HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-06-14, Page 18After projections that HuronEast’s three rural wards would havethe lowest tax rates in the county,
even with the increase, the official
comparisons are in.
Treasurer Brad Knight prepared a
comparison sheet for all of the coun-
cillors’ information at their June 5
meeting comparing the tax rates of
all the 26 wards in Huron County.
As predicted, McKillop has the
lowest tax rates in the county, fol-
lowed closely by Grey and then
Tuckersmith rounding out the lowest
three.Knight also predicted thatBrussels’ final tax rates would be no higher than 14th lowest andSeaforth would be no higher than19th lowest. These both proved to be
true, while Brussels came in at 12th
lowest and Seaforth came in at 16th
lowest.
Seili was happy to hear this, but
said it reiterated what he already
knew. He called the Huron East tax
increase “very misleading” when
area-rated services and the county
rates were factored in.
Knight said this comparison came
coincidentally in the same council
package as an anonymous letter crit-
icizing the municipality’s tax rates.“I thought we didn’t deal withunsigned letters,” councillor DavidBlaney said, directing his commentto clerk-administrator JackMcLachlan.
McLachlan assured Blaney that it
wasn’t being taken seriously and that
it was included strictly for the coun-
cillors’ information.
The letter suggested that council
should have used the surplus in
police funding to offset the tax levy,
instead of a 13 per cent increase. The
letter went on to label the councillors
“rich boys” and called for an elec-
tion.
None of the claims or opinions of
the letter were taken very seriouslyas its author neglected to sign his/hername.“I don’t have much faith in some-one who doesn’t sign their name tothe bottom of a letter,” said Blaney.
Knight’s original suggestion of
$41,700 on the building study,
$29,079 on asset management and
$100,000 into the building reserve,
which will likely go to the Brussels
Library project is how the surplus
was appropriated.
Knight then returned to the tax
rates, comparing the current 2007
rates to those of 2000 and 2003
through 2006.
Grey, McKillop and Tuckersmith
have always been situated around thebottom end of the tax chart, butcouncil said they were happy withthe work they had done withBrussels and especially Seaforth.Before amalgamation, in 2000
Seaforth had the second-highest tax
rates in the county, just under
Wingham and just above Goderich.
Brussels was also high, sitting at
eigth highest in the county.
Seaforth steadily declined from
2003 to 2007, where it now sits at
11th highest. And while Brussels
spent 2003-2005 just behind the
three rural wards as one of the low-
est in the county, it is now at 12th
lowest in the county.
PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2007.HE rural tax rates among lowest in county
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