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City council unanimously approved a 2021 budget Monday night that freezes the tax take from Windsor’s COVID-battered residents but finds an extra $10.5 million for city departments, agencies and boards, and infrastructure.
“This is a budget that is fair for the residents of the community,” Mayor Drew Dilkens said at the end of a 13-hour day of deliberations, that culminated with approval of an $874.4-million operating budget, $426.6 million of which comes from municipal taxpayers.
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WINDSOR, ONT A big box store enforcement blitz is being carried out in regions across Ontario including Windsor to reinforce public health measures meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. On Saturday, more than 300 provincial offences officers along with municipal by-law enforcement in Ottawa, Durham, Niagara, and Windsor fanned out to shopping plazas and superstores to make sure people were following provincial restrictions. “By and large, yes, I would suggest that businesses and citizens have the message out there,” said Bill Tetler, the manager of by-law enforcement for the City of Windsor. Tetler, along with a partner, visited the shopping plaza and Wal-Mart store along Dougall Avenue in south Windsor.