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4 ~WATER100 culloulcwoWedmsday. September 16.2013 '15:"? it: ' I C. l . t t .. ,. lty 081’ S prolec 8d ax : It Vt: . t ig increase to 1.25 % for 2014 l 1‘» , ».‘ 2‘ "; : ‘ :4 ‘j 3": if ' tili A . O Drummlmm finance committee. met Citizens“ Budget Task , ' g E5 ‘ 5; ; ChronicleSIaf] The reduction was driven Force, have been critical of ,- ; i g .r '§ largely by lower collective its small sample size and ' l . a”: is, Sf ‘ The City ofWaterloo has bargaining increases and lack of comparables. As one 135.5 ’f reduced the Municipal lower Consumer Price and of its recommendations to Ligfii. if; ~’ Price Index of 2014 Construction Price indices. council, the task force ‘ 1.4-.‘3' from 2.46 percent to 1.25 per As of July. the most requested the city review 3 r ' " is {a .-v , _ . cent. and will review staff's recent statistics available. the continued use ofMPl. . a f " . g ' _ ' ' . . use of the method moving Ontario’s CPI had increased In response to the rec- 1% .9: ‘6 ' . 1v V : gi‘ fig‘ fonvard. by about 1.6 per cent over ommendation, council will -â€"â€"~« a: . {L 3' :3 ' V Under city guidelines, the past year, according to review the use of the index ‘ ' i ’ n. :1 property tax increases in Statistics Canada, through a partnership with i931; any given year can be no Between 2011 and 2014. students from the Laurier 1:7 ‘ We a» E . . greater than the MP1, and taxes have increased by School ofBusiness and Eco- ' “j <7 the 1.25 per cent increase about seven per cent in nomics. who will conduct ‘ , ~‘Z ». it means households assessed Waterloo. In August. the City research into best practices ' 3,3 i: . ‘ at $323,000 will pay almost ofKitchener directed stafito for determining property 315 more on their property budget for a tax increase no tax rates. taxes next year. greater than 1.25 per cent “1 can tell you. unequivor _ ,1 The 1.21 per cent reduc- for 2014. cally. (MP1) drives us to save f“““m£"“ -â€"~â€"--â€".-â€"-â€"-~- _....._,! tion to the MP1 is equal to Developed during the money within the organiza 4‘. about $712,000, or $14.47 city's 2006 budget process. tion. My question will a " per household. Last year, MP1 is calculated yearly by always be ifwe're efficient in ~; : " the MP1 was reduced from a examining staff salaries and the right places and at the .. f _ projected 2.26 per cent to compensation, sewer costs, right time,” said Scian. ; - ‘ ‘ 1.55 percent.'1he rateswere energy (electricity and “l'dlike toseewhat some 4 l ‘- ' approved during the three- water) and other expendi- alternatives are and take it year budget process that tures. from there." I started in 2011. Staff is expected to report That report is expected l 5 “For 2014. the citizens of back in December with the some time this fall. “We f i Waterloo will benefit from a necessary budget adjust have a really aggressive ~â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"-â€"~«â€"-â€"â€"-â€"~ vâ€"c‘ significant reduction in our merits. work plan for finance this projected taxes." said Coun. But critics. including year as we head into an Karen Scian, chair of the members of the city‘s for election season." said Scian : , ‘ i .. 4 , . i ) . . .. . Chalk named new deputy chief ; V 1 I] ( 1 I ( ( .' t SE BYBIUJACISON technology that has helped officer, He served on the l > , " > \ \ ‘ ' For the Chronicle with policing. but also handy emergency response unit . t . editnewissuestodeal With. and drug branch before 1 t f:[‘ he Waterloo police ”But you‘re always deal being promoted to sergeant ‘ A services board has itig with people," he said. in 1994 and was assigned ' appointed Supt. Kenn describing the one constant supervisory duties in LllVI' Chalk to serve as the new (Zhalk said one of the sional patrol, when- hc was m «â€" »~~â€"- ~ mâ€" - deputy chiefofpolice biggest changes has been a instrumental in iii-\elopiiig l ,4. 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