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Ottawa budget is good news for Cumberland GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca m ay differ fro m this based on final assess- m ents of buildings and lands.
and ho m eless. That includes $4.6 m illion to m ake up for reductions in provincial aid funding. For public works and various infrastruc- ture projects there will be a $5.5 m illion increase to the annual contribution for the capital funding progra m , based on reco m - m endations in the current long-range fi- nancial plan for the City of Ottawa. Another $4.9 m illion is dedicated to i m prove both pedestrian and traffic safety and m obility with new traffic control signals, intersection control m easures, pedestrian countdown signals, and an audible signal progra m for pedestrian crosswalks. City staff will have $2 m illion for acces- sibility retrofit work at existing m unicipal buildings and parks. The fund for co m bat- ting e m erald ash borer infestation within the National Capital Region will have an- other $975,000 added. On the planning front there is $1 m illion for reviews of both the Official Plan and the Transportation Master Plan and $1 m illion for the city’s arts, culture and heritage plan. The freeze on the m ayor ‘s and councillors’ office budgets will continue and there is a reduction of $3.5 m illion in the 2013 bud- get for city staffing costs.
City ad m inistration will present next year’s water and sewer service rates for council to review and approve in January. Meanwhile all city recreation fees will re m ain frozen at current levels. Two highlights for the Cu m berland Ward in the 2013 budget is m oney allocated for the next stage of the Brian Coburn Boule- vard project and m oney designated for widening of Mer Bleue Road. "Both are very welco m e news," said Blais. One disappoint m ent in the budget for Blais is the $2 m illion allocation for design- ing a new pedestrian bridge across the Rideau Canal to connect Fifth Street in the Glebe district with Clegg Street in the Old Ottawa area. The Cu m berland Ward coun- cillor voted against that part of the budget and argued that there are other infrastruc- ture and service priorities that need ad- dressing first. "Not only do we not have the m oney to build the (actual) bridge," he said, "but we don’t know where we’re going to get the m oney to build a bridge." The 2013 budget will dedicate $14 m il- lion for the city’s progra m s to aid the poor
Cumberland | The City of Ottawa has its budget house in order for next year. Cum- berland Ward Councillor Stephen Blais ex- pressed satisfaction with how the overall 2013 budget plan was worked out. "I think, overall, it’s a very good budget for residents of Cu m berland," Blais said during a phone interview. One of the highlights of the 2013 budget for the City of Ottawa is a proposed 2.09 per cent increase to the m unicipal tax levy portion, the lowest tax increase for the m u- nicipal budget in the past six years and less than the 2.5 per cent li m it that the Watson ad m inistration had set in the 2011 budget strategy for the city. For the average Ottawa area ho m eowner, this m eans an annual property tax increase of $67 in the urban region and $50 in the rural areas. Individual property tax notices
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