Director of Finance, Joanne Cunday began the meeting with a lengthy and detailed Powerpoint presentation of the 2010 Budget that netted a 6.9% tax increase. It should be stated this was the result of a Council decision to take their agreed on 3.7% increase and add another $100,000 to the roads expenditure which translates into a 3.2% increase. When combined the increase becomes a 6.9% increase in Municipal taxation for this year, at least as proposed.
There was a lot of back and forth between the Councillors attempting to arrive at a solution to bring the tax increase down including a discussion about the matter of dispensing and/or developing the Community (Surplus) Lands. Members of the community spoke vigorously on the matter of taxation including Mr. Duntz, Sangster and Challot. Councillor Poole brought up she had just received a report which posited that Municipalities with largely residential tax base would have great difficulty meeting their financial requirement. The discussion and seeming impasse continued with Councillors philosophically divided on the approach to take with this budget. The meeting adjourned and was to pick up the following day April 13th, 2010.
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