HALIFAX—Council has passed the city’s budget for the year ahead, including a controversial plan to buy an armoured vehicle for Halifax police. But it was $500,000 for an armoured vehicle for Halifax Regional Police that got councillors talking. Cleary’s motion failed, with he, Mancini and councillors Sam Austin, Lindell Smith and Matt Whitman voting in favour of the removal of the armoured vehicle. Last month, council voted in favour of a just-above inflation increase to the average tax bill of 2.3 per cent — equal to an extra $43 on the average bill. Property assessments are up 2.6 per cent, so if the rate remained flat, the average bill would increase by 2.6 per cent.

Source: thestar April 16, 2019 16:33 UTC