St. Catharines is dipping into its reserve funds.
The $2.8-million will be added to the 2021 Operating Budget in to make up for lost revenue related to COVID-19.
This should also result in a lower tax increase for next year.
Budget Chair Matt Siscoe says it should be about two percent and it would be close to five percent without the reserve funds.
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