Hamilton police board sends $214M budget back to city council without changes
CBC
Hamilton's police board isn't making any changes to the $214.8 million proposed police services budget.
The decision was made at a special board meeting on Tuesday afternoon, after city councillors sent police service's proposed budget for review in an attempt to trim the 2024 tax levy.
Police board members Dr. Anjali Menezes and Coun. Cameron Kroetsch put forward ways to find $5 million in savings but the other members voted down all of their motions.
Chair Pat Mandy, Vice chair Fred Bennink, Mayor Andrea Horwath, Coun. Esther Pauls and board member Geordie Elms voted to support the proposed budget and send it back to the city's general issues committee.
Pauls couldn't vote in past years due to her son being a senior officer with Hamilton Police Service but announced Tuesday morning the city's new integrity commissioner said there is no conflict of interest.
Policing accounts for 16 per cent of the average property tax bill — the largest component of the city's budget, Mike Zegarac, the city's general manager of finance, has said.
More to come.
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