Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.ca
Jasper Municipal Council approved the 2021-2025 capital budget but held off on approving its 2021 operating budget during its regular meeting on April 6.
The proposed budget presents a COVID Recovery Strategy, allocating $1 million of funding towards a tax credit that would be applied against municipal property taxes.
The strategy also includes $775,000 in funding to support more targeted recovery in the form of a COVID relief reserve.
Councillors Paul Butler and Rico Damota both warned that the operating budget increased by nearly $1 million
and how the $775,000 in relief funding ought to be used to mitigate taxes in 2022.