This year's city budget increase is a bit lighter than what we were
expecting. Council approved the budget last night but after Councillor
Marc Bentz put forward a motion that prevented the hiring of 5 full time
city employees. The savings should amount to a bit more than 200
thousand dollars and dropped the tax increase from 2.67 to just under 2
and a half. Councillor Trevor Geirtuga says its time the city decided
whether they want to invest in infrastructure or invest in human
resources. The average home will now pay just over 60 dollars more this
year in taxes.
