{"id":1128,"date":"2012-11-01T13:53:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2012-11-01T13:53:32","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T17:53:32","slug":"lasalle-snow-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-snow-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"LaSalle to Lease Snow Removal Equipment for a Million Dollars per Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LaSalle plans to spend a million dollars a year leasing snow clearing equipment for the next three winters.<\/p>\n<p>During their regular October meeting, councillors passed two resolutions, $2,771,547.97 for 21 graters and $179,705.94 for four tow trucks, all of which will be leased by the hour. Together, the resolutions cover contracts for ten companies. Each contract is renewable for an additional two years.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of renting three tow trucks costs a little more than $14,000 per year each, while one costs $16,671.38 per year. Contracts cover two from Service de Remorquage A-1 LaSalle for $86,576.16 and one each from 9064-2711 Qu\u00e9bec Inc. (Remorquage Mobile) for $43,115.64 and Gestion Normar Inc. for $50,014.14. The owners of the companies are Dominic Lecchino, Steve Lenfesty and Normand Martin respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Graters cost from $44 to $48 thousand each per year.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year contracts with the seven different companies cover the lease of 20 graters for the following fees:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 from Niveleuse AMF for $262,143.00;<\/li>\n<li>7 from Location S. Carrier Inc. for $991,045.44 (three of these graters have special side shovels);<\/li>\n<li>2 from P\u00e9pini\u00e8re et paysagiste Marina Inc. for $269,041.15;<\/li>\n<li>2 from Les Entreprises Pierre Ladouceur Inc. for $280,079.13;<\/li>\n<li>2 from Transport Patrick Brisebois Inc. for $276,284.91;<\/li>\n<li>4 from Les Pavages J.M. Beaulieu Inc. for $556,708.95 and<\/li>\n<li>1 from Francis Vanier for $136,245.39.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The owners of the first six companies are: Mario Arsenault; Yvon Carrier; Vincenzo, Franco and Marcello Menniti; Pierre Ladouceur; Patrick Brisebois; and Sylvain Beaulieu respectively. Transport Patrick Brisebois operates out of Legris &amp; Associ\u00e9, 1200 Avenue Dollard. Francis Vanier is an individual operating under his own name. He\u2019s located in Ste. Martine.<\/p>\n<p>Note: A previous version of this story appeared on p14 of yesterday&#8217;s Suburban; that version has Francis Vanier supplying two graters rather than one and doesn&#8217;t identify him as an individual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LaSalle plans to spend a million dollars a year leasing snow clearing equipment for the next three winters. During their regular October meeting, councillors passed two resolutions, $2,771,547.97 for 21 graters and $179,705.94 for four tow trucks, all of which will be leased by the hour. Together, the resolutions cover contracts for ten companies. 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Francisco Moreno asked again why it\u2019s taken so long to clean-up the ice remaining from snow that fell on January 3 and 4. Giant hills have since frozen in place\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16095,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nov-4-verdun\/","url_meta":{"origin":1128,"position":1},"title":"Celebration and change in Verdun","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Councillors in Verdun celebrated their first year in office during their November 4 regular council meeting. They handed out a brochure emphasizing key accomplishments in administration, finances, capital expenditures, and citizen involvement. They also approved the minutes from October in which the financial ramifications of possible construction collusion where detailed.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics That Matter&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics That Matter","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/cultural-identity\/politics-that-matter\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15962,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/construction-contracts-chips\/","url_meta":{"origin":1128,"position":2},"title":"Construction, contracts and chips in LaSalle","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"October 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Seven construction projects, two contracts, the Library\u2019s \u201cReading\u2019s Worth It\u201d project, a new Place Ross-Blackhurst in Riverside Park and a discussion about chips and IGA wine were among the key features at the LaSalle Borough Meeting\u00a0last\u00a0Monday, October 6. 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