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Council candidate: Wayne Masters responds - What's your position on cutting costs as opposed to maintaining or increasing the municipal tax rate?

City of Salmon Arm: Masters, Wayne - council candidate
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Wayne Masters - Council Candidate

At the meet and greet the Candidates forum on Sunday I discussed this question with visitors at my display table of the Salmon River bridge proposal for feedback.

They concur that being innovative with existing tax dollars and timing are essential components to maintaining the present integrity of the community as well as attracting new projects.

Solving two or more issues simultaneously or co funding a project from multiple sources are ways to do this.

Offsetting exponentially increasing costs such as construction with decreasing costs of alternative solar power and electric vehicles are part of the fabric of the future.