The RM of Portage la Prairie's excited about presenting its budget for 2017.

Reeve Kam Blight"The public presentation of our budget will take place on April 10th for 2017," says reeve Kam Blight. "I can't really speak on how this year looks, but we're very excited about the budget that we're bringing forward. We're very excited about the budget that we had in place last year, and we came in with a very healthy surplus."

Now the required public hearing will take place as the school levies will be in and the entire plan for tax rates will be presented.  Municipalities are required to pass a bylaw that sets the mill rates which will receive first reading at that meeting.

Blight says because the RM's seeing growth and an increase in its tax base, they're investing back into the community in order to hopefully continue to provide better services.

(Previously the headline was phrased the budget is "slated" for April 10.  However, this was corrected to indicate it was already passed and the presentation is what the April 10 date entails).