The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Meticukaus Restoration Original Paint Finishes unsurpassed Caision Repair FINE AUTO INC 15 Centennial Dr. Kitchener MHEH 578-2052 Tax increase forecast ill the tttttip [IBI' cent Pttlltgtt Continued from page 1 ably rmmgh [u lm'Hc [hrsr min-r prolecis -. Ihis is the first lum- Wt' really have unu' (u spend on thc rapnal budget." sand d"Ailly. "When we tirsit CiittM. into othie W't' really had to spend time on stopping the bleed, STORE CLOSING 50% OFF "We spent " lm ot lime an SMALL WORLD Starting Nov. 10 - Dec. 31/05 Children's clothing. arc-ussurius and including slurp fixtures call salvs fina" Riverworks Mall 1440 King tit. N.. St Jacobs (164-255 I T:'t2'gt'zrgetr,',ttgg 'trsdrrwAyatta"ahsetTttestore iole&earatqttocathratraaeade ofesqdsiethahittetattdeh-rtttmte d6aocRhimmo-qfmattdtroatts frost everything atUCibqe from “wmmmm furBtrirnexttttr-ttdrlB-ttt “Ind . heat-Id Eng-HI“, _ ', ”ha-mt“ .. gmce every chair and that mted sofa . . ' per- “Main qua-My gays. Both where the money wax gong." Atler hulking ill ~.pc-ruling and prugranmmng the llrsl 1W0 y'car's. the changes haw trecil promising. rhe tituittce L‘nmmnlm- looked an [he 2005 “amend budget pnr jn-vlmn (m Monday. and were mid the [5in could expu'l it surplw, or $315.01") this your mum Hmugh building per- mus were duwn by 3400.000, and RIM Park and Grey Silo ls projcctiug a deiicit m $4100!) mostly related 10 this gal! operations. “We wouldn't have been ethic Lu look at the capital lrudget II we didn't handle RIM Park the tjrst two years," surd d'Ailly. "Because RIM Park ts under comm]. we an' able lo start looking at Inngt-r term activity." Not that fiscal rcsptuthi- ltrlity isn't still u top priority oi the current czumciliourr ml did some urutegic plan- ning Last week using " new. software program called Expert Choice. Exercising tiscal resportsi- bility still came out as coun- cil's top priority followed by managing the natural envi- ronmenl. building organiza- tional capacity, addressing service needs and planning for sustainable growth while enhancing quality-of-life issues. teegetfrggn'tt"l,egt "tister-sr-' mark-um Wampum-lyr- and com lath: an" (norm Muzmmum ypumwumnp - Ian d'AiIly chair otftrutruv Citi/em, will ulsu get a chance In rmnmvm on those [marines at the public upon huusc. "We'll be making the same criteria we went through and asking the public to rate pro- jects in the very same man nor we did in the last day and a half," said d'Ailly. "The public input sessions have been extremely valuable in terms of what we get and the discussions we've seen around the table. "Also there is a general understanding as to some of the choices that we have to "We would”? have been able to look at the capital budget ifwe didn't handle RIM Park..." Iliwrworks Building, M. Jacobs 664-2155 Mon Got 10¢, Sun 12-5 30 Crharul (A) icreq fjavnent Co. make. We have lo make trudeuftic, we can't do every- [lung that We wan! in do." Council th also keeping thc commitment to the three-your tax plan it mudr when it Net out to deal with RIM Park with a IO per cent mum-aw the iirst year. a GAY, prr mm increase last year and a ".07 per mm projected irtrrease this year- D'Ailly said council in pushing up get under the 4.07 per rem tity um. "All indicalium are that we will be able to stay at or under 4.0? per cent." he said. "We're shooting for under, but we had pretty realistic expectations when we came in, so we just don't know how under that will be" That will add $32 lo the average tax bill of a home valued at $183,000. The three- year tax plan added $67 to the average assess- ment in its first year and $46 last year.