The city is encouraged by the promise of greater regionalisation but there are still alot of unknowns and that’s why Mayor Mel Norton would like to see more clarity from the province on its plans.
Mayor Mel Norton acknowledges the financial woes of the city will be a fact of life for sometime and regionalisation won’t solve that. He also doesn’t see regionalisation doing anything about the divergent tax rates between what’s charged in the city as opposed to the outlying communities.
He does believe there will be opportunities to save money with planning and recreation sooner rather than later and then down the road have a look at policing and fire.
The Mayor would like to see the city given greater taxing authority because he says the ability of people in the city to keep paying more is not limitless.
