This amounted to a raise.

Any money that comes to this city ... is needed to keep us afloat.

I am really taken aback by that. Just to single out churches is not fair.

The balance sheet does not support (bonuses).

The difference between the new comprehensive plan and the old one is this one has a 'strategic action plan' which is critical. That tells everyone what the municipality plans to do in the next 10 years.

When taxes come in, we're going to have another surplus of money. I don't know if we are doing right by the taxpayers. I don't understand what happened here on Thursday night.