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Article content City hall is in a rush to construct a new parkette in Old Walkerville to showcase the “incredible” $300,000 Hiram Walker sculpture that’s been sitting in storage for three years so it’s completed by the whisky baron’s July 4th birthday. “We’re planning, as soon as it’s approved by council, to be full steam ahead send it out for tender and get it built,” Heidi Baillargeon, Windsor’s manager of parks development, said Tuesday. A report on the Hiram Walker Parkette goes to city council on Monday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. ....
The Walker City Council followed through with its plan to lower the tax levy to the lowest its been since 2018. Back on Sept. 14 the council set the preliminary levy, payable in 2021, at -3.26 percent. On Dec. 7 they approved the final budget at $1,037,729, or $34,967 less than the 2020 final budget. The other big item discussed at the meeting, which lasted only 15 minutes, was the sale of the Walker Library building and the property it sits on at 207 Fourth Street. Sealed bids with a minimum bid of $25,000 plus all legal fees and pending assessments are due by Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. Besides advertising the building sale in The Pilot-Independent, the city staff reached out to the local Chamber, which was able to do an email blast. ....