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Princeton Fire Hall

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At a glance

Location
Blandford-Blenheim · Princeton Fire Station 81
Responsible authority
Blandford-Blenheim
Current stage
Substantially performed; final financial closeout not extractedAs of 2026-05-13
2026 allocation
Not established
Next target
No next date listed
Named supplier
Abcott Construction Ltd. See contract details

New six-bay fire hall: Abcott construction bid accepted for $2,563,087 before HST; $2,177,836.30 costs incurred in 2025. Substantial performance certified May 12, 2026.

9,738-square-foot, six-bay fire hall at 707024 Township Road 2.

Who approves and delivers this project?

Municipal authority

Township of Blandford-Blenheim

Budget and municipal project owner; contractor/individual decisions require separate records.

Open the source record
  1. 2025 development charges annual report PDF pp.1–2 narrative, p.4 reserve movement, p.5 project costs and funding

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2026-03-25 · Event/reporting date 2026-03-25

    · Primary record verified · For April 1 Council. Narrative opening DC balance $205,763.27 conflicts with table $205,763.67 by $0.40; table balance reconciles. Header report number Financial Services 2026-03 while recommendation TR-26-05. Project figures are 2025 costs, not lifetime final totals.

Construction contractor

Abcott Construction Ltd.

Award accepted by Council and named on substantial-performance certificate.

2 source records
  1. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council package PDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-03 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-03

    Minutes record carried decisions; staff reports separately recommendations · Primary record verified · Contains primary Fire Hall and grader award decisions, tandem truck procurement authority, Drumbo OTF funding report and drainage debenture recommendation. Do not treat recommendations as adopted decisions.

  2. Princeton Fire Hall substantial performance certificate Form 9: contractor, certifier, date, premises

    Construction Act certificate published by Link2Build · Published 2026-05-13 · Event/reporting date 2026-05-13

    · Primary record verified · Certificate signed by project certifier; May 12 substantial performance. Substantial performance does not establish final financial closeout.

Payment certifier

Nelson R. Dawley, P.Eng.

Named on certificate; not inferred to be contract awardee.

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  1. Princeton Fire Hall substantial performance certificate Form 9: contractor, certifier, date, premises

    Construction Act certificate published by Link2Build · Published 2026-05-13 · Event/reporting date 2026-05-13

    · Primary record verified · Certificate signed by project certifier; May 12 substantial performance. Substantial performance does not establish final financial closeout.

Contract execution

Chief Administrative Officer or designate

Council authorized execution in August 6 decision.

Open the source record
  1. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council package PDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-03 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-03

    Minutes record carried decisions; staff reports separately recommendations · Primary record verified · Contains primary Fire Hall and grader award decisions, tandem truck procurement authority, Drumbo OTF funding report and drainage debenture recommendation. Do not treat recommendations as adopted decisions.

Money

Project money

Recorded spending

Expenditure through 2025-12-31
$2,177,836.30
CAD · See individual funding/contract source · 2025 incurred costs only; lifetime original/revised budget not established
Sources for these figures · 4
  1. 2025 development charges annual reportPDF pp.1–2 narrative, p.4 reserve movement, p.5 project costs and funding
  2. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council packagePDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11
  3. Princeton Fire Hall substantial performance certificateForm 9: contractor, certifier, date, premises
  4. Council highlights September 17, 2025Protective Services: FC-25-16
4 source records
  1. 2025 development charges annual report PDF pp.1–2 narrative, p.4 reserve movement, p.5 project costs and funding

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2026-03-25 · Event/reporting date 2026-03-25

    · Primary record verified · For April 1 Council. Narrative opening DC balance $205,763.27 conflicts with table $205,763.67 by $0.40; table balance reconciles. Header report number Financial Services 2026-03 while recommendation TR-26-05. Project figures are 2025 costs, not lifetime final totals.

  2. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council package PDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-03 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-03

    Minutes record carried decisions; staff reports separately recommendations · Primary record verified · Contains primary Fire Hall and grader award decisions, tandem truck procurement authority, Drumbo OTF funding report and drainage debenture recommendation. Do not treat recommendations as adopted decisions.

  3. Princeton Fire Hall substantial performance certificate Form 9: contractor, certifier, date, premises

    Construction Act certificate published by Link2Build · Published 2026-05-13 · Event/reporting date 2026-05-13

    · Primary record verified · Certificate signed by project certifier; May 12 substantial performance. Substantial performance does not establish final financial closeout.

  4. Council highlights September 17, 2025 Protective Services: FC-25-16

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-18 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-18

    Council expenditure authorization reported by municipality · Primary record verified · $122,000 2025 fire-station expenditures funded from Fire Reserve. This is not necessarily a $122,000 contractor change order or complete project-budget amendment.

