Lambton County Council voted 25-12 in favour of a $188-million budget for 2015 that calls for a 2.52 per cent net increase in the amount to be raised through taxation.
Council decided to offset over $200,000 in approved funding requests by pulling money from its Opportunities and Contingencies Fund.
Warden Bev MacDougall says that's what the reserve is for.
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Enniskillen's Kevin Marriott was one of six councillors who voted against the budget. He wanted it to come in closer to this year's anticipated inflation rate.
