Yorkton Council officially passed its 2020 Operating and 2020/2021 Capital Budgets at its regular meeting Monday.
The budgets were presented at , where 鈥淎dministration proposed a 2.90 per cent increase in taxation revenue for the 2020 year,鈥� Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance with the City explained Monday.
The increase includes 0.9 per cent for future Capital projects, and 2.0 per cent for all other Operational expenditures.
At the Dec. 2 meeting Council tabled the adoption of the 2020 Operating & 2020 / 2021 Capital Budgets until Monday.
Stradeski noted, on the morning of December 3, 2019, the 2020 Budget Submission, 2020 Operating Budget, 2020 / 2021 Capital Budget, and 鈥淟oonie Pie Chart鈥� were posted on the City website for public review. The public was notified of the posting through the City of Yorkton homepage 鈥淗ot Topics鈥�, City of Yorkton Facebook page and via various news media sources.
鈥淎s of the date of this report, there was one written point of feedback received regarding the budget.聽 The main concerns were about rising household costs, some related to utility service as well as taxes,鈥� he said.
The Finance Department also did receive a phone call from a citizen, and various items were clarified and the citizen had no concerns with the content of the budget and was happy for the chance to discuss and have it explained, added Stradeski.
Council passed the dual budgets with only Councillor Darcy Zaharaia opposed.
