Updated on December 15 at 10:30 p.m.
The Town of Huntsville is indicating that it will be increasing development charges by 4.2 per cent to account for inflation, which is in line with the Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index.
The use of the Non-Residential Building Construction Price Index for indexing development charges is prescribed under Ontario’s Development Charges Act, 1997, and associated regulations. This provides municipalities with a standardized method for updating their rates.
The new rates will take effect on January 1, 2026, based on the phased-in amounts outlined in the Development Charges By-law. For full details and updated rates, visit huntsville.ca.
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Just helps the town employees sunshine list stay rich. No one can afford a thing right now never mind building anything. Never mind having to also pay for every licence or permit to even start. Prices are ridiculous and all this town is for now the rich city people. Those who have been here get no break.
How can you raise prices to cover inflation when council is the only people guaranteed a raise every year? Canadians have not received inflation increase. Minimum wage went up and aleverything costs more really eliminates the fifference. Huntsville is for the rich. Not us people who grew up here generations. No respect for council. I hope they individually donate to the food bank cause that’s how we afford to eat now.
What a great way to encourage the building of much needed housing…Let’s raise the Development Charges !!….AGAIN….
I love the cute touch of quoting of the Ontario Development Charges Act which apparently provides a “legally defensible” method for Municipalities to justify “updating” their rates.
Curiously, although the announced rate increase is a relatively modest 4.2 % , when you actually compare the current total charges of $ 8,181 to the new total charges of $ 9,734 effective Jan 1, (as published on the Town’s web site), you come up with an 11.9 % increase !!!…not so “legally defensible” I’m inclined to think.
This seems too simple an observation and the apparent disparity too great. Am I missing something ?