A review of services within the town of Fort Frances will be undertaken by town councillors.It's an attempt to find additional savings as they works toward the 2010 budget.
Councillor Paul Ryan says they've been left with no choice but to see if cuts can be made.
"There's no choice," says Ryan. "We've hit the wall. In the past couple of years our budgets have been very, very close to the actual where in years past they've shot a little high and had a reserve at the end. We don't have that anymore."
The budget shortfall has been trimmed to about 246-thousand, but does not include provisions for capital spending or money set aside to reserves.
Fort Frances councillors also began a line-by-line review of the proposed capital budget at last night's budget meeting.
About $10.2 million dollars worth of projects have been identified with operations and facilities accounting for nearly 70 per cent of that total.
Councillors will tackle that list when the budget discussions continue tomorrow.
