Council sat through a detailed presentation of the revised budget document during their October 28 committee of the whole session. Administration and department staff explained the process of changes to the document since the original budget proposal was presented in August.
The first draft of the budget indicated that a six per cent increase in the amount of property taxes collected would be needed to meet all the operational and capital works goals for the municipality during the next year. Council directed staff to bring the tax increase for the 2020 budget down to three per cent.
