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But Ald. Shane Keating said he "finds it funny" that future police upgrades could be jeopardized in the wake of the decision to shuffle funds. hotels in london ontario "All of a sudden, now that surplus is public - boom we can't do this job," Keating said. "I have difficulty with that. It's using the emotion hotels in london ontario that 'if you want to be safe in your bed at night, we better do this.' "
Most of the police service's $385-million budget comes from the city, but revenues are also generated by other streams, such as fines and fees. In 2012, Calgary Police had budgeted $38.9 million for fine revenues, but now expects to exceed those projections.
Police commission chairman Mike Shaikh said the windfall needs to be kept in police control. He said moving revenue into the reserve fund leaves the service's $2.5-million "pay-as-you-go" account empty. It leaves future budgets hotels in london ontario vulnerable to unexpected expenses such as utility price spikes, Shaikh said.
Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart proposed Monday the windfall could be used to draw down the proposed 5.7 per cent tax rate increase. Others on council hotels in london ontario suggested it could be used to fund transportation or recreation projects, or raise the cap on the low-income transit passes.
"The process needs to be worked out and refined a little bit better," Hanson said. "This year, there may have been a lack of understanding as to the process involved in the budget adjustment process itself."
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