By Mark Squibb
Members of Witless Bay council have voted to extend the Town’s current snow clearing contract with O’Brien's Trucking for an additional year with the option to renew for a third year.
“This will cover the 2025-26 season,” said Deputy Mayor Jacob Hayden. “With the cost of things, we’re moving forward with our current contractor, and hopefully we get a better deal in the future, but things are what they are right now price wise.”
Council awarded the initial 2024-25 snow clearing contract to O’Brien’s Trucking at a cost of $227,650, plus HST.
Mayor Trevor Croft, when bringing the matter forward during the August meeting, quipped that it was hard to think about snow clearing this time of year.
As previously reported in the Irish Loop Post, the neighbouring community of Bay Bulls also recently renewed its snow clearing contract with O’Brien's. Bay Bulls Deputy Mayor Jason O’Brien was not in favour of the motion, citing the limited number of bidders.
