What’s been happening with the Aurora Town Square project? Apparently, there has been a recent increase in the budget for this project. It’s never fun when budgets start creeping up. What’s even more surprising is that a dedicated Library Square Construction Budget Control Task Force, put in place to monitor and manage these increasing costs, is inactive this term. Now, I don’t know about you, but that seems like a bit of an oversight to me. It’s crucial to have a group to keep an eye on the project and make sure things don’t spiral out of control.
August 25, 2020: Special Meeting of Council Minutes
“That Tender 2020-55-CMS for the Construction of the Library Square Project be awarded to Chandos Construction Ltd. in the amount of $41,009,865 which includes additional allocated funds of $328,000 resulting in a total project budget of $51,939,500.“
February 21, 2023: Council Closed Session
“That the project budget for Aurora Town Square be increased by $1,200,000 to $53,139,700 and that the increase be funded from funds collected as part of the capital campaign.”
Source: https://pub-auroraon.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=10448
NOTE: Between 2020 and 2023, there must have been an increase somewhere in the range of $200, but I can’t find it. 🤣🤣🤣 .
What happened to the Library Square Construction Budget Control Task Force?
No idea. But we know that the last budget increase was approved in the closed session, as per above.
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