_QR77 Newsroom
11/24/2009
City council has passed the budget, but did not make any major cuts.
Next year's property tax hike sits at 4.79, just a hair below the 4.8 per cent increase council had been looking at heading into budget talks Monday morning.
Council did agree to a motion by Alderman Ric McIver to ask all city departments to look for a further 1 per cent in reductions and report back in the Spring as to whether or not it's possible to drop the tax increase even more.
Council did agree to add $1 million to the snow removal budget, but refused a request for more than $3 million for upgrades for Race City.
Race City was granted a lease extension by the city, but needed funds to upgrade the site to new environmental standards.
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