City Budget 2020 deliberations finalized

On January 27, 2020 budget deliberations were finalized in the City of Windsor.

Igor Dzaic is a Ward 7 candidate for the upcoming by-election. “The biggest take away was going down from a recommended 3.6 per cent tax increase to a very healthy 2.1 per cent tax increase. So what does this mean for Ward 7 and for the city of Windsor? It means this budget is very infrastructure heavy. Fixing the roads, the sewers, flood mitigation, the asset management plan and of course, expanded transit.”

Ward 1 Councilor Fred Francis would have liked the tax increase to be under two per cent, although his multiple motions were rejected by the majority of the council.

The operating budget will be $850 million with $420 million coming from taxpayer dollars. Sewers and roads will see $161 million of the budget. This is the largest in city’s history.