A Quispamsis councillor is concerned about rising capital costs for regional facilities.
At the most recent committee of the whole meeting, Kirk Miller said the costs for things like TD Station and the Canada Games Aquatic Centre have jumped 36 per cent.
He said major renovations at the Aquatic Centre were supposed to be a go or no-go this summer.
“We’re now into September,” he said. “We don’t have a go or no-go. The price keeps escalating. We have no say in it to my knowledge.”
Miller said he’s concerned this issue continues to be kicked down the road.
Miller also expressed concerns about the timing of the various budgets of the municipality and the region.
He said the Fundy Regional Service Commission finalizes its budget at the end of November.
“Which is past the date, I think, that we even submit our budgets to the province,” he added.
Deputy Mayor Kerrie Luck, who attended a recent meeting of the commission’s regional facilities committee meeting, said she understands the concerns being raised.
“We’re looking for information and we are committed that when we have something we will always bring it back to council,” Luck said.
