Mayor Simon Yu says he’s asked his staff to provide more frequent reports on spending so he can know in advance if he risks going over budget. According to the City of Prince George, Yu spent nearly twice what was budgeted for travel, accommodation, meals and entertainment.
Less than a year into his first term in office, the mayor of Prince George, B.C., has significantly overspent his proposed budget for meals, entertainment, travel and accommodation, documents show.
According to financial reporting obtained through a freedom of Information request filed by CBC News, from Nov. 7, 2022 to Sept. 28, 2023, Mayor Simon Yu spent more than $18,000 on travel, accommodation, meals and entertainment, nearly double the $9,500 the city had budgeted for those expenses.
I’m sure it was an accident.
Wooopsiedoodle
These things happen 🤷♀️ not like that money could have been used to build some of the tiny homes he promised and then promptly dropped as soon as he won.
Still seems like he’s more worried about going over budget rather than spending the budget unnecessarily just because it’s there.
If you have a $3000 budget it doesn’t mean you need to book the fanciest hotels and restaurants and try to get as close to $2999 as possible.
