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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, June 22, 1999 - 17 Selection process for new police HQ starts again From page 1 problems with the process, and the best way to make sure the process is done right is to do it again." Mr. Anderson suggest- ed that the police services board forward a detailed building plan and pre- ferred sites to regional council. He said that then the region should "make the decision on the appraisals and do the negotiations to acquire the site." He said the police ser- vices board will be respon- sible for the tender process, "but the final decision is not theirs, it's ours." Meanwhile, Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt expressed frustratien with the entire process. "Originally there were eight proposals, and then it boiled down to one or two and then they seemed to have approved one," said Mayor Moffatt. "But, with the extraor- dinary costs involved, the police chief (Kevin McAlpine) withdrew the recommendation from the board and decided to take another look at it. "The whole thing is still under review and another round with a better ten- dering process will proba- bly be used," said Mayor Moffatt. "The (bidding) system was skewered from the start... there was not enough guidelines to let (bidders) know what was involved," he said. Youths not charged in thefts From page 1 Officers also went to the home of a 10-year- old boy, where they spoke to him in the presence of his father. All the stolen items were returned except for the emergency whis- tle, which was lost, and the compass, which was broken. No charges were laid due to the boys' ages, say police. Arrangements were made with the boys' parents to pay restitu- tion. Pick-up stolen Durham Police were called to a Coates Rd. address on June 19 after a black 1997 GMC Sierra pickup was stolen. Police say the vehi- cle was taken from the victim's driveway sometime between 1 "a.m. and 4 am. Agreeing with that stance was Uxbridge Mayor Gerri-Lynn O'Connor, a member of the police services ) board. She O'Connor _..4 'the process was flawed from the start. "Since day one I was adamant that the request for proposal was too loose, 1999 Ford F-150 XLS 4x2 SuperGah The only full size pickup with standard 4 doors. and stated that we would always be comparing apples to oranges to grapefruit," said Mayor O'Connor. "Every meeting since then I've expressed my concerns about the process." She said that ques- tions about the request for proposal were even raised by potential bid- ders at a public meeting last January before the tender deadline of Feb. 15. 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