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Funding approved for review of fire station construction

By: Bartley Kives

Posted: 11/9/2012 12:10 PM | Comments: 0 | Last Modified: 11/9/2012 3:48 PM | Updates

City council’s finance committee has approved spending of up to $500,000 to pay for a pair of external audits.

At a special meeting this afternoon, Couns. Russ Wyatt (Transcona), Paula Havixbeck (Charleswood-Tuxedo) and Grant Nordman (St. Charles) approved the spending to pay for the external review of Winnipeg’s fire-paramedic construction project as well as a broader audit of major city real estate transactions over the past five years.

The review will cost approximately $250,000 and the audit will likely cost more, city audit manager Bryan Mansky told the committee.

The first $500,000 for two projects will come from a 2012 operating budget surplus, chief financial officer Mike Ruta said. The City of Winnipeg’s year-end surplus is projected to be $7.7 million, based on end-of-September financial data.

The city is also poised to select an out-of-province firm to conduct the fire-paramedic review next week. It will take several more weeks to conclude a search for someone to conduct the real estate audit.

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Updated on Friday, November 9, 2012 at 12:49 PM CST: Fixes typo in first paragraph.

3:48 PM: Committee approves funding of reviews.

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