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District Services budget will see slight increase to municipalities

November 1, 2019

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ESPANOLA—The Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board (DSB) has passed its 2020 budget, which will see a small increase to its member municipalities.

“The (DSB) board (at its regular meeting last week) passed the budget for 2020 which includes a 1.50 percent increase in the municipality’s share”, said Fern Dominelli, CAO of the DSB after last week’s meeting.

Mr. Dominelli pointed out the DSB budget shows a reduction in the municipal share of the costs of the budget for Ontario Works of $19,200; an increase an increase in the Children’s Services budget of $42,000; a decrease in the Social Housing budget of $24,074; and an increase in the (EMS) paramedic services of $158,093.”

“The total increase in the municipalities share of the budget is 1.5 percent or $156,819,” added Mr. Dominelli.

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Tom Sasvari serves as the West Manitoulin news editor for The Expositor. Mr. Sasvari is a graduate of North Bay’s Canadore College School of Journalism and has been employed on Manitoulin Island, at the Manitoulin West Recorder, and now the Manitoulin Expositor, for more than a quarter-century. Mr. Sasvari is also an active community volunteer. His office is in Gore Bay.