$38 million. What is the full recreation-centre bill?
Ingersoll’s new recreation centre has a headline price. Servicing, fundraising, borrowing and yearly running costs need one clear explanation.
See the decision.
A building price is only part of the picture
$38m procurement figure
Show the separate costs
Show what is secured
Show the operating cost
Pick a plan. Explain the trade-off.
What would you choose?
Choices to question · not a public vote or a list of approved projects.
Proceed with a full funding ledger — proposal
What it could achieveKeep the project moving while showing construction, servicing, donations, borrowing and annual operating costs in one place.
The trade-offThe Town must explain who carries fundraising or cost-overrun risk and which costs sit outside the building figure.
Tie optional scope to secured funding — proposal
What it could achieveSet a clear limit on what the Town will fund before additional contributions arrive.
The trade-offSome amenities could open later. Show any redesign cost and the effect on users before changing scope.
Same issue. Same opportunity to explain.
Where do they stand?
What is the complete cost, funding and delivery plan for the campus?
15 people
Their public position
Highlights getting construction started on the Multi-Use Recreation Centre.
Heart FM candidate interviewMore context & statements
This is the mayor’s campaign account of progress, rather than a claim that the completed facility has opened.
Full position & history
Their public position
Supports the MURC and cites its progress as a current-term achievement.
Heart FM — Lindsay Wilson candidate profileMore context & statements
Her account of groundbreaking is attributed; final facility completion is separate.
Full position & history
Earlier position · 2022
Prioritized funding the Multi-Use Recreation Centre.
Heart FM candidate interviewMore context & statements
A 2022 commitment; funding decisions and construction outcomes require their own record.
Full position & history
Their public position
Supports modern recreation facilities including two ice pads.
Tim Lobzun campaign — The WhyMore context & statements
The campaign statement does not establish funded second-pad approval.
Full position & history
Their public position
Supports adding a second ice pad to the new recreation facility.
Heart FM — Sherry Ashby candidate profile
Their public position
Wants to help oversee delivery of the new recreation centre.
Heart FM — Fred Freeman candidate profileMore context & statements
School, long-term-care and subdivision approvals are not solely Town Council decisions.
Full position & historyNo people match both filters. Choose Everyone or All positions.
An absent public answer is not a refusal. Delivery and responses are recorded on the public question.
Open the full candidate comparisonOpen public question
Put the question to them.
What is the complete cost, funding and delivery plan for the campus?
The record stays here
What happened. What happens next.
Servicing prequalification closed
Procurement described the larger recreation, school and housing parcel. Prequalification did not award construction.
$38m building figure published
The fundraising-consultant procurement described a $38m recreation centre.
Fundraising consultancy awarded
Council awarded the capital-campaign consultancy to Interkom and raised its appropriation to $290,000.
Financing applications authorized
Council authorized applications for the centre and Clarke Road work. The applications are not proof of borrowing drawn.
$1.862m directed to arena reserve
Resolution 2026-212 allocated the 2025 operating surplus to the Arena Facility Reserve.
Publish the current construction and servicing milestones alongside donations received, financing drawn and the expected opening. No new opening date is asserted here.
Meetings & agendasOpen the documents
MURC fundraising-consultant procurementAugust 10 Council minutes — resolution 2026-212June 8 Council minutes — consultancy awardJune 16 Council minutes — financing applicationsClarke Road servicing prequalificationThe full issue recordCorrect this page or add a sourceGot a stronger alternative?
Name the change. Show what it costs. Explain what it gives up.
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