Atikokan Defends Request

The Mayor of Atikokan is defending his decision to seek a change in how much money municipalities contribute to the Rainy-River District Social Services Administration Board.

Dennis Brown says the current balanced formula requires his community to pay more then they should.

"Fort Frances choose to make up because of a loss of assessment by increasing their tax ratio," says Brown, "whereas Atikokan choose to go the other way because we are constantly trying to attract businesses and we don't want increase the taxes."

Fort Frances opposes the costing formula proposed by Atikokan say it mean higher costs for the town.

The Board is to discuss the idea at its meeting next month.