If the city raises the 2019 taxes five per cent or more, where do they think the funds for many of us are going to come from? Many pensioners live on fixed incomes, they don't have the luxury of dictating their own salaries, nor is there any opportunity for overtime pay, unlike the city manager and Prince George mayor and council.
A five per cent increase for many could be the grocery bill for a two-week period or no heat, so what do we do? Not eat?
It is time city council realized they cannot just happily spend money that we don't have.
For example, why are we buying a perfectly good reconditioned property to put the swimming pool on?
Why not just knock the old one down and put the new one there, that would save at least $3 million.
I have lived in this city for 45 years and still every year we "run out of money" for snow clearing. Why has a fund not been created over the years to accommodate this?
We should have an untouchable fund of at least $10 million that the council cannot spend on anything but snow clearing.
This doesn't need to be all collected in one year either. It should be a small amount each year.
Peter Yates
Prince George
