Montreal city council adopts Denis Coderre's budget

Montreal city council adopted on Monday night the first budget of the DenisCoderre administration after hours of debate.

• INTERACTIVE:2014 budget hikes property taxes

Thirty-seven elected officials voted for the $4.9billion budget, while 25 voted against it.

The official opposition party,Projet Montral, said the budgetshowed a lack of ambition and an absence of substantial reform. The news release issued by the party also said the new budget doeslittle to alleviate both average Montrealers financial burdens and the exodus of city dwellers to the suburbs.

First presented on Jan. 29, the newly adopted 2014 budget calls for an average tax hike of 1.9 per cent.

The Montreal public transit corporation (STM)will receive a $12.5 million budget increase, however,STM officials say that's not enough to maintain the corporation'scurrent level of services, and the STM will have to cut bus service by 3 per cent.

Tax hike rates per borough: