are likely to be away on Wilfrid Laurier University Iootball coach Dave Huffy) Knight (background) provides a sharp contrast in size as he barks out commands to his huge linemen during a drill at a practice Monday. Knight's Hawks open defence of Finance Chairman Rnbt Cruise questioned the City's Chronicto staff white! What appeared to be a routine tender for the m- stallatlon of four tennis courts at Bechtel Park turned out to be a rontmver» Slat issue during the Wa- terloo Finance Committee meeting Monday night 125th Year No. 35 Waterloo shafted, dam, g - " .. . -- ' Carrdlllll'tr.albserttte1,r, . _ . "_ Cruise objects to bidding policy procedure in accepting the culated to instal the courts second-lowest tender rather using an asphalt penetration than that of Warren Bitulith- method. whereas Warren IC Ltd Court Contractors Li- bid on a layered process mited. who were awarded Both types of construction the contract as a result of a methods were allowed four-toone vote in commit- under the specifications tee. submitted a bid slightly Ald Cruise made the more than $00 over that of pomt that thelow bidder had Warren Bitulithic Ltd Ho- submitted its tender in good wever their tender was cal- faith and should have been Wednesday, August 29, 1979 "The large and small of it all..." vacation. Mayor Carroll - who is thpehairman of the re- gional engineering committee - a! committee vice-chair- man Howard Ziegler of Woolwieh Twp. were both absent whelLthe decision was made to defer implementation of a SH-million computer system to control and synchronize the Region’s traffic signals. , t - At the engineering committee meeting held two weeks ago eight of the 22 items on the agenda applied directly to the City of Waterloo the mam-told local cw Monday night. “When I left (on vacatioatnttt allocatiu for the Erb Streebreeonstruetion was $130,000," she said, "and when I culated to instal the courts using an asphalt penetration method. whereas Warren bid on a layered process Both types of construction methods were allowed under the specifications dium Friday night. More information on page 16. awarded the contract. or clearly forewarned that the City was gonng to analyze the tenders according to the type of construction their OUAA Western Division championship Saturday. Sept. tt in Guelph and will prepare for that game by hosting a Football Jamboree at Seagram Sta- Ald. Blake Hull quoted the tender form which does warn bidders that the lowest bid will not necessarily be accepted. and added that the reasons for such action came back ithad dropped to ”MIN. _ The decision on the traffic signal program was "very dis- _ turbing (and) ... very tsttortaigbted" in the mayor's op'mion and she doesn‘t "plan tositby and let that deferral stand." Not only did the City of Waterloo miss out on representa- tion at" the regional meeting committee meeting. its voice at the regional council meeting the following week . was reduced to one vote, that of Councillor Doreen Thomas. because Com. Mary Jane Mewhinney was also on vacation. , Waterloo Aid. Blake Hull pointed out that there is no me- . ' (Continhed on page Bl would normally be a lack of experience of the bidder in the field of work involved. lack of financing or for some special circumstance Ald Hull said that there was no question of the first two applying here, but that there was a special circumstance present tin the form of the split tender ) Waterloo, Ontario Aid. Cruise told the com- mittee. “I dislike having the specifications changed mid stream" and objected to the awarding of the contract to the second low bidder The City's purchasing and personnel director. Terry Hallman, advised against any idea of reopening the (Continued on pop 5l 15 Cents