Burlington to receive $6 million in emergency funding
Published August 12, 2020 at 9:32 pm
The City of Burlington is receiving funding to help provide services for residents without having to dramatically increase tax rates.
The City of Burlington is receiving funding to help provide services for residents without having to dramatically increase tax rates.
In order to prevent the City from incurring a year-end shortfall, the Province will be providing $4,470,700 to support municipal operating pressures for Phase 1, as well as an additional $1,571,213 for Burlington Transit to support municipal transit systems for Phase 1.
The funding comes as part of the federal-provincial Safe Restart Agreement, which is intended to help cities provide critical public services for residents, while also protecting their health and safety, and assisting with economic recovery.
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“We are delighted by today’s funding announcement. The Prime Minister and the Premier listened to our voices and heard our concerns. This is exactly the support we need from our upper levels of government to continue to provide the services our residents need, in the midst of COVID-19,” Mayor Marianne Meed Ward said in a news release.
Today’s funding announcement for Burlington will allow us to continue to serve our community without service cuts, unacceptable tax increases or depleting reserves. I want to thank our MPs Karina Gould, Pam Damoff and Adam van Koeverden, and MPPs Jane McKenna, Effie Triantafilopoulos and Parm Gill for being strong advocates for us and securing this much-needed financial relief for Burlington,” she continued.
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