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News – Renfrew County council is recommending a $38.7-million budget that would boost.COMproperty taxes about two per cent. The budget was finalized during an all-day county workshop Jan. 20 led by County Warden Peter Emon and county finance and administration committee chairman Walter Stack of Arnprior. The budget, that sees expenditures up about $1.3 million, will actually boost the tax levy by 3.45 per cent, but after factoring in the 1.45 per cent in new and increased property assessment across the county, the real impact to the county ratepayers will be two per cent. That translates into about a $14 increase for a $200,000 home, says the county in a news release. Stack said the budget includes about $15 million in infrastructure expenditures (most of which is on roads and bridges). While that is more than in past years, it’s still less than what

savings within their respective areas of the budget. Staff was directed last September to come up with budget amounts that would keep the tax levy increase to no .CA more than two per cent with the goal of minimizing the financial impact on Renfrew County residents, he said. “There were some tough challenges … but they were up to it,” he said. Stack said staff presented easy-tofollow budget recommendations that were particularly valuable considering the process was a first for the large number of new County council members. The fact that the deliberations wrapped up in one day when it could have gone three shows how well it went, he noted. Stack said he expected the budget to be officially adopted at County council’s regular meeting Jan. 28 (past press deadline), as the motion to move the draft budget forward for approval was approved unanimously.

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