From Bancroft This Week
Hastings Highlands works on budget
April 6, 2016
By Tony Pearson
Policing costs are hitting Hastings Highlands hard, as its council tries to balance its books over the coming year. Recent letters to the editor speak of a public outcry at a suggested tax hike of nearly five per cent. But Mayor Vivian Bloom states that the tax increase is really in two parts. The costs of providing municipal services – expenditures within the control of council – indicate a tax rate increase of 1.2 per cent, well in line with other townships. But a hefty hike in OPP fees – over $225,000 in 2016 – will add 3.6 per cent to the tax bill.
Hastings Highlands works on budget
