No guarantees but North Bay Police Chief Shawn Devine says they’re working towards a balanced budget in 2017.

He says they’ve made several adjustments during the year. One area that has been helpful to their budget is they’re not currently paying for a communications officer but there are other areas they’ve found savings.

“There was some savings there and we’ve had a number of staff that were off through WSIB and some staff were off on long term disability and that affects some of the projections on what you’re doing.”

He says a budget is a projection and with 90 per cent of your costs tied up with human resources and benefits the situation can change.

Devine says they’ve been looking at everything in order to potentially balance the books.

“If all the stars line up we’re looking at a zero per cent budget and kudos to the staff that are involved in the spending of money and trying to keep those balances in the best way possible.”

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