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The City of Thunder Bay's council has passed the 2023 budget. The 4.4 per cent tax levy is lower than what was originally proposed, but work is already underway to prevent a similar tax hike next year. That means more cuts lay ahead.
As Thunder Bay, Ont. grapples with an unprecedentedly high tax levy on the table, pre-budget public deputations to council shared a common theme: transit. From waterfront trails to active transportation and reduced rates for city transit passes, plights to make the city more accessible were heard repeated. But if the tax levy is to be reduced, cuts will have to come from somewhere.
City applying for federal funds for two new bridges crossing McIntyre River, repurposing Edward Street Bridge girders.
2022 budget ratified with 2.36 per cent tax levy hike, expanding some departments and infrastructure spending; two councillors vote against.
Thunder Bay's city council hears calls to constrain taxes, reject ask for new police headquarters.