Kenora city council has unanimously approved the 2014 municipal budget.Council held a special meeting this morning to adopt the spending estimates.
The budget includes a four percent decrease in the mill rate, but the average homeowner will
see their taxes go up by about 2.3 percent, or the equivalent of about 43 dollars this year.
Mayor Dave Canfield admits he had to fight hard for the four percent cut in the tax rate.
The 2014 budget also sets aside 4.5 million dollars for phase three of Downtown Revitalization
and 2.2 million dollars for the roads program, 600 thousand dollars to install new L.E.D. street lights,
and 700 thousand dollars to complete the rehabilitation of the Winnipeg River West Branch Bridge.