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Council Approves 2012 Budgets
City Council has approved the 2012 operating and capital budgets. The 2012 municipal operating budget, amounting to just under $301 million, represents a tax increase of 3.5 per cent, accounting for inflation estimated at 2.0 per cent, incremental capital investment of one per cent and service changes of 0.5 per cent. The municipal capital budget, [...]
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Budget Discussions End Early
Budget discussions closed last night, one day earlier than expected and the resulting 2012 Municipal Operating and Capital budgets will go before City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 20. “The Kingston Strategic Plan, which sets out Council’s priorities for its term, and the parameters provided by Council for tax increase limits, has been critical in providing [...]
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The State of… Williamsville’s Main Street (Part 3 of 3)
In our original three-part series that focused on upper and lower Princess Street, as well as neighbouring side streets, we took a snapshot of new development and also documented long-standing vacancies. Two years later, we revisited this topic of conversation, while it has proven to be as divisive as any other contested issue in the [...]
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Council Approves 3.39 Per Cent Municipal Tax Increase
Last night, Kingston’s new City Council approved its first operating budget keeping the municipal tax rate increase at 3.39 per cent. “Council took a very considered approach in its deliberations and City staff was very responsive in answering their questions. City staff members are to be commended for keeping their budgets keyed to the rate [...]
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Weekly Poll: K-Rock Centre Woes
The K-Rock Centre was back in the news last week, first when it was announced that funny man Dane Cook would be stopping by for a performance on the 2nd of November. Later on in the week, the City of Kingston released the 2nd quarter report for the KRC, and needless to say, performance has [...]
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Taxing Times
I have a confession: I love budget season at city hall. Sickening, isn’t it? The draft 2010 budget was released over the weekend at city hall, two weeks ahead of when budget meetings will actually commence. (I should clarify that the entire budget was not released on the city’s website — the staff reports with [...]
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