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Resident gives his observations on the 2025 Amherstburg budget

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A New Year’s resolution for all Amherstburg residents.The 2025 budget which ballooned close to $ 62 Million was finalized and will be approved by the council in January. Let me point out some disturbing facts.  How did we get to this high number?  Increasing staff levels and that 29 people making over $ 100,000 per year. Another is a line item in the capital budget called Skate and BMX amenities. They already spent $ 250,000 on a skate park and in 2025 and 2027 they want to spend another $ 500,000 each year. How can they justify this expense since the skate park study report shows only 4 out of 58 participants use the park daily, 10 weekly, 14 once per month. They want to spend $1,250,000 million for maybe 14 people who sometimes use the park.  This expense is driven by one council member and the others gave in and supported it. 


This shows that very little was done to reduce cost. To top it of, we can read the statements from council members that they worked hard to reduce cost. Again, a lot of nonsense from the council. Furthermore, did anybody read the comments from the 2025 budget public engagement study? Here are some comments. Taxes are way too high, too much staff, council spends too freely, spend within your means, taxes are pricing us out of our homes, and we can’t afford groceries because of the high taxes. I bet you they did not and frankly speaking they don’t give a damn what people say. Otherwise, they would do something about this out-of-control administration and finally do their job for which they were elected. In last election we got some fresh and young views to make some changes but as always, they became puppets and did whatever administration told them to do. Administration could not complete the financial reports on time. 


So, what did the council do about this performance? Absolutely nothing, council keeps telling us how great a job administration is doing. So, my suggestion for a 2025 New Year’s resolution is that you phone council members regularly to remind them who they work for. Because if you don’t you get the same old nonsense and unqualified statements and of course higher taxes.


—Holger Kretschmann

   Amherstburg

Resident gives his observations on the 2025 Amherstburg budget

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Lmtherapy
Jan 29
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As always I find letters to the editor from Mr.Holger Kretschmann

  to be clear and insightful. Sadly we did not elect him when he ran for counsel. We might have had a voice if reason.

Lynne MacDonell

Amherstburg.

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