Tax increases coming for Milton
The following post is by Mike Cluett. Please visit Mike Cluett’s Milton blog site here:
As many of you know, its about this time of year when the Town of Milton council sits down and decides how much money they need to pay for the services they provide. It’s also a well known fact that Milton has one of the lower tax rates in the GTA, which is what makes Milton a choice for many people to live.
Last week on December 10th and 11th, the council sat down to hammer out the town staff’s proposal for the budget. What came out of it was rather shocking.
After “long deliberations†the council had decided on a 6.6% increase in our taxes for 2008. This means a homeowner with a property value of $ 300,000 will have an increase on their bill of over $45 for residential and roughly $37 for rural.
Keep in mind the rate of inflation is hovering at 2.5% for this year.
Why such a huge increase? In recent articles appearing in the Milton Canadian Champion, you will see the highlights (or low-lights if you so choose) of the budget deliberations on the 10th and 11th.
The budget initially had an increase of 4 full time firefighters for the Milton Fire Department but Ward 2 Councillor Greg Nelson made a case for just one more saying “Four says we got the message — five says we care.â€
A little on the dramatic side and it worked as the changes were approved…
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December 20th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Is that your wallet? HA. It will be a few bucks lighter for next year unfortunately.
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
That’s not my wallet. Mine wouldn’t be seen overflowing with such a vast amount of cash…. Mine carries around my worn-out debit card, always the previous year’s car insurance paperwork, lint and cobwebs….