Residential tax rate to increase 4 cents!
The residential and resource tax rate for District 13 (Liverpool) is $1.96/$100 assessment, and for Districts 1 – 12 is $1.10/$100 assessment. FoxCreek Community/Mill Village is part of District 6.
[Region of Queens Municipality: 28-Apr-2021] Following several months of budget planning and deliberations, the annual Operating, Water Utility, and Capital Budgets for Region of Queens Municipality were unanimously approved at the April 27, 2021 Regular Council meeting. This is the first budget of the newly elected Council. Operating Budget total is $21,968,378, including Hillsview Acres. The 2021-2022 Water Utility Budget totals $758,678, and the Capital Budget total is $22,459,135.
“We’re moving towards a more accessible and inclusive community which will be attractive for present and future residents. Internal and external requests for increased financial support has made this a challenging budget year which requires increased funding. Our infrastructure needs upgrading and in some instances replacement,” said Mayor Darlene Norman.
Region of Queens Municipality’s tax rates are inclusive of services such as fire services, street lighting, solid waste collection, and paving, which are often collected as area rates in other Municipalities. This budget will see a tax rate increase of 4 cents in residential, resource and commercial rates. Those on the Liverpool Water Utility will see a one cent decrease in hydrant rates, so their tax increase will be 3 cents per $100 assessment.
Tax bills will be mailed to property owners by the end of May, with taxes due upon receipt, however, if paid by June 30, 2021, no interest charges will be applied.
The 2021-2022 Operating, Water Utility and Capital Budgets will be posted on-line on Wednesday, April 28, 2021: https://www.regionofqueens.com/municipal-services/finance/financial-statement
Residents wishing to watch Council approve the budgets may watch the video on the Region of Queens Municipality’s YouTube channel, to be posted by end of day April 28, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK2q2i7QSvBDBqS38uCApvQ/videos