Kingsville approves budget, 2.3% bump

At a meeting on Wednesday, January 26, Kingsville Council approved the 2022 Municipal Budget.

The budget deliberations were split into three meetings over the past three weeks. As a result of this new budget, the municipal tax increase is $40.27 a year for a home assessed at $250,000. Assessments are based on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation’s (MPAC) 2016 assessment valuations, not current market value.

According to MPAC’s 2016 assessment, the average home in Kingsville is $239,000.

During the budget meetings, there were many projects and improvements given priority, including the reconstruction of Cedar Island Park Laneway and resurfacing of Cedar Island Subdivision, replacing the Sumac Pedestrian Bridge, resurfacing Road 11 from Graham Sideroad to Albuna, and engineering work for the West Side Collector Road.

Phase three of the Lions Park Development Project, including installation of an accessible playground, is also on the agenda, along with the refurbishing of the Kingsville range light, as well as consultation work for the Main Street Strategy and some baseball diamond improvements at Ridgeview Park in Cottam. Council also approved grants to support a number of community groups.

“Council has given administration a fiscally conservative budget that allows us to further council’s top 15 strategic priorities in 2022,” said Kingsville’s Chief Administrative Officer, John Norton.

The full budget is available on the town’s website at kingsville.ca/budget.