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Budget deliberations hitting Day 8; tax impact over 4%
Budget deliberations continued last night at the Civic Centre, and will enter its 8th night this evening.
Items dealt with last night include:
- An increase from 50 cents to $1 for parking meters. Monthly permits are also increasing from $15 to $30 in Chatham, and from $10 to $20 in Wallaceburg.
- Art Space was handed $40,000 and the Chatham-Kent Black Mecca Museum received $35,000 in funding.
- Council also shot down a motion by South-Kent Council Karen Herman to remove $1 million from reserves to help trim the budget.
Outstanding issues and closed session items are set to be dealt with tonight at the meeting which starts at 6 p.m.
The tax impact remains over 4% currently.
A meeting is scheduled for tomorrow if necessary.
Wage Cuts / Layoffs Needed At The Municipality
February 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm
It is very clear that layoffs or wage reductions are needed as I suspect raises will be handed out and a generous pension will be enjoyed by the municipal employees at the expense of the taxpayer who has taken wage cuts and have no pensions.
Bill Finlay
February 6, 2013 at 11:01 pm
I thought I was sending a message to our municipality. Just an update on the farm property tax increase from 21 % to whatever???