Budget committee to consider chamber’s tax recommendations
Recommendations put forward by the Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce to reform the city’s tax policies will be considered during the next round of budget discussions.
City council voted during Tuesday’s meeting to receive and file the recommendations, and to include them as discussion items during the upcoming 2014 budget talks.
That decision was met with approval from the Chamber’s CEO Merle Lacert after the meeting.
“What we’re hoping for is that they’ll seriously consider all the recommendations and look to implement as much as they can,” Lacert said. “As I mentioned tonight on tax ratios specifically, I indicated, of course that it can take significant time, 15 or more years. So we do hope to see, I guess, in the beginning stages, some efforts made around enhancing the communications and collaboration.”