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City council was unaninmous at last night’s budget meeting approving a freeze on the salary and car allowance for the mayor and city council recognizing the hardship in the community.  Low oil and steel dumping has hit our communtiy hard with hundreds of layoffs.  Ward 3 city councillor Matthew Shoemaker was behind the resolution along with councillor Paul Christian and down the road he believes council can go a step further…

Shoemaker says it’s important that council take last night’s initial step considering city departments and agencies have been asked to look hard at their budgets with an eye to reduce spending and realign services.  He adds there is also another proposal on the table calling for a non-union wage freeze of city staff.