Smiths Falls fast-tracks heavy equipment purchases after garage fire

Smiths Falls fast-tracks heavy equipment purchases after garage fire

LAURIE WEIR Smiths Falls is moving quickly to replace municipal equipment destroyed in a February garage fire, after council approved an urgent out-of-budget request this week. At the May 26 committee of the whole meeting, public works director Paul McMunn presented a report outlining the need to replace a street sweeper and two fully outfitted plow trucks. He recommended bypassing the town’s procurement bylaw to sole-source the purchases due to…