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Originally Posted by simmonjam1
Does the City open it's books to an independent auditor to look for wasteful spending practices? Similar to the Auditor Generals report in Ottawa. If not, they should.
Anything more than a property tax increase equal to inflation equates to a serious lack of planning on the City's side.
Someone please explain to me the argument that they city is growing, we need to raise taxes to deal with the increase demand on our infrastructure. The city is growing and so too is the tax base, so why the need to increase taxes?
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There's been calls for a city auditor for years. Right now it does not exist.
I get the need in increase taxes as we went through a huge spike. But the city should be talking about restraint too. Maybe dipping into the billion or so in the reserve funds, or cutting back on the surpluses they run.
Certainly 10 years into the spike we shouldn't still need massive hikes that are growing, not shrinking.