As reported by the Herald earlier,
during that council meeting, Councillor Mike Davis raised an issue
regarding a commercial development project that had
already got to the point where the steel roof trusses were going up, all
without a building permit or land severance. Town staff issued a stop work order, but the
company continued. There was some talk in
council about the company threatening to move to Brampton.
Councillor Davis was adamant about our
town strengthening it's reputation by having staff charge them by the
fullest extent of the law, citing a few other occurrences where the same
thing has happened.
When the Councillor was
finished, Mayor Bonnette stated - he had a few things he'd like to
say;
"one of the companies has
been in this town for 45 years and has been one of our largest
employers in the community".
The Mayor continued -
addressing the rumours mentioned in council of the companies treats
to move to Brampton;
"and I'll be damned if I'm
going to, and to say to our staff, just to say, go to Brampton.
Because when they ordered their steel, they had to wait for the
steel to come in. It's not that simple. It's not like buying a
ticket to go to the show".
Bonnette continued in his
ramblings;
"And this company has 500
employees, many of them are in your (Davis's) ward, my ward, or
the town, and in everybody's ward in this community".
Based on what we now know
through the course of our own investigation, it appears some of
statements made by Mayor Bonnette during that council event, were
misleading, inaccurate, if not out right fallacies.
Contrary to what Mayor Bonnette
had purported in council, we checked with ISS (Innovative Steel
Systems) who operates three companies out of the 35 Sinclair Avenue
property,
which include; ISS (Innovative Steel Systems), The Metal Group and
Premier Tank & Trailer Industries.
ISS spoke person, Karen Sizer
confirmed; the company has only been at 35 Sinclair Avenue for about 2 years,
collectively employs about 50 employees, and they will not
be occupying any of the units at 88 Todd Rd..
The registered property owner -
35 Sinclair Avenue Ltd. spokes person, Gord Facette confirmed; they
have not been at the 35 Sinclair Avenue location for 45 years, nor
do they employ 500 employees. The three units located at 88 Todd Rd.
will be leased out.
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