Kenora City Council is leaning towards approving a 5.9 million dollar tender to build a new firehall on Barsky's Hill, despite the inflated cost of the project.
Council spent a lot of time debating whether it is willing fund the project without federal or provincial assistance.
David Nelson is the Architect on the project and says they have already scaled back the original cost of the project.
The lowest initial bid came in at 6.3 million dollars, which is about 1.3 million higher than initially budgeted.
Council will vote on whether to approve the tender on Monday night.
