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Few surprises some out at community budget session But Jan d'Ailly added. one thing's for sure: citizens want council to keep their promise of a maximum tax increase of 6.4 per cent for 2005. "No one wants lo spend any more tax dollars than we have m," d’Ailly said after the public workshop, held last Tuesday at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Com- plex "last year we set our tar- get at 6.4 per cent. and earli- er this year council passed a motion to try to come in under that. So we're actually aiming to come in lower than 6A per cent." But if might not be that easy. Coming off this year's massive increase of 10.38 per cent, which vovered a lot of the costs associated with the RIM Park financing fiasco, the city is now Inuk- ing at improving existing services. and possibly adding some new ones. Waterloo’s beautiful on the ew surprises rump mu Fi, last week's wmmu» nity budget senior]. says the City orWuterloors chair of finance "Last year the face, spoke for themselves." dhjlly said. referring to council's responsibility in addressing the RIM Park issue. "This year we're setting new prior- ities, which is more open for interpretation, which is more difficult." Walvrlun shines Iron! the trtsidc out. -lhatu, city Court. Mark Whalt'y's response In Ihron- In Globe & Mail columnist Lisa Itochtm. who feels Wait-thin. specifically its architectural offerings. is has than desirable In fart. she rallcd the my ugly. Ruchnn "xpressed hm opinion in a unlumn she' wrote on the Perimeter 5312 Kiri; ht. N WalenA-v t3Wi-5Lt91 (swat-k. ' av '.' el Milli II SWEDEN. “IS“ II tMMI B-K vo LVO Besides the annual By Mull-A [mum Chronicle Stuff BY Arman Emu)! t fhmmrh: 'elf CERTIFIED expenses, like improved infrastructure, which includes roads. water mains and city maintenance. citi, zvns also want to see more money spent on growth management and marker ing RIM Park. "As Waterloo quickly reaches its borders. citizens want to see proper planning in place. "There were four or five main areas people really seemed to focus on." said dhiirv, "Marketing RIM Park also received a high ranking. which was a pleasant sur- prise. 7 "There were lots of wish list items." Other items which didn't rank as high on the list were public safety and communi- ty development in areas such as arts and culture, and recreational services. "That was a bit of a sur- prise." d'Ailly said. "I guess people want to make sure we don't start paying for things we don't really need. That's the financial reality we're In." Now the challenge is to Institute For Theoretical Physics. which opened its doors Last month. While the Penmmcr Institute received top marks, Rurhnn went on In my shv ran'! believe the research facility was built in Water- Ion, "Hizarrely, this “my comm to you from Waterloo, tInt., a city of surpassing "glincss." she wrote. Shv believes Waterloo is mu of mu many strip malls, hhe also accused the munk “If people are looking for an instant-answer solution, it's not going to happen." DWI terloo mayor - Herb Earp This Weekend I E Only! - on Every Gallon 01 I thlelrg'. m "tr huh-m "in I'D Saturday adder Mb Ben t Moo 'ear ailment-talked.“ Ct ”cum CITY NEWS take the public input and decide which items should take priority when setting the budget. "The (increase) can be broken down into three cat- egories." d'Ailly explained. "The first three per cent goes toward keeping the sta- tus quo -- operating expenses lo keep the city going with no changes. These are called fixed costs. "The second part would go towards our reserves and capital funding. That money would be used for such things as any legal issues that come up, or the fire sta- tion we have planned for the east side of the city. The city will conduct a detailed program review in November, looking at what services are offered. their costs. and whether they're popular among citizens. A draft budget, incorpo- rating the public input and the results of the program review, will be presented in either late December or early fimuary. Anal budget approval is expected Feb. 5, 2005. "And any remaining money would go toward other wish list items." "lt's hard to balance everything, but I think we're moving in the right direc, lion." added Mayor Herb EPP. "I wish the increase (largo!) was less, but people seem to understand where we're coming from. "If people) are looking for an instant-answer solution, it's not going to happend' "Let's face it, any building would look crummy non to the Perimeter Institute." Whaley said. admiring the structure located on the banks of Silver lake just our side Waterloo Park. "But that description doesn't do Waterloo luslirn" Whitley. who's been “no of Waterlotis loudest chair Ivatlers at [hr annual Nations m Bloom rumpoli tions. a United Nations ipality of feeding into urban sprawl. _ inside, says city councillor Proof of that. he said. is obvious m Waterioo's wt» ond-place Nations in Bloom win in 2003. and thirtrplace win m its population can» gory In 2004 sanctioned event that judges cities from all over the world on beautirrcation and livability. said the city has earned worldwide "rrognition and respect. "These arr “rung exam plrs that we don't have superfirtal bcautv, ' the kind some architects might The Kanata Native Dance Theatre combined thrilling hoop dances. vibrant drum songs of the prairies and magnificent headdresses to bring to life the rich heritage ofthe Plains and Woodland tribes during the City of Waterloo's first Round-about Theatre productlon of the new season. Saturday morning at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex. - save tttiik 15% OFF F,',,',',',',')" "Wt have a building from the turn of the 20th Century that s been converted from an old humm [anon mm a wonderful arts rennin" hr smd "tt may ht ugly from the outside hut Il's humour. and It's, always full of be looking for." he sand. Our inner beauty might not appear when youve driving by on the highway. but weie beautiful from the inmdr nut." Wham called Waterloo?, architecture unique N" Ethan Are ll kwrhrnn IM) (mgr Ave-tilt [an H:0\'m la St N Kvtrham Ch! Fiat M N “in Inn 26E F‘Ihl gh Rd s', Guelph ---. 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