Budget talks end with $2.5 million increase
Prince Albert city council has wrapped up its discussion for the 2024 budget year with an increase of $2.5 million in spending paid for through property taxes.
The discussions ended even as the city reached a new wage deal with one of its two workers that will see those staff get an 11 per cent wage bump over the next four years.
This year, staff with get a three per cent increase for salaries, wages and benefits, slightly larger than the 2.9 per cent council allocated for its own increase.
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