Winnipeg Free Press By: Brian Pincott Save to Read Later
WITH at least nine different strategic plans currently under review or in development, no one can ever accuse the City of Winnipeg of not planning.
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WITH at least nine different strategic plans currently under review or in development, no one can ever accuse the City of Winnipeg of not planning.
Each of these is at a different stage of consultation and approval. OurWinnipeg and the Complete Communities Strategic Plan are heading to city council for first reading; the Transit Master Plan is expected in the next couple of months; public engagement is ongoing on the parking strategy; and on and on.
The final night of public deputations led to one councillor being ruled out of order.
Council received feedback on the budget Thursday, but it was the first one from Henry Wojack that gave way to chair Mark Bentz putting his foot down with fellow At Large Councillor Aldo Ruberto.
Wojack’s presentation focused on a few topics, which included reducing the municipal tax levy increase by 0.65%. He also wanted to discuss the Police Services Board which gave way to Aldo Ruberto to asking whether Wojack had done research on the number of incidents that local police deal with as compared to municipalities of a similar size.
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Council gave the thumbs up to the 2021 operating and capital budgets, which features a municipal tax levy below two per cent.
Following Tuesday’s final session before pre-budget public deputations on Thursday night, the levy is at 1.83% before growth and 1.60% after growth.
The elected body did vote in favour of a few savings that totaled $548,100, which included post-poning the opening of cashier counter service and the replacement of a generator for fire station #3.
Among the increases council approved included $50,000 for new landing docks at Boulevard Lake and $9,000 annually for increasing the calcium spraying for gravel roads.
Liberia Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Liberia, a West African nation, which borders the North Atlantic Ocean and lies between Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire.
About Liberia
Area: 111,369 square kilometers, a little larger than Tennessee
Population: 5,214,030 (2021 est.)
Median age: 18 years
Capital: Monrovia (named for US President James Monroe)
Ethnic Groups: Kpelle 20.3%, Bassa 13.4%, Grebo 10%, Gio 8%, Mano 7.9%, Kru 6%, Lorma 5.1%, Kissi 4.8%, Gola 4.4%, Krahn 4%, Vai 4%, Mandingo 3.2%, Gbandi 3%, Mende 1.3%, Sapo 1.3%, other Liberian 1.7%, other African 1.4% and non-African .1% (2008 est.)
Religion:Christian 85.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Traditional 0.6%, other 0.2%, none 1.5% (2008 est.)
Unemployment: 2.8% (2014 est.)
English is the official language.
1822 – The first freed US slaves arrive in Liberia.
1847 – Liberia gains its independence. Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a freed slave from Virginia, becomes the first president. For 133 years, Liberia is ruled by the True Whig
Liberia Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Liberia, a West African nation, which borders the North Atlantic Ocean and lies between Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire.
About Liberia
Area: 111,369 square kilometers, a little larger than Tennessee
Population: 5,214,030 (2021 est.)
Median age: 18 years
Capital: Monrovia (named for US President James Monroe)
Ethnic Groups: Kpelle 20.3%, Bassa 13.4%, Grebo 10%, Gio 8%, Mano 7.9%, Kru 6%, Lorma 5.1%, Kissi 4.8%, Gola 4.4%, Krahn 4%, Vai 4%, Mandingo 3.2%, Gbandi 3%, Mende 1.3%, Sapo 1.3%, other Liberian 1.7%, other African 1.4% and non-African .1% (2008 est.)
Religion:Christian 85.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Traditional 0.6%, other 0.2%, none 1.5% (2008 est.)
Unemployment: 2.8% (2014 est.)
English is the official language.
1822 – The first freed US slaves arrive in Liberia.
1847 – Liberia gains its independence. Joseph Jenkins Roberts, a freed slave from Virginia, becomes the first president. For 133 years, Liberia is ruled by the True Whig