Monday, November 24, 2008

Where does my tax dollars go in the Crowsnest Pass

Did you know that in 2008 we are budgeted to spend $267,872 just to insure our Facilities, Vehicle's etc?


Did you know that between 2005 and 2008 the Municipality as spent $265,584 on local advertising?

In 2005 we spent $3,152,488 or 33% of our operating budget on wages and benefits.
In 2008 our budget for wages and benefits is $3,904,854 or 44% of our operational budget.

2 comments:

Bill Given said...
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Bill Given said...

Sorry about that ... I'm fixing the link...

Ahh, budget time - so much fun!

Since it's that time of year I've been doing a few budget related posts on my blog as well. Check them out here.

Also of interest is how much the city spends to keep the street lights on... here in GP it's just under $1.1 million per year! Just to keep on the streetlights! With that in mind we're piloting the use of LED streetlights