Despite their discomfort at the price tag, Brockville councillors on Monday approved spending of $400,000 or more on a washroom facility at the foot of Market Street West . Article content

And one of council’s best-known fiscal hawks suggested, ironically, that the new washroom be named after a former councillor whose long crusade for a place to answer nature’s call downtown never bore fruit. Article content

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Council’s general committee last week recommended the full council approve the spending for a prefabricated toilet facility to be placed at the downtown location. While much of that spending is already included in the 2025 budget, a $175,000 overrun for a more expensive facility is also now approved. That extra spending will be funded by deben

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