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Cornwall city council approves 2.88 per cent tax hike
But the process quickl y beca m e bogged down in procedural wrangling between Ma y or Bob Kilger and Councillor Glen Grant, when Grant argued Kilger was out of order when he indicated he would allow council m e m bers to table m otions for changes to the $155 m illion docu m ent.
Kilger, concerned that council m e m bers would not be allowed an opportunit y to stu m p for extra funding for outside agen- cies, wanted councillors to be allowed to i mm ediatel y table m otions supporting a $60,000 funding increase to be split a m ong five outside agencies.
But Grant argued that council was bound to follow the process set in the agenda, which outlined the second ite m of action for the m eeting was the approval of the 2013 budget.
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
Cornwall city councillors managed to spend some more money, but still hold their 2013 budget to a 2.88 increase after a marathon final budget meeting Wednes- day night. Council m e m bers approved an extra $60,000 in last- m inute funding for outside agencies at the urging of Councillor Elaine MacDonald, but the m one y will be taken fro m last y ear’s surplus to avoid further in- creasing taxes. The extra m one y went to two seniors groups to access provincial funding, a lo- cal genealog y group for storage space and subsequent m ove to the base m ent of the Cornwall librar y , a new group to aid devel- op m entall y challenged adults and for food for the soup kitchen at the Agape Centre. The extra spending was approved b y the m ajorit y of council. Despite the pro- testations, it essentiall y overturned a cap of $500,000 initiated for outside agenc y funding during the budget deliberations m onths ago. The 2.88 per cent increase will add an ex- tra $72 to the tax bill of a ho m eowner who paid $2,500 last y ear, or roughl y $29 m ore per $1,000 of taxes. The budget had alread y been endorsed b y the cit y ’s budget steering co mm ittee co m prised of all council m e m bers and was set to be approved as presented during a special council m eeting last Wednesda y evening at cit y hall.
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