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Jan 14, 21 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jenna Cocullo • No Comments
By Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative It is metaphorically raining in Chatham-Kent where COVID-19 is forcing staff to increase taxes to offset the costs of a declined economy and residents are wondering about the rainy day fund. On Wednesday night,...
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Jan 12, 21 •
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By Jenna Cocullo, Local Journalism Initiative Budget season is right around the corner, as municipal staff and council gear up for their first 2021 presentation and budget consultation. The process will look much different this year due to the COVID-19 public...
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Feb 5, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Bruce Corcoran • 1 Comment
For anyone who opted to put themselves through the ordeal of watching Chatham-Kent council’s budget committee at work last week, we have a suggestion for you: try self-water boarding instead. All joking aside, the process is fatiguing to say the least. We...
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Feb 4, 20 •
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Editor’s note: This is our compilation story reviewing the 2020 municipal budget process. For stories following each night’s efforts by council, click Budget 1, Budget 2, or Budget 3. Following three nights of budget deliberations that at times...
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Jan 31, 20 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • 1 Comment
The budget committee of council followed up a night of cutting 1.35 per cent of proposed tax increases by willfully walking into a quagmire of minutiae Thursday evening, yet recovered to finalize the 2020 budget with a tax increase of 2.97 per cent. They...
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Jan 29, 20 •
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The budget committee of Chatham-Kent council opened its 2020 deliberations Tuesday evening without a $434,000 tax deferral, while discussing a bicycle trail and several staffing positions. The proposed tax increase did dip slightly, as administration altered...
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Jan 28, 20 •
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As council gets down to the business of finalizing this year’s municipal budget this week, it received feedback from the public at five draft budget presentations around the municipality recently. The fifth and final one took place at the Active Lifestyle...
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Jan 21, 20 •
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Before municipal councillors break out their carving knives, the proposed 2020 municipal tax increase sits at nearly five per cent. Chatham-Kent administration released the information at a special budget meeting Jan. 15, with the proposed budget for the year...
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Jan 7, 20 •
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For residents who want a say in how Chatham-Kent will spend taxpayers’ dollars, the 2020 budget process begins next week with meetings planned for community input. According to a media release, the draft municipal budget will be presented to council Jan....
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Oct 23, 19 •
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Hard work pays off, according to the head of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Lori Marshall, president and CEO of CKHA, said the alliance teamed up with other medium-sized hospitals across the province to lobby the government to update its funding model for...
