County of Grande Prairie reeve says council will try to reduce deficit, keep any muncipal tax increase low
The reeve of the County of Grande Prairie says when it comes to a budget deficit, “there are still a lot of things at play between now and final budget.”
Bob Marshall says that includes final assessments, which he thinks will help reduce the current $3.96 million deficit, grants, the education portion of the property tax bill and projects that were deferred to final budget talks in April.
He says council will do its best to keep any tax increase to a minimum.
“In the budget deliberations, they were suggesting around a 2.5 to three (per cent tax increase) but, again, that’ll depend on what the final numbers are at budget.”