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Ron Bowles, city manager and CAO for the City of Brandon, speaks to the details of a final report prepared for the city by MNP during a sit-down meeting on Thursday afternoon with The Brandon Sun. The funding model report states that insufficient tax increases over the last several years has diminished city reserves "at a time when Brandon requires significant reinvestment in infrastructure." The report states that "extraordinarily high tax increases" would be required starting in 2024, among other revenue increases, to meet the needs of the city. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)