Monday, December 8, 2008

Budget Process in the Crowsnest Pass Continues

Well tomorrow night we are back at it. We will be reviewing Administration, Culture and Recreation departments Tuesday night Dec 9th. Followed up by Public Works Wednesday night Dec 10th.
Right now we are looking at a budget that is presently under funded by close to $1.7 million (that is the amount that taxes would have to increase if we did not cut anything.
Made up of the following:

Tax Shortfall --------------------$1,442,479
2007 Municipal deficit -----------$110,000
2007 Crowsnest Centre deficit ---$94,031
2008 Municipal deficit -----------$???????
2008 Crowsnest Centre deficit--- $???????

Total-----------------------------$1,646,510

2 comments:

Bryan said...

And who thought that municipal politics was all glamour, glitz and easy women?

Pot Shots said...

Wow, thats pretty substantial, kind of tells me that I've stepped into a bit of a money pit by moving here. Hopefully the real-estate values stay up for a while. Good luck with that and thank's for the heads up!