Trevor McKean is one Collingwood resident who would like to see the Tremont demolished.

A letter that McKean had written to council was read at Monday's meeting by deputy mayor Sandra Cooper.

McKean, an officer for the Collingwood OPP, says the building is in such bad shape that it's not worth saving. Some of the brick isn't original and it's falling off the building, he added.

"I've been in it. It's in horrible condition," he said.

In the early 1900s, the Tremont was a common place to stay for American tourists who were traveling to the area by train. The complex has also served as a bar and a strip club, but that portion was demolished several years ago.

However, McKean says, for people of his generation and older, the building's enduring legacy is it was the place where Ron McKean, a Collingwood police officer -- and Trevor's father -- was killed on Oct. 12, 1977.

"Who in town remembers that as a hotel?" he said. "(People remember it as) the place where Ron McKean was shot."

While he doesn't have good memories of the building, he says that isn't why it should be torn down.

"It should be torn down because of its condition, not because my dad was killed there," he said.

"My dad could have been killed anywhere. He could have been shot in front of town hall and wouldn't be in favour of tearing down town hall."

Trevor says the town needs to take the initiative.

"The town has an opportunity to tear it down," he said.

Ron McKean was recognized for his years of service with the Collingwood police with the naming of McKean Cres.