Prince Rupert spending the most on staffing in the northwest

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[quote=“zerocool”]Prince Rupert taxes almost twice as high as Terrace? Prince Rupert spends more on staffing than Terrace? The solution?

City taxes to low

We need to raise the tax level in prince rupert the cost of opertions keeps going up as our infustructure keeps falling apart,if we keep cutting from our roads and parks its only going to come bact to bite us down the road, we cant sustain it we need to tackle the problem sure we are cutting staff cost not replaceing workers who have retired but our town needs a face lift its like a house if yo…

@ajaye46

We need to raise the tax level in prince rupert … we increase taxes by 10 to 15 percent for the next five years we can do alot

I’m sure we need to pay city workers even more, too.[/quote]

Sure we all know of some front line city workers that are abusing the system but lets not forget it’s the council’s responsibility to hold the City Administrator to account for prudent financial management of the city’s affairs. As far as I can see over the years, this is not taking place. The bloated staffing levels and failure to deal with the declining fortunes of Citywest are the responsibility of the Mayor, Council and Senior Management.