So the 2021 flood, we did a one process. In the 2022 flood, the Town of Hay River, the people are responsible for their own. On the reserve, KFN, their development corp, is the one that is the lead on there. So they are the ones that work and do the work. And that is from direction from chief and council of how they wanted it done. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Richard Edjericon Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you, Madam Chair. So if -- whether the Metis or the Dene in Fort Resolution wanted to bid on work on projects, then what you're saying then is that essentially the Town of Hay River would deal with its own contractors and the reserve and that kind of thing. And I understand that. At the same time, like, how does one get involved in the bidding process if there's already -- you know, we're talking about the GNWT tax dollars that are there and, you know, everybody should have an opportunity to bid on that. So, again, the community do need work. We do -- the communities do matter. So I just want to mention that. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. So for repairs and replacement of homes, those construction projects in Hay River, each individual resident or business is responsible for doing their own repairs. So it's them getting the contractor and not MACA or the GNWT or the community government. So you know, we're certainly encouraging contractors to make themselves known in Hay River so that residents or businesses or non-profits can hire them. And as the Minister said, for repairs and replacement of homes on KFN reserve, it's Naegha Zhia, that was the band's dev corp doing that work. And they may be looking for partnerships, so. And I'm sure they would reach out if they needed any additional assistance. Thank you.
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Richard Edjericon Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. So I think that would be great if that could happen. How does one from Fort Resolution -- we have the -- the band had their own equipment. We have the Metis that have their own equipment and other small little contractors that have their own gravel trucks and those kind of things. So when does the standing offer agreement come out to tender again? Because now we hear the communities could also build capacity by partnering up with other contractors as well. So I just want to -- that would be the question.
The other one is can -- is this information being -- is that public information as to who is all involved in the sole source contract and the standing offer agreement? Mahsi.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you. So the first part, reach out to the Department of Finance. The second part, yes, it's all public. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Are there any further questions to the directorate? Seeing none, please turn to page 344, Municipal and Community Affairs, directorate, operations expenditure summary, 2023-2024 Main Estimates, $66,463,000; does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Committee will now turn to page 348, public safety, with information items on page 349 and 350. Questions. Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. My first is in regards to the Office of the Fire Marshal. I believe that there is a bit of a willingness to give the code compliance engineer, of which there was one to do all plan reviews, a bit of a contracting budget so that when either they go on vacation or there's a bit of seasonality to the work too in that the GNWT tends to submit all of its code reviews at the one time because of the fiscal cycle. So they get pretty business and get backlogged, which has caused some frustration.
I guess my question is, have we secured the services so that the chief code compliance engineer could have a little fallback of some sort of contractor when needed. Thank you.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm very happy to hear that. I'm just looking at the line item here, and I note there is no change in budget. So could the Minister perhaps just speak to -- the OFM is a pretty small shop. Is that to be funded internally from MACA; is that found in some other contract services budget; or will we see a sup coming forward? Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
No, it's internal. We take it from -- as an as and when. So we try to find the money within because, you know, the contract services we have to cut and so we find money within. Thank you.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister just tell me who we've hired for that contract? Do we actually have a contractor in place, or are we just planning to go out and get a contractor? Thank you.
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