Budget freeze in Renfrew: Council sets ambitious goal to slash tax levy to 8%

Budget freeze in Renfrew: Council sets ambitious goal to slash tax levy to 8%

Councillors in Renfrew have set the bar for how low the 2025 budget needs to go to get to a second pass. At what would have been the completion of the council’s first reading of the town’s draft budget, Kyle Cybulski would move to declare a freeze on any new capital spending, halting the budget process until the town’s department directors could cut projected spending from a 14% tax levy down to 8%. Cybulski called it a request for one “tight” f…