The Town of The Blue Mountains has cancelled a series of budget meetings that were set to take place over the next four days.
The town made the announcement in a news release sent out in the late afternoon on Monday, Jan. 6.
“The budget meetings are being postponed due to an unexpected emergency regarding the availability of directors from the town’s senior management team to participate in the budget discussions,” the news release stated.
The Blue Mountains council was set to have four budget committee of the whole meetings on Jan. 7, 8, 9 and 10 to discuss and deliberate over the draft 2025 budget numbers.
“The town would like to apologize for any inconvenience. The rescheduled meeting dates will be posted to the town website and budget webpage (on Jan. 7),” the news release said.
The draft 2025 budget proposes a local tax rate increase is 10.06 per cent. Full information on the budget can be found online at the budget webpage here.