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Two sent to hospital Sunday at approximately 6:58 p.m. Quesnel RCMP responded to a two-vehicle motor vehicle incident on Highway 97 by Nelson Street and the Quesnel River Bridge. One of the vehicles had gone down the embankment and rolled by the Quesnel River. It appears that a 2003 Honda CRV heading northbound on Highway 97 crossed the centre line and struck a 1999 Ford Expedition towing a flat deck trailer heading southbound. Both drivers were taken to the G.R. Baker Hospital in Quesnel. The driver of the Expedition, a 50-year-old male from Prince George has since been released, while the driver of the Honda, a 26-year-old female from Quesnel, remains in hospital with non-life threatening injuries. This incident is still under investigation and the RCMP are encouraging any witnesses who may have seen this incident to call the Quesnel RCMP at 250-992-9211. Karen Powell photo
It’s budget time in the Cariboo
AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter
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Residents were treated to the Cariboo Regional Districts (CRD) provisional budget overview, with a focus on a taxation increase of up to $1.5 million, or an increase of 7.1 per cent. This increase is primarily due to the construction of the new arena (Quesnel)
and the new aquatic centre (Williams Lake). Chief Administrative Officer for the CRD Janis Bell presented a breakdown on the budget by source of funds, use of funds by class and use of funds by service. Source of funds: • 49 per cent tax requisition • operating surplus 20 per cent • 11 per cent grants
• six per cent other • five per cent municipal debt • five per cent transfers from reserve • four per cent user fees
Use of funds by class • 14 per cent remuneration and benefits • 17 per cent contractors and consultants • 17 per cent operating ex-
penditures • 22 per cent CapEx and debt service • five per cent municipal debt • five per cent overhead • two per cent transfer to reserve • 18 percent operating surplus
Use of funds by service • 31 per cent recreation
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• 17 per cent environmental (garbage, invasive plant management) • 13 per cent protective services • 12 per cent general administration • eight per cent library • five percent municipal debt • five per cent development • five per cent water • two per cent sewer • one per cent other
• one per cent airports “Excluding new/ improved services and onetime costs, the current proposed budget sits at zero per cent increase,” she explained. However the 2015 proposed budget including new and improved services is a 7.1 per cent increase. For a full list of services and cost breakdown, www.cariboord.bc.ca.
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