The dates have been set for the City of North Battleford’s budget deliberations for 2016.
Three nights of deliberation sessions are planned and those will take place in council chambers. After those are complete a final debate and vote is set for a regular council meeting Dec. 14.
The first budget deliberation session is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 2, dealing with selected third-party grant applicants. Applicants will appear before council that night from 7 to 10 p.m.
Then come two nights of City departmental presentations to council. The first of those is Monday, Dec. 7 between 6 and 10 p.m. and will include leisure services, fire and protective services, waste management and general governance.
Dec. 9, there will be more presentations featuring planning and development, operations and maintenance, water and sewer.
Director of Finance David Gillan presented the deliberation schedule to council. He indicated the 2016 budget document is nearing completion and should be ready for the Dec. 2 deliberations.
