Council keeps $562K in the coffers instead of spending on office expenses

City council didn’t spend $562,781 in available office budget funds in 2017, but it collectively spent about 92 per cent of the money set aside for councillors’ political operations.
The city recently published the December 2017 office expenses, which means we have a full year’s picture of how the 24 politicians decided to spend tax money directly under their control.
Each ward councillor had a budget of $257,723 in 2017, while the mayor’s budget was $838,000.
On average,