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Deputy Mayor Laura Haight
Kincardine council will have some interesting facts to
present when it meets with Parkin Architects, authors of the $5-million
proposed addition to the Kincardine Community Medical Clinic. The
meeting, scheduled for Nov. 3 (Monday) has been postponed on the advice
of the architects.
The major point council wants to get across is that the structure is to
be about 10,000 square feet in size, not 14,000, and no more than
$2.25-million in cost. Council discussed the issue at a recent meeting,
stressing anything beyond that size and price is not under
consideration.
"We need to nail down the costs, we need facts and figures," said
councillor Randy Roppel. "We've already spent more than $700,000 to fix
up the basement in the clinic."
"What is our limit?" asked deputy mayor Laura Haight. "What are we
willing to spend on this? I'm ready to say $2 million, that's it."
"If we were to go with a 7,000-square-foot building at Parkin's price,
that would total $1,575,000," said mayor Larry Kraemer. "That would
leave us $400,000 to fix up the rest of the clinic."
"I'd tell the architects that we have $2 million and see what they can
build for that," said Haight.
"We told the doctors it was to be a 10,000-square-foot facility," said
councillor Ron Hewitt. "Now we're talking 7,000."
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"If it's $2 million they've got, they'll go back to the
doctors and maybe consider 8,000 square feet," said councillor Guy
Anderson. "They can use the basement, it's part of the business plan.
Give them a figure."
"We go back to the doctors and the architects and say
here's the amount, go with it," said Haight. "It's taxpayers' money."
"Why not meet with these people again before throwing out an end price?"
asked Roppel.
"It's just a chicken-and-egg thing," said Haight. "Give them a number."
Chief administrative officer John deRosenroll said with a figure in
mind, the architects could draw up some options and bring them back to
council for discussion. Council agreed the maximum price is $2.2
million.
Haight asked if staff could move back into the clinic basement over the
winter. "We can't finish the basement until we know what we want there,"
said Hewitt.
"We have ongoing costs, paying for that trailer (that staff is using
now)," said Haight, adding that McKechnie Pharmacy is also temporarily
located in the old Westario Power building at the south end of town.
Council agreed to have deRosenroll consult with the clinic staff,
doctors and the pharmacist and find out if the phlebotomist (nurse who
draws blood samples for the laboratory) and the pharmacist want to move
back into the lower level of the clinic. Until council has an answer to
that, renovations to the basement will be put on hold.
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