By Mark Squibb
The Town of Witless Bay will trust it’s snow clearing duties to O’Brien’s Trucking for a third year running.
Council awarded the initial 2024-25 snow clearing contract to the local contractor at a cost of $227,650, plus HST. Council renewed that contract again in 2025, and again this October, when, during the October 14 public meeting, council ratified an email vote of council to extend the contract for the 2026-2027 season.
Council had deferred its decision to award a snow clearing contract during the September 9 meeting.
At the time, councillor Ralph Carey said council was looking at “every possible way to get the service provided at the best possible value,” given the large cost of snow clearing.
Councillors Margaret Swain and Gerard Dunne abstained from the vote. The remaining five members of council voted in favor of renewing the contract.
