{"id":108976,"date":"2022-02-08T08:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=108976"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:52:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T18:52:24","slug":"district-council-looking-at-a-2-27-per-cent-tax-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-council-looking-at-a-2-27-per-cent-tax-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"District council looking at a 2.27 per cent tax hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The District of Muskoka is proposing a property tax increase of 2.27 per cent\u2014or 3.77 per cent before being offset by an increase in assessment growth across Muskoka of about 1.49 per cent. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assessment growth represents all new builds or additions and equates to about $415,780,041, according to Suzanne Olimer, District commissioner of finance and corporate services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed tax-supported budget was presented at a District committee of the whole meeting held remotely on February 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total tax levy of $84,121,432 represents an increase of $3,079,535 from 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The increase, if approved by District council at its February 22 meeting, would mean that when combined with the Town and education portion of the tax, a residential property in Huntsville assessed at $300,000 would pay about $45 per year more ($25 for the Town and $20 for the District, and a $0 increase for education), for a total of about $2,556 ($892.75 for the District portion, $1,204 for the Town portion and $459.25 for education).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the commercial\/industrial property class, the rate combined with the Huntsville and education portion of the tax represents an increase of about $16.50 per year ($9.20 for the Town and $7.30 for the District, and a $0 increase for education) for an estimated total of $1,450 per $100,000 of assessed value (about $327.37 for the District, $442 for the Town and $681 for education).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 3.77 per cent tax increase has been divided between increases to the base budget, contributions to capital reserves, increases due to service level changes, and increases to insurance premiums. You can see the breakdown in the chart below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down-1024x246.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down-1024x246.png 1024w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down-768x184.png 768w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down-630x151.png 630w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down-750x180.png 750w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/tax-break-down.png 1172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Budget highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Although staff included additional inflationary funding in the budget guideline, the draft budget forecasts this increase at just under $233,000 (including the impact of reduced grant funding) which represents an increase to the levy guideline (of 3.5 per cent).<\/li><li>Contribution to the Local Share Hospital Reserve of $354,000, which accounts for approximately 0.44 per cent of the increase to the tax levy.<\/li><li>The cost to fund community and affordable housing repairs and maintenance for both the&nbsp;District stock and non-profit providers has been increasing at an average of&nbsp;five per cent per year over the last 10&nbsp;years due to the age of the community&nbsp;housing stock and the increased number of affordable housing units.<\/li><li>Funding reductions for childcare were anticipated within the budget guidelines however grant reductions exceeded projections and are resulting in a&nbsp; net levy increase of 0.06 per cent.<\/li><li>The 2022 draft tax-supported budget sets aside one-time transitional funding from capital working reserves of about $298,000 for Fairvern as it is transferred to the District on a recommended date of June 30, 2022 and $173,210 in preliminary operating funds.<\/li><li>Personnel costs have gone up to $45.2 million from $42.0 million last year and include negotiated wage settlements and benefit costs of $1.6 million. The sum also includes contracted increases for unionized staff as well as an estimate for increases related to ratification of a new contract with OPSEU representing&nbsp; paramedic staff in 2022. It also includes approved increases for non-union staff as well as annualized costs of $48,319 for positions approved by council in 2021. And proposed level changes for 2022 represent an increase in personnel costs of&nbsp;$1,601,184. Olimer noted in her report that, \u201cWhen comparing the District\u2019s personnel costs as a percentage of total expenditures from the annual&nbsp; Financial&nbsp; Information Returns&nbsp; (FIRs) for&nbsp;eight&nbsp;other upper-tier municipalities, the&nbsp; District\u2019s percentage of&nbsp; personnel costs is well below the other municipalities&nbsp; (estimated at 29 per cent for the District compared to an average of&nbsp;42 per cent&nbsp;for the other municipalities in&nbsp; 2020).&#8221;<\/li><li>Contributions to the roads reserve to finance construction and rehabilitation of Muskoka infrastructure and ongoing road and locks maintenance costs account for 36.4 per cent (of $30.6 million) of the District\u2019s net tax-supported levy. Increases within those two areas of the budget account for just over&nbsp; $1,169,200 or&nbsp;38.3 per cent of the net levy increase in 2022. \u201cThe majority of this increase is due to an increase in the Roads Reserve Contribution of $942,211,&nbsp;in line with the asset management plan guideline. It should be noted that&nbsp;the&nbsp;vast&nbsp;majority&nbsp;of&nbsp; Roads&nbsp;Maintenance&nbsp;division costs are contracted to the Area Municipalities or&nbsp;various contractors for both&nbsp;roads&nbsp;maintenance and&nbsp;construction.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the full District tax-supported draft budget <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/02\/2022-Draft-Tax-Supported-Budget-Amended-1.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span> (pdf). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Final adoption of the 2022 District tax-supported budget is scheduled for February 22, 2022.&nbsp;Members&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;public who wish to&nbsp;provide comments to District council about the budget can email the District clerk&nbsp;at:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:clerk@muskoka.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clerk@muskoka.on.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The District of Muskoka is proposing a property tax increase of 2.27 per cent\u2014or 3.77 per cent before being offset by an increase in assessment growth across Muskoka of about [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":94753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2629],"class_list":["post-108976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2022-district-budget"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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