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Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'budget''

A message from Dryden’s city manager, Joe van Koeverden

By Joe van Koeverden, Dryden City Manager We have just completed a difficult budget process and now will need to focus on the work at hand to ensure a successful implementation of the operating guidelines required to [...]

Budget passed: staff struggle to maintain service levels amidst inflation, spiking costs and falling revenues

By Chris Marchand After months of drafts and difficult decisions, Dryden City Council approved a final draft of the 2012 budget by a vote of 4-2. Councillors Ken Moss, Mel Fisher, Martin MacKinnon and Mary Trist [...]

Services Board acclaims Vinet as chair, presents budget distribution

By Ally Dunham With the 2012 budget passed for Kenora District Services Board (KDSB), it was time to move forward with the election of a new chair, as well as finalizing the dollars that each municipality [...]

Observer Poll #11: OPP police costing analysis — is it necessary?

For the past year a local debate has raged over the question of whether the City of Dryden should request the Ontario Provincial Police conduct a free analysis to determine the costs to the city if [...]

OBSERVER POLL: What do you think should be Dryden’s top budget priority in 2011?

69 respondents, Feb. 24-28. Thanks for participating everyone! A new feature to the Observer website, the results of a new weekly poll will be featured in the print edition of the Dryden Observer. THIS WEEK’S SURVEY [...]

Budget passes

After five draft budgets and little resolution to the problem of a $1.1 million taxation shortfall, Dryden city council passed a deficit budget last week, including a 3.9 per cent tax increase for the residential and [...]