Services Board Budget Finally Passed

It took 6-months, 4-drafts and another 5-hours of debate yesterday, but the Kenora District Services Board has finally agreed on an acceptable 2010 budget.


After being instructed in March to trim the budget by 1-percent, staff came back with a document which included signficiant cuts in child care, ontario works, social housing and land ambulance.

Sten Lif  is the Chief Adminstrative Officer of the Services Board andsays Municipal Leaders agreed to maintain services.

If Board members had approved the March 18th budget, communities would have had to shell out roughly 200-thousand dollars less for social services.