Where the funding comes from

$2,177,836.30Listed funding total

  1. Development charges2025 cost funding; not full lifetime funding
    $200,0009.2% of listed total
  2. Reserves2025 cost funding; not full lifetime funding
    $1,977,836.3090.8% of listed total
This is the total of the listed financing amounts. It is not a confirmed whole-project funding total. CAD.
Sources for these figures · 4
  1. 2025 development charges annual reportPDF pp.1–2 narrative, p.4 reserve movement, p.5 project costs and funding
  2. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council packagePDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11
  3. Princeton Fire Hall substantial performance certificateForm 9: contractor, certifier, date, premises
  4. Council highlights September 17, 2025Protective Services: FC-25-16

Timeline

  1. award

    Construction bid accepted

    $2,563,087 excluding HST; Abcott Construction Ltd.

    Open the source record
    1. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council package PDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11

      Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-03 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-03

      Minutes record carried decisions; staff reports separately recommendations · Primary record verified · Contains primary Fire Hall and grader award decisions, tandem truck procurement authority, Drumbo OTF funding report and drainage debenture recommendation. Do not treat recommendations as adopted decisions.

  2. approval

    Additional expenditure authority

    $122,000 in 2025 expenditures from Fire Reserve; not labelled a contractor change order.

    Open the source record
    1. Council highlights September 17, 2025 Protective Services: FC-25-16

      Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-18 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-18

      Council expenditure authorization reported by municipality · Primary record verified · $122,000 2025 fire-station expenditures funded from Fire Reserve. This is not necessarily a $122,000 contractor change order or complete project-budget amendment.

  3. completion

    Substantial performance

    Certificate signed May 13. Final closeout and total paid not established.

    Open the source record
    1. Princeton Fire Hall substantial performance certificate Form 9: contractor, certifier, date, premises

      Construction Act certificate published by Link2Build · Published 2026-05-13 · Event/reporting date 2026-05-13

      · Primary record verified · Certificate signed by project certifier; May 12 substantial performance. Substantial performance does not establish final financial closeout.

Contracts

· Awarded

Princeton Fire Hall construction

Abcott Construction Ltd. · 2025-08-06

Published bid
Not established
Published award / contract value
$2,563,087
Unit price
Not established

Excluding HST

No invoice-level payments extracted. 2025 project costs in annual DC report include whole-project funding and cannot be assigned wholesale as contractor payment.

Open the source record
  1. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council package PDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-03 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-03

    Minutes record carried decisions; staff reports separately recommendations · Primary record verified · Contains primary Fire Hall and grader award decisions, tandem truck procurement authority, Drumbo OTF funding report and drainage debenture recommendation. Do not treat recommendations as adopted decisions.

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Decisions

2025-08-06 · 2025-08-06-11

Princeton fire station construction award

Carried; Abcott bid accepted and contract execution authorized

$2,563,087 · Construction award excluding HST

Open the source record
  1. August 6 adopted minutes in September 3 Council package PDF pp.10–11: resolutions 2025-08-06-11, -13, -14, -17; pp.65–66 CS-25-15; pp.67–68 TR-25-11

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-03 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-03

    Minutes record carried decisions; staff reports separately recommendations · Primary record verified · Contains primary Fire Hall and grader award decisions, tandem truck procurement authority, Drumbo OTF funding report and drainage debenture recommendation. Do not treat recommendations as adopted decisions.

2025-09-17 · FC-25-16

Princeton fire station 2025 expenditure authority

Authorized according to official highlights

$122,000 · 2025 expenditures from Fire Reserve; not established as contract variation

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  1. Council highlights September 17, 2025 Protective Services: FC-25-16

    Township of Blandford-Blenheim · Published 2025-09-18 · Event/reporting date 2025-09-18

    Council expenditure authorization reported by municipality · Primary record verified · $122,000 2025 fire-station expenditures funded from Fire Reserve. This is not necessarily a $122,000 contractor change order or complete project-budget amendment.

Outcomes

Completion not confirmed.

Questions

  • What final approved budget and paid-to-date are recorded in CAO 26-25?
  • When was the planned $2m debenture issued, at what rate, and how much future DC funding is committed?
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Scope & interpretation notes
  • Construction award differs from whole-project cost. The 2025 DC report schedules $2m debt upon completion; later 2026 closeout/debenture report was located but inaccessible.
Make sense of the money

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Budget
Planned costs for a stated year or project.
Annual allocation
Funding assigned for one year. It may be part of a larger project.
Lifetime project budget
The stated budget for the full project across its years.
Forecast
An estimate of the eventual cost, as of the date shown.
Tax requirement (levy)
The amount to raise from property taxes, after other funding.
Contract award
The accepted contract price, with its stated tax and scope.
Recorded costs or payments
Amounts reported for the period shown. They do not establish project completion.

Why are there different County totals?

The detailed 2026 budget lists $279,035,275 in operating expenses and $127,855,640 in financed capital: $406,890,915 combined. The $103,039,171 property-tax requirement is a different measure, after other funding.

The budget hub retains an earlier $406.1 million headline. Spending explanations here use the detailed approved schedule.

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