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and homeless. That includes $4.6 million to make up for reductions in provincial aid funding. For public works and various infrastruc- ture projects there will be a $5.5 million increase to the annual contribution for the capital funding program, based on recom- mendations in the current long-range fi- nancial plan for the City of Ottawa. Another $4.9 million is dedicated to improve both pedestrian and traffic safety and mobility with new traffic control signals, intersection control measures, pedestrian countdown signals, and an audible signal program for pedestrian crosswalks. City staff will have $2 million for acces- sibility retrofit work at existing municipal buildings and parks. The fund for combat- ting emerald ash borer infestation within the National Capital Region will have an- other $975,000 added. On the planning front there is $1 million for reviews of both the Official Plan and the Transportation Master Plan and $1 million for the city’s arts, culture and heritage plan. The freeze on the mayor‘s and councillors’ office budgets will continue and there is a reduction of $3.5 million in the 2013 bud- get for city staffing costs.
City administrationwill present next year’s water and sewer service rates for council to review and approve in January. Meanwhile all city recreation fees will remain frozen at current levels. Two highlights for the Cumberland Ward in the 2013 budget is money allocated for the next stage of the Brian Coburn Boule- vard project and money designated for widening of Mer Bleue Road. "Both are very welcome news," said Blais. One disappointment in the budget for Blais is the $2 million 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 Cumberland 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 money to build the (actual) bridge," he said, "but we don’t know where we’re going to get the money to build a bridge." The 2013 budget will dedicate $14 mil- lion for the city’s programs to aid the poor
Cumberland | The City of Ottawa has its budget house in order for next year. Cum- berlandWard 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 Cumberland," 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 municipal tax levy portion, the lowest tax increase for the mu- nicipal budget in the past six years and less than the 2.5 per cent limit that the Watson administration had set in the 2011 budget strategy for the city. For the average Ottawa area homeowner, this means 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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