The warden of Antigonish Co. says they’re hoping to maintain their original budget timeline.
Owen McCarron says the initial plan was to approve the 2021-22 budget by the end of May.
After May’s regular municipal council meeting Tuesday night, McCarron said the latest COVID-19 shutdown could disrupt the timing.
“We won’t really know that until next week,” he said. “We’re still hoping for the last week in May to set the budget and strike the tax rate, but by this time next week, we’ll have a little tighter perspective on that.”
McCarron said they still have to go through community grants.
He said that will happen when they meet Monday.
“We’re sitting down and going over our community organization and grant partnership budget piece (to) figure out where that’s going to land,” he said. “The rest of the information is pretty much pulled together.”
McCarron said it’s too early to definitively say what will happen with tax rates.
He said they’re cautiously optimistic they’ll be able to maintain the current residential and commercial rates.
