Welcome to the Wasaga Chronicle.
A modern Chronicle of the Town of Wasaga Beach. This archive mainly contains Social Media posts that need to be remembered rather than lost in the chaff.
In Wasaga Beach the news and flow of information is entirely controlled by Mayor Brian Smith and is used to further his own personal agenda. His hand picked council and senior staff ensure his wishes overide the needs and representation of the whole community.
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Budget Talks
Discussion 199 of 365; Budget talks. The other day we discussed our tax levy. There are so many parts to an Ontario Municipal budget to understand. Today let’s talk about the fact that all budgets in municipalities in Ontario need to be balanced budgets. By this, it means that the total income and total expenditures should be about equal. We will also discuss the MPAC deception. On the income side of things, the levy is the amount of money required from taxpayers in the community to make up the shortfalls in the budget from other sources of income. These sources may be user fees, or transfer payments from other levels of government, development charges, use of reserves, etc… The bottom line is this… Expenditures decided upon by YOUR council are what determines your municipal tax bill. In a recent “Budget Assumptions” document, provided to and accepted by our [...]
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