2020 City budget approved

PRINCE GEORGE – It took a matter of minutes for Mayor and Council to approve the 2020 budget.

In the words of the Director of Finance, what was presented last night was “the tail end of a very large body of work” that began as far back as January. That’s when Council was looking at a budget with a tax hike of 3.44%.

But, as with so many things, the COVID-19 pandemic put Mayor and Council in a very challenging place, hoping to offer tax relief to homeowners while grappling with revenue losses of a million dollars a month.

After a multitude of meetings, Council settled on a tax hike of 1.75%.