During their final meeting as a group on Tuesday night, the outgoing city council deferred 2023 budget decisions to the newly elected city council.
Although the newly city council will need to make some “difficult” decisions shortly after being sworn in on Nov. 17, Fowke said administration is working to help them achieve their target. Working against the city’s efforts to cut $17.7 million are a series of proposed business cases advocating for service level increases and changes, which would carry a $7.78-million tax levy impact next year if fully implemented.
Also working against the city’s efforts to pare down its budget is the province’s continued reluctance to fund operational costs for the city’s supervised consumption site. Although the site is under provincial jurisdiction, the city’s elected officials opted to fund it for the time being rather than continue to wait on the province.During their Nov.
good! some cooler heads
Time to take a pay cut and start trimming from the top .. 42% of the budget is just in wages n bouns which is sick ..