City council has approved an additional $700,000 to be allocated from reserves to complete the Sarnia Sewer Upgrade Project.
The project is one of the largest the city has ever undertaken with a total awarded contract value of $41.6 million.
The extra funds will cover supply chain price escalation and additional site inspection time at the pumping station project.
The overall project is on schedule to be completed this summer.
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Starting March 19, Sarnia Transit will implement 40 minute routes as a pilot project.
Close to 80 per cent of respondents missed a transfer as a result.
A review of the new timeline will be done after the first year.
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Sarnia council has appointed a new integrity commissioner.
Ben Drory of ADR Chambers Inc. will provide the services for the next four years, starting April 1.
The Toronto based firm didn't ask for an annual retainer charge, but will bill $300 an hour for Drory's services.
Only four proponents registered for the bid, and two submissions were received.
Paul Watson, of Paul D. Watson Law of Chatham, was hired in 2019 to replace Robert Swayze.
Watson didn't apply to renew his contract.
Councillor Brian White asked that Watson be dismissed in 2021, after he inadvertently shared a screen that showed names of Sarnia complainants during a ZOOM meeting.
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Sarnia council is opting out of the line-fences act.
The historic piece of legislation was originally put in place in 1834.
It served as a mechanism for rural agricultural landowners to deal with boundary fence issues, typically where fencing was required to protect livestock and crops.
The last time the fence viewers were involved in an arbitration matter was in 1982.
