EPC approves 2015 budget with property tax, frontage levy increases

The mayor and his executive policy committee have passed the 2015 budget.

That means summer and fall street sweeping will be cut back, and hours at under-utilized indoor pools will be reduced.

Mayor Brian Bowman said there is no point paying a lifeguard at times when no one is swimming.

The budget also contains a property tax hike of 2.3 per cent and a modest frontage levy increase. Most of those hikes will go towards crumbling roads.

Final approval for the budget is required by full council next week.

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  Mayor Brian Bowman speaks to reporters in Winnipeg on March 18, 2015.