Another big tax hike is potentially coming for Brandon residents
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Brandon homeowners are facing the possibility of a double-digit tax increase in 2025.
Brandon homeowners are facing the possibility of a double-digit tax increase in 2025.
An 11.7 per cent tax hike is being proposed, this after a 9.4 per cent increase last year.
"The medicine doesn't taste particularly good right now,“ said Mayor Jeff Fawcett. “But I can guarantee you Brandon is going to be in as good or better position than almost any other community come the next number of years."
While inflation is playing a role, Fawcett said this is part of a three- to four-year plan to make up for years of low taxes, replenish reserves, and ensure core services and needed infrastructure are funded.
"So it is to maintain and to get us ahead to the future, plus $150 million in capital projects, that's big."
Winnipeg property owners are also in store for a higher than normal increase as 5.95 per cent is planned. Mayor Scott Gillingham had to break his campaign promise of 3.5 per cent because he said the city needs more revenue.
"This is a really, really difficult decision,” said Gillingham Dec. 11. “I don't take lightly, you know, for the first time in decades we have a tax increase of this amount."
