At their recent committee meeting, Mississippi Mills Councillors voted to approve a 1% levy on property taxpayers to start building a fund for future infrastructure capital projects. The levy would add $19 to the average annual tax bill and bring the staff-proposed 2026 tax increase to 9.1%. Mayor Christa Lowry reminded council of the project spending coming up over the next decade
She added that even if future councils cut back on capital spending, the costs would be high.
The proposed 1% levy would bring in an additional $130K to the municipal coffers. Christa noted that around the province, property tax bills were increasing at an alarming rate.
At the end of the discussion the committee narrowly voted to approve the levy, a decision which now goes to budget deliberations (when the 2026 tax rate will be set) later this fall for final authorization.
Story by Brian Turner
