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Perth County Uses Reserves for Winter Maintenance

Perth County's winter maintenance budget is facing a 1.41 million dollar year end deficit.

November brought more than average snowfall for the second year in a row.

Perth County spent $359,000 in November, which equals about 13 per cent of the entire 2014 winter maintenance budget.

November 2013 used up almost $274,000 of the winter budget, which was 11 per cent of the yearly cost.

Historically November accounts for 5 per cent of the winter maintenance budget.

County council has directed the Levy Stabilization Reserve of $720,000 be used to offset the over expenditures.

That means both the Winter Stabilization Reserve, and the Levy Stabilization Reserve have been reduced to zero.

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