Possible Lower Taxes

The Commissioner of Finance will be going over the provincial tax assessment base impact at tomorrow nights council meeting. The province is suggesting Saint John lower its tax rate by 5 cents. Greg Yeomans will be presenting how the proposed tax rate was calculated, and what impact adopting the suggestion will have on the 2010 budget. This topic will be up for discussion at tomorrow nights meeting getting started at 6:30 in the council chambers.