Forgette - 2 Removal of fluoride or removal of two Councillors?

That was a question Matthew Sookram asked Deputy Mayor Sheldon Forgette on this mornings Council Capsule.

Both were recent issues at Council and both had savings of $50,000 in future budgets. Sookram asked Forgette which seems more practical to happen, and he says he personally wasn’t in support of either.

https://www.country600.com/files/council-capsule-clip-1-sheldon-forgette-0940am.mp3 There have been some preliminary budget discussions to this point, including Forgette’s committee of General Government.He says they had good discussions on Monday and actually started with a negative number. But he says right now there are sitting at an increase of 0.74% because they are adding a second city solicitor. https://www.country600.com/files/council-capsule-clip-2-sheldon-forgette-0947am.mp3 Forgette says that committee is also going to recall the hydro loans which is sitting at over $20-million  at a high interest rate. He says that will help balance the budget over the next four years while also paying off the debt at the hospital. Meantime, there was also a discussion on the Airport Industrial Community Improvement Plan. Forgette says this is a plan that would essentially give a tax break to new or existing businesses to move to the Airport Business Park. He was asked if there could be new businesses opening up in the near future. https://www.country600.com/files/council-capsule-clip-4-sheldon-forgette-1020am.mp3 For a full recap of this morning’s Council Capsule click below https://www.country600.com/files/council-capsule-sheldon-forgette-full-recap-1033am.mp3