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\ j | | County _ _ & d â€"% 5 www.northumberlandtoday.com ( bi get jump$ ; | e Loc. | 9 §g°. _ e snn _ _ _ e s o saald 6.13% s | C bud § . f i | ounty budget jumps | | f I ]TZUO m&tyors 6l17.§‘ (4 7’lt f07' 7)0 te Y | 4 Continued from page 1 Five of the seven county municipalities " % i ' have courts for which they are ! ): \ During déliberations, Mr. Lovshin and _ responsible for paying security costs. In By Joyce Cassin â€" ; | Ms. Thompson put a motion on the floor to _ order to make it fair, the previous council. Jcassin@northumberlandtoday.com defer the budget decision until council agreed to pay cotirt costs at the county â€" 5 | members could absorb the changes and _ level as the courts serve the entire county, ‘After a day of arguments for and aggmst various look for more cuts. not just the five municipalities, Ms. || budget items March 19, county council finally put & 4 Treasurer Mike Buchanan says Herrington said, and added she was on the ” the matter of the 2008 budget to a vote. It passed. | everything has been examine, right down__previous council when the matter was \â€" â€"What the final figures mean to Northumberland \IU {' to such tiny items as paper clips and other voted on. | County taxpayers is an increase of $75.40 on a Q ; miscellaneous items to the tune of $52,000. ‘Also on the table was an increase in the residential property valued at $250,000, but this is 3 | ©~ But Mr. Lovshin agreed to take his price of garbage bag tags from the current | only the county portion of the entire property tax o / motion off the floor after potential dates . $2 to $2.75 each. The change is estimated to | bill. The municipal and educational taxes will be: V for budget discussions were discarded. result in a $170,000 budget decrease. The | ealculated into the equation by the individual _ "I think we all came here today, bag tag price hike was approved. |\ municipalities once all municipal budgets are . | «prepared to vote on the budget," Mr. Mr. Buchanan told council the 2008 \ passed. . ; Delanty said. "We all knew today was the . budget includes a .87â€"perâ€"cent increase in A recorded vote requested by Alnwick= «) . | day we were going to vote on the budget â€" winter roads maintenance, .58â€"perâ€"cent | / Haldimand Township Mayor Bill Finley resulted in y ; and I don‘t see why we can‘t go forward on â€" hike for broadband, 2.11 per cent for | ) Warden Chris Herrington of Brighton and mayors Y it." . roads/bridges maintenance, and .22 per Peter Delanty (Cobourg) and Mark Loyvshin 3 . | Had the budget decision been deferred, . cent for Public Sector Accounting Board (Hamilton Township) voting in favour (13 weighted y the next available date would have been _ and debentures totaling 2.12 per cent, a votes) of the 6.:13â€"perâ€"cent increase, with Mr. Finley ‘April 23. Mr. Delanty said he would not be . total budget increase of 5.9 per cent in and Port Hope Mayor Linda Thompson (seven | 5 . ; able to attend on that date, and insisted he . those five items alone. 6 weighted votes) voting against. & § Ns be in attendance after a recommendation There is aproposed study aimed at Councillors Marc Coombs (Cramahe Township) was made by Ms. Thompson to eliminate â€" reducing future costs, and reserves are and Hector Macmillan (Trent Hills) were both S court costs. virtually nonâ€"existent, Mr. Buchanan said. absent (six weighted votes). Mr. Macmillan was out . | "The (court) budget this year is This year‘s budget allows for $81.578â€" of town on vacation. Mr. Coombs left the meeting . | $410,000," Mr. Delanty said. "I‘m prepared. . million in revenues with $78.732â€"million in ~â€"| for work prior to the vote. to say (cut from) $100,000 to $50,000, but _ operational expenses and $2.847â€"million in |â€" _ See County budget, page 3 f let‘s be fair. I would really want that capital. â€" ® Aonnnnnnnnnnnnngnnn d ©$50,000 to remain in the budget for a sense Previous county council deliberations _ of fairness." had councillors suggesting they would & * He added that it cost Cobourg. prefer a twoâ€"perâ€"cent increase but would & & ratepayers $381,000 last year for the â€" settle for four in order to keep the tax.levy > privilege of having court in their town. at an affordable and acceptable level. & 4 o 4 + 7 - â€" Siagce * 4 * * s a //“""\' (3)