Proposals Would Result In Zero Tax Increase

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The following is the list of spending reductions proposed by Councillor Bestwick, Kipp and McKay which would result in no tax increases for the 2013 budget period. This would result in a zero tax increase for this year.

This is not unlike what individual households or different departments in the private sector have to deal with all the time to keep their financial house in order. Unlike the city of Nanaimo, we do not all have the luxury of simply raising our income to meet our spending wants.

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Police & Protective Services

• Reduce RCMP by $250,000
• Reduce Fire Services by $300,000

Publlic Works and Engineering

• Reduce #1 Reservoir by $250,000
• Reduce WTP by $250,000

Parks and Recreation

• Reduce P & R by $400,000
• Reduce spray park Departure Bay by $100,000

Strategic Relations

• Reduce by $125,000
• Reduce 50% of NEDC budget surplus

Purchasing

• Reduce by $100,000

Corporate Services

• Reduce by $100,000
• Reduce excluded staff benefits by $75,000

Human Resources

• Reduce by $75,000
• Reduce Mayor, Council and excluded staff salary by 1%

Property and Real Estate

• Redirect $250,000 from Dufferin sale to taxes

This would remove $2.2 million from the 2013 budget which does not include the 1% reduction to Mayor and Council and excluded staff.

There is also the opportunity to remove another $1.4 million by eliminating the Boxwood Connector.