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To make up for the shortfall, boroughs will be forced to either significantly increase local taxes or reduce services to citizens, such as hours at sports and cultural facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite inflation, outdated infrastructures, rising compensation costs, and a growing payroll, Projet Montr\u00e9al is applying a one-size-fits-all solution: cuts across the board in every borough. The 19 boroughs will need to perform fiscal acrobatics just to maintain services,\u201d said Christine Black, borough mayor of Montr\u00e9al-Nord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Official Opposition insists that the Plante administration should first re-examine its own spending before dipping into the boroughs\u2019 budgets. Since coming to power, the central city\u2019s workforce has grown by 2,115 person-years, compared with an increase of just 692 person-years for the boroughs. Over the same period, central services spending has risen by 41%, compared with 24% for the boroughs.<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese cuts are not designed to improve services for the central city but are meant to finance the Plante administration\u2019s excessive spending. The boroughs cannot bear the burden of these decisions. We provide essential local services, and we have already done our part,\u201d added Laurent Desbois, mayor of Outremont and vice-chairman of the Commission sur les finances et l\u2019administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The central transfers should also be increased to cover additional costs arising from the new collective agreements and that they be indexed annually to inflation, with a minimum increase of 2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past two years, <a href=\"https:\/\/ensemblemtl.org\/en\/actualites\/borough-financing-services-citizens\/\">Ensemble Montr\u00e9al has been sounding the alarm<\/a>&nbsp;about the underfunding of boroughs, which are increasingly forced to dip into their reserves to balance their budgets, with significant repercussions for the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a press conference Wednesday morning, the mayors of Ensemble Montr\u00e9al boroughs denounced upcoming cuts to borough budgets, which will directly affect essential local services. 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