City council meets tonight for budget deliberations

Final city budget decisions are expected this week, as city council has scheduled meetings tonight, Wednesday and Thursday in hopes of approving the final 2019 budget.

Total spending is about $588 million, with three property tax options on the table: a 2.5 per cent increase, which would mean some spending cuts; a three per cent increase, which would fund the same services as we had last year; and a 3.5 per cent increase, which would also fund new spending proposals, known as business cases.

You can read the full budget document here, or a higher-level overview here.

Sudbury.com will carry live budget deliberations by the finance and administration committee below beginning at 6 p.m.