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Policing issue to be Art Crawl returns to Amherstburg finalized next term By Ron Giofu
Tempers flared and voices were raised but it was learned the policing issue won’t actually be formally decided until the next term of council. After over an hour of back-and-forth discussion and accusations, it was learned that while an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) community resource plan won’t be back until, most likely, September, council can still get the ball rolling on public consultation but the next council will decide on OPP or Amherstburg policing. What was decided Monday night was that there will be no integrity commissioner investigation into a meeting two members of council had with the mayor of Windsor earlier this year. That debate was the result of a report on policing prepared by CAO Valerie Critchley that town council had requested at its last meeting back in June where it was to outline discussions on the matter and more details about in-camera votes. The report noted the Jan. 13, 2025 letter from Windsor that informed the town they are not renewing the policing contract with Amherstburg for another five-year term. The 11-page report noted the original five options Amherstburg town council was faced with, including sticking with Windsor, going with LaSalle, contacting the OPP, investigating a regional police model or a standalone Amherstburg model. In Critchley’s report, it stated regarding the OPP option that “using the costing models provided by the OPP, administration estimated that, based on the population and size of Amherstburg, and the annual level of calls for service, that the annual cost for this option would be approximately $3-4M per year. In addition, there would likely be some initial ‘startup’ costs associated with capital needs, however greater clarity would not be gained on these costs until a formal proposal was received from the OPP.”
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The WSO wind quintet performed in King’s Navy Yard Park late Sunday afternoon to close the two-day Amherstburg Art Crawl (above). Artists from the Local Collective Art Project create new artwork on Murray St. (below right).
By Ron Giofu The Amherstburg Art Crawl returned to town for the fifth straight year and featured new art being created, the viewing and sale of other pieces of art and the unveiling of more public art pieces. The latter included two new murals being unveiled in the town’s downtown core. The first unveiling was “The Stories We Tell,” the mural in “Art Alley” on the side of the Downtown Espresso building. As stated in the July 8 edition of the River Town Times, Michigan artist Kevin Burdick returned to Amherstburg where he painted the mural featuring an older man telling fishing stories to a young boy, with a photo of the man and a sturgeon that he caught. Burdick was unable to attend the Amherstburg Art Crawl due to another commitment but his work met with the approval of those who attended the unveiling last Saturday afternoon. Two hours later, the second mural was unveiled on an Amico-owned building at the Boblo Dock, visible from the King’s Navy Yard Park extension.
Town crier Norm Ross led a tour from “Art Alley,” through King’s Navy Yard Park and then southbound on Dalhousie St. to the Boblo Dock, stopping at art installations along the route. “We’re celebrating Boblo,” said island resident and Art Crawl committee chair Richard Peddie.
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