Chapleau Town Council's set to vote on this year's budget.
The vote's one of the items on the agenda for tonight's regular meeting, which includes related by-laws, as well as resolutions: approving the purchase of a lawn tractor; awarding the tender for a rubber tire loader; authorizing an engineering services agreement for the Water Treatment Plant High Lift Pump Header Replacement Project; awarding the contract for removing scrap metal from the landfill; and authorizing the release of tender documents for reconstruction of Pine Street between Monk and Lisgar Street.
As for the proposed budget, Mayor Michael Levesque says it includes a 2.5% levy increase, emphasizing COVID-19's had a major effect - including on licences and permits - though the major change to operations relates to restrictions from the pandemic.
Council also agreed to a CAO recommendation to keep the museum/tourist information centre closed for the season, though that could be revisited later.
Members of the public can listen in on tonight's meeting by calling 1-800-974-5902, entering conference ID 5116623 - the meeting starts at 6:30.