Mr. Chairman, in May, at the same time and the same submission that I asked for the O and M money, I asked for the fit-up money. FMB would not accept that submission at that time. They accepted the bodies, but not the cost for fitting up the space and asked that there be further work done with Public Works to make sure that the estimates were in fact accurate. That work was done and then the revised submission went to FMB either late July or the first week in August. I'm not sure exactly what the date was, but it would be in that two-week period. That's the timetable that I had to work to because there was a two-week deadline. So if you have one FMB meeting and something gets kicked out, you have to put together another submission. By that time you are past the deadline for the next meeting. So you are talking about four weeks, at the earliest, the next submission can be considered. We were past session, so we had finished the June session before there was any hope of getting the FMB submission in. So there was always an expectation that if we were going to live to meet the fall, we were going to have to have a special warrant to approve the capital expenditure. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 25th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 24th, 2004
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