The City of Nanaimo is looking at increasing property taxes by eight per cent in 2024 as of Friday’s finance and audit committee meeting.
The committee voted down a proposed two per cent cut to the RCMP budget and also voted down a proposal to hire a second RCMP Mental Health Liaison officer for their Car 54 team which sees a nurse accompany an officer on mental health calls.
$518,000 will see eight new outdoor pickleball courts built at Beban Park to replace the six courts at Beaufort Park, which has been the subject of noise complaints from neighbours.
Funding for a breakfast meal program operated by the Salvation Army and 7-10 club was not renewed and will end on Dec. 31, saving the city $107,000. A plan for the city to fund an indoor breakfast program that would have cost $429,000 was also rejected.
