2009-06-09
09:11:07
The town of Fort Frances has passed its 2009 budget.
It includes a 1.1 per cent tax increase for residential ratepayers which is about $20 extra on a house assessed at 100-thousand dollars.
Council Rick Wiedenhoeft says its a good budget in tough economic times.
"When we're facing an overall 3 per cent increase in inflation, a 3 per cent increase in salary and benefits across the corporation, and to maintain the services that we do and still come in with at a 1.1 per cent tax increase in my opinion in phenomenal," says Wiedenhoeft.
Mayor Roy Avis called the budget affordable.
