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We hope to get an update from ASD with respect to the state of school facilities and then also our own enterprise and utility assets, which again, although they are self-sustaining and self-supported, are under our purview. And then we would also like to understand what other features or factors we should be taking into account with respect to our population, economic activity, housing demand, and our tax base, and any other information that the municipal— or that the administration is considering with respect to putting this budget together. And then our recommendations are really led by a desire to set very realistic expectations with the community as far as what is possible and not possible as far as service delivery goes in this particular budget environment. And also the, the revenue or the delta that would be required to sort of sustain historical levels of service delivery. What is that?

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