North Frontenac To Bump Taxes By 7%

Jeff Green | Apr 25, 2013

North Frontenac Council completed a long budget process last Friday, leaving ratepayers on the hook for a 7% increase in the amount the township will be levying to ratepayers to pay for local services.

The budget took several months to finalise in 2013 because North Frontenac was the first Council in the region to complete a comprehensive asset management and 10-year capital replacement plan.

Waterfront property owners, who have seen a major increase in property assessment once again this year, will pay the lion’s share of the increase.

The local tax rate in North Frontenac is only up marginally, less than 2%, with the rest of the increase coming from a 5% average increase in property assessment. The increase in local taxes will be offset for North Frontenac ratepayers by education and county taxes, which are not going up this year.

A public meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 29 at 9 am. The budget will be presented and comments received at that time. It is anticipated that the budget will be approved, pending the completion of the Frontenac County budget process on April 29.