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that if we approve six per cent (increase) tonight, that it can be reduced to 3.3 per cent later?|” Laurin was told that administration and finance department staff first needed to con- firm what Ottawa’s final and actual water rate increase would be and how that would affect the basic fixed rate and the consumption rate for Russell Township. If the increase is less than anticipated, township administration can present council with a revision recom- mendation on water rates in April. Budget in a nutshell The total budget for Russell Township this year is about $53.4 million. That includes
Russell Township has its budget for 2019 but it was a close vote for approval with two of three members of council choosing not to support the final budget as presented. “It’s a reasonable budget,” said Mayor Pierre Leroux, who ended up casting the deciding vote in favour of the 2019 budget, during the February 19 council session. “It addresses a lot of the projects going forward. I’m happy to see an increase in our infrastructure fund.”
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Le budget de la municipalité de Russell pour 2019 comprend des fonds supplémentaires pour les routes et d’autres travaux d’infrastructure, mais non sans le désaccord de deux membres du conseil. Les conseillères Jamie Laurin et Cindy Saucier ont toutes deux voté contre l’apporbation du budget tel quel, en raison de leurs préoccupations au sujet de certaines dépenses
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Councillors Jamie Laurin and Cindy Saucier both voted against accepting the final budget report presented during the Tuesday evening meeting. They expressed concerns about some of the spending priori- ties and also changes to some of the user fee structures. Laurin cited the proposed six per cent increase in the actual consumption rate for the township’s water service. The increase is to compensate for an expected increase in the City of Ottawa’s own water user rate. Russell Township is connected to the Ottawa water distribution system. Any changes in that municipality’s water rates affect the township’s water rates too. “I hear they (Ottawa) may be actually looking at a 3.3 per cent increase,” said councillor Laurin. “So how do we ensure
an operations budget of about $25.8 million and a capital works budget of about $27.6 million. The municipal levy portion of the budget is about $11.8 million. This means a two per cent tax increase. For the average home- owner with a house and land assessed at $330,000 value, that would equal a $32 increase on the property tax. Other types of property, such as commercial and industrial, will have different rate changes. The municipality will send out property tax notices later in the spring. Besides the municipal property tax, those notices will include the property tax amounts owed to TDIPPMEJTUSJDUT UIFDPVOUJFT UIF4PVUI/B - tion Conservation Authority, and the province, which the municipality has to collect and later forward to those groups.
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