The rate charged to municipalities to help fund the Northwestern Health Unit will remain the same as last year.
CAO Mark Perrault says combined with declines in population, area cities and towns will actually pay less this year than they did in 2010.
"This time everybody's numbers dropped across the region," says Perreault. "Some dramatically. I think there's nobody less than a 3 per cent decrease."
Perrault says staff reductions through attrition have allowed the Health Unit to work with less money from municipalities.
