Bilingual software will set the city back $116,000
Posted Nov 22, 2011 06:36:20 AM.
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The city will have to pay an extra $116,000 for software to be developed to honour mandatory bilingual rules.
All city documents have to be published in both official languages.
“That’s a necessity. That’s not a question mark,” Coun. Tim Tierney said during a meeting.
Since there is no software available, money had to be found to develop the software first.
There is a positive side for developing the software, it will save on printing costs.
While almost a quarter of a million dollars was earmarked for this in 2009, the actual cost will be just over $400,000. The extra cash was found in other existing budgets.
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