Belleville’s mayor is proud of the A-plus credit rating, but he wants to clear up one point. Mayor Neil Ellis was commenting on the Standard and Poor report to City Council last night. He said the 84-million dollars in capital expenditures noted in the report cost the city only seven million. He pointed to a number of projects such as the Meyers Pier work, which cost the city only one-third of the total price tag. In fact, he said, the Bell Boulevard project was paid for entirely by the gas tax. Mayor Ellis said the city was very successful in attracting federal and provincial grants for a long list of infrastructure projects.
