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The only way the budget could be changed was if amendments were tabled after the main motion to approve the bud- get was tabled, he told Kilger. After some tense debate, and with the mayor inferring that he didn’t want any- one to “sandbag” the “democratic” right of council members advocate for budget changes, Clerk Helen Finn advised that the budget could be changed via the amend- ment process. The procedural debate was just the beginning of a drawn-out process during which councillors argued for bud- get reductions, an across the board wage freeze and even dipping into the city’s budget for employee sal- aries to come up with the extra $60,000 requested by Mac- Donald. Once it was decided council would fund the extra cash for outside agencies from a $96,000 surplus from the city’s 2012 bud- get, there was even more debate, with councillors MacDonald and Bernadette Clement arguing the money should come from the tax base, a move which would have further increased this year’s tax hike. MacDonald said using the 2012 budget surplus which had been placed in the city’s working reserve fund “sets a dangerous precedent” for the future funding of outside agencies and“devalues” their programs. Her argument was backed by Clement. “Ultimately, I’d like to see it come from the tax base,” she told fellow councillors, but added she had no problem taking the money from the working reserves if that was the will of council. The surplus money is tax- payer money. That is money we collected last year that we didn’t use. It’s only logical we use that.”
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Cornwall city council added $60,000 to their budget for outside agencies lastWednesday after a last-minute plea fromCouncillor Elaine MacDonald, above, on behalf of five groups and organizations. The money will come from last year’s $96,000 surplus that was initially tagged to bolster the city’s working reserve fund.
Councillor Andre Rivette, however, ar- gued it was misleading to suggest the ex- tra $60,000 from working reserves was not taxpayers’ dollars. “The surplus money is
tone early in the meeting by advocating a staff wage freeze for 2013, argued that while people are struggling to stay in their homes the city keeps increasing taxes with that we continue to raise taxes but we don’t see any proactive stuff in staffing,” said Dupelle. “As a council, we are the people who hold the purse strings. We need to dig deeper,” he insisted. Councillor Denis Thibault noted the city is spending $3 million in direct taxpayer dol- “It alarms me that we continue to raise taxes but we don’t see any proactive stuff in staffing.” Maurice Dupelle no commensu- rate increase in services. “It alarms me
lars more than last year. “To me, that doesn’t compute.”He said if his home expenses were rising at the rate of the city’s spending, “the bank would be knocking at the door”. Councillor Gerry Samson alsomade an im- passioned plea for seniors and single-parent families who are losing their homes under the heavy burden of city taxes which are be- ing noticed around the province for being “way up there”. “We’ve got to quit hitting the taxpayer. We’re taking every penny they have out of their pockets,” he argued. But in the end, the budget – aside from the amendments withdraw $60,000 extra from reserves for outside agencies -- was passed as presented without any further reductions to the proposed 2.88 per cent tax increase.
taxpayer money. That is money we collected last year that we didn’t use. It’s only logical we use that.” There was also some sentiment expressed dur- ing the meeting
that the city cannot continue to increase taxes without affecting the city’s most vul- nerable citizens, its poor and elderly. Councillor Maurice Dupelle, who set the
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