The tax rate will stay at $1.19 for Rothesay’s 2013 budget.
Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop tells CHSJ news losing about $100,000 dollars or 25% from the province didn’t affect the budget.
Just under $2 million will be spent to improve roads and sidewalks while half a million will be used to improve storm sewers and drainage.
The water rate will remain the same but the sewage rate will cost an extra $15 a year due to higher training costs and manhole repairs. The budget also includes the purchase of a new $141,000 truck to plow the streets.
Rothesay Common will see major improvements with drainage, a stage, washrooms and an ice chiller.
Recreation upgrades will also include improvements to the Hillside trail and bike lanes. $2 million being spent for design costs towards a multipurpose recreation complex.
Bishop says the $1.19 tax rate includes garbage collection which other towns have to pay for.
