Summary
In addition to the police-budget shortfall, the city is forecasting a $5.1-million snow-clearing shortfall that stemmed from the cost of cleaning up after ice storms early this year. But $4.4 million remains in the snow-clearing stabilization fund to whittle down that figure and the cost of fall 2009 snow-clearing remains unknown. [Mike Ruta] also said it cost Winnipeg $6.2 million to fight the spring flood of 2009, but the province will likely pick up $4.5 million of the flood-fighting tab. The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service is also expected to be $2 million over budget by the end of the year, mainly because of increased wages and the continued absence of an ambulance-funding deal between the city and province.
"We want people to stop speeding, we want people to stop at red lights, and it's happening," [Keith McCaskill] told city council's finance committee, predicting police will issue 103,992 photo-radar offences by the end of 2009, down almost a third from the 2008 total of 167,767 tickets. "Really, I think (the controversy) helped a lot."See the full content of this document
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Careful Motorists Cut Cash for Cops
Police happy more drivers paying heed to photo radar
Winnipeg drivers are running significantly fewer red lights and slowing down near photo-radar cameras this year -- at least in part, p...See the full content of this document
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