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COUNCIL SET TO APPROVE BLENDED TAX HIKE OF 3.45 PER CENT
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JOHN CAMPBELL jcampbell@metroland.com Brighton - Council supports a blended tax rate increase of 3.45 per cent but at this point it's just a recommendation that members endorsed while meeting as committee of the whole April 10. A majority voted then in favour of the hike after director of finance Linda Widdifield showed what the impact will be when all three tax levies - municipal (which is forecast to rise 6.67 per cent), county (1.69 per cent increase) and education (a decrease of 2.82 per cent) - are combined. She calculated the owner of a $300,000 residence in 2018 that's been reassessed at $307,827 in 2019 will pay $3,791 in total, an increase of $126. Left out of the budget was a one per cent tax levy dedicated for infrastructure renewal that Mayor Brian Ostrander had champi-
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oned to begin making headway in upgrading the municipality's declining physical assets. "We're up against the clock," Ostrander said. "We know we should be spending another $500,000 on roads annually than we are this year ... 6.25 per cent every single year is what we need." Coun. Emily Rowley supported the one per cent infrastructure levy, noting it would add just $1.50 more a month in taxes on a $300,000 home. "And if we sharpened our penSee MAYOR, page 3
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