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CHAMPLAIN TOWNSHIP COUNCIL WRESTLES WITH BUDGET
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
changes. Tessier’s second preliminary budget report indicated a potential tax increase of 6.07 per cent, if council chose to postpone some expensive road works projects for another year or two, and also agreed to al- ternative financing options for other projects. Those are decisions for council members to consider during their next public budget planning session February 4. “It would be up to us to bring the numbers down to this BNPVOU uTBJE.BZPS3JPQFM Councillor Troy Carkner noted that he would like to see any tax increase for the 2019 budget brought down to at least five per cent. He wondered if some projects on the capital works list, like an upgrade to
the Vankleek Hill Arena garage or a GPS system for the public works crew truck, are high priority items for this year. Budget review items 1BSLTBOE3FDSFBUJPO%JSFDUPS-JTB#VS - SPVHITBOE1VCMJD8PSLT%JSFDUPS+BNFT McMahon each reviewed their department’s XJTIMJTUTGPSUIJTZFBSTCVEHFU#VSSPVHIT noted that she has received some senior level grant money for “minor improvements” to the eight neighbourhood parks in the township. She also noted that her depart- ment has a general reserve of $120,000
and a small parkland reserve of $6000 that could help with covering the costs for some projects, when council starts deciding on capital works priorities during a later budget session. McMahon noted his department is work- ing on both five-year and 10-year capital planning lists, to help with future budget priorities on township infrastructure. One priority item for this year will be finishing the MBTUUXPLJMPNFUSFTPGQBWJOHGPS3JUDIBODF 3PBE VTJOHUIFGFEFSBMHBTUBYTVCTJEZUP cover the cost.
Champlain Township council spent an- other session wrestling with this year’s municipal budget. “As you can see, the budget is all about OVNCFST uTBJE.BZPS/PSNBOE3JPQFMBU the end of the four-hour January 22 special session of council. Financial Director Kevin Tessier presented council with some suggestions for revisions to the original budget draft presented earlier this month. The first version of the budget indicated a possible tax increase of 12.39 per cent, but only if council accepted and approved the preliminary report without any
Une autre ronde de pourparlers budgétaires pour le conseil du canton de Champlain alors que les anciens et les nouveaux membres du conseil commencent à examiner les détails des propositions de projets d’immobilisations et des autres dépenses. Une autre séance d’examen du budget est prévue pour le 4 février. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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