Windsor City Council will meet Monday morning for the first meeting of the new year, and for the first time since mayor Drew Dilkens tabled the 2025 city budget.
The draft budget is calling for a 2.99 per cent municipal tax levy increase, and within that document were $1.4-million in proposed cuts to Transit Windsor.
About two dozen residents have signed up to appear as delegates during Monday’s meeting, the time set aside for them to offer feedback on the budget.
One of the items of contention has been the possible elimination of the tunnel bus, with one resident having created an online petition that saw over 3,400 signatures attached to it in less than a week.
Speaking on AM800’s Live and Local with Kyle Horner, Ward 4 Coun. Mark McKenzie says only a small portion of the population uses the tunnel bus program and Windsor taxpayers should not be …