A City of Ottawa Council Motion (Ref # ACS2011-CMR-TRC-0017) was passed that all Contractors, and all required City staff, become certified in the Smart About Salt certification program to be eligible to perform snow clearing work at City facilities and parking lots.  

 

This motion is currently only for snow maintenance operators who perform snow clearing and salting operations at City parking lots and facility laneways.

 

As such, the City will be including this mandatory requirement in all new contracts issued by the City of Ottawa for the 2013/2014 winter season.  

All existing contracts will remain unchanged until retendered.   Therefore all existing contracts including those that contain extension option years will remain the same as originally tendered.

The Smart About Salt Council has training coming to Ottawa on April 9th. People can register online.