Some members of the city’s public works department, it turns out, have passable finish carpentry skills.

As a final step to accommodate a slimmed-down City Council, public works staffers recently cut the ends off two massive desks in the council chambers.

Back in March, City Council voted to redraw the Sault’s ward boundaries and reduce the size of council from 12 councillors across six wards to just 10 councillors in five wards.

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