Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Council debates funding for Harborfront Tent

Just over a day on the job and Kenora City Council is already being faced with some tough decisions.

Yesterday afternoon council spent a long time debating whether to go ahead with a permanent tent structure to complete phase two of the downtown revitalization project.

Operations manager Rick Perchuck says their initial estimates for the tent are 1.5 million dollars.

Mayor Dave Canfield says council is caught between a rock and a hard place because if they don't put out a tender for the tent, they can't finish the project.

At the same time, no money has been budgeted for the tent structure and he doesn't know where the funding is going to come from.