Mr. Chairman, the central heating plant in Simpson has been there for quite a long time and it heated four facilities: the recreation complex, the Thomas Simpson Secondary School, the Bompas Elementary School and the Deh Cho Hall. It has been studied on a number of occasions for economic viability. However, no decisions have been made on it. The situation that we are in now, to remove the Deh Cho Hall from the system…. This will change the dynamics of it and sort of make it something to require us to conduct another review to make the appropriate decisions.
Last year in March we hired an engineering firm to look at the alternatives for upgrading or replacing the central heating system from the present options. Last July we got a report, and the report recommends that we change the steam boilers for the new hydraulic boilers with the associated infrastructure. This option will provide the lowest life-cycle cost. It is the best option with most flexibility for future changes to alternate fuel sources, such as wood pellet technology. So that is the rush now and the reason we are going with this new system.