"Incorporate strategic priorities within budget setting.
Annually present a full organizational budget to the Board for approval."

Uhm

#governancebasics

10. They circulate myths about “no-go zones” and subways in which you’re more likely to get your throat cut than arrive at your destination. They evince what might or might not be genuine terror at seeing black and brown faces.

9. Now this idea is being resuscitated once again. The city is cast by the new wave of fascists as a degenerate, crime-ridden arena, dominated by Muslims, immigrants and “alien” ideas such as feminism, antifa, anti-racism, trans rights, asylum, public transport and intellectualism.

This can be reversed. At Victoria City Council, we reintroduced corner stores in all neighbourhoods our new Official Community Plan.

It's not over yet. There are several more budget meetings where it could get cut, and a final vote in the spring.

You are right about why it is on the block.

Staff provide whatever Council requests. If Council requests a low tax rate in the face of high levels of inflation, new capital projects and a rapidly growing police budget (the current situation), then staff will come back with a long list of cuts.

Seemingly Herculean?

Same.

Staff confirmed it yesterday. Sometimes you just don't want to be right.
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I would like to, but Council gave staff direction to develop spending cuts to achieve an arbitrarily chosen tax increase.

Staff confirmed this yesterday.
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Sorry to say, that's not what is happening.
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To be clear, Council gave direction to staff to cut spending elsewhere in order to fund the Crystal Pool project:
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.

Also that people who live in Saanich and elsewhere are very active in that commentary.

Yup I warned about this, and some of the boosters strongly and repeatedly disagreed. And here we are.

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I will vote against axing either unless and until they are funded by CRD or other sources.