Article content North Bay council has deferred the award of a contract for the redesign of downtown Main Street. The work is for a design of the reconstruction of Main Street from Cassells to Sherbrooke streets and Ferguson Street from Main to Oak streets. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. King questions spending on 'outside consultants' Back to video Coun. Mark King, who didn’t support the contract, questioned why the city sought an outside consultant. “I think we have qualified people employed inside the city,” he said. “Why we’re going to these outside consultants constantly is beyond me, because I think we can put something together that would make a ton of sense and would actually provide a better vehicle for those people who are in the downtown core to actually deal with the situation.”