{"id":249201,"date":"2023-03-21T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/?p=249201"},"modified":"2023-03-28T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T15:42:32","slug":"tiny-officially-signs-off-on-11-tax-increase-for-coming-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/tiny-officially-signs-off-on-11-tax-increase-for-coming-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny officially signs off on 11% tax increase for coming year"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Phillips<\/p>\n

Tiny councillors have officially approved the 2023 budget.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0council committee approved the budget at its February meeting<\/a>, regular council met recently to make it official with councillors saying they\u00a0feel the budget ensures township\u2019s programs and services are supported to provide for the quality of life residents \u201cenjoy in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2023 budget features\u00a0a municipal tax rate increase of 10.82% (or a 5.96% blended budget pending final County budget approval), which equates to $35.60 in the municipal portion of the tax bill for every $100,000 in residential assessment.<\/p>\n

Mayor David Evans said the budget includes a number of short and long-term financial planning strategies to maintain current services while addressing growth demands and important enhancements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe increase captures our continued focus on ensuring the responsible\u00a0fiscal management of the township. We value the feedback provided by community\u00a0 members, the responsible input of township staff, and the collaborative efforts of council in delivering the 2023 budget.\u201d<\/p>\n

Budget highlights include:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0$3.79m invested in paving and road preservation improvements<\/a>, including 250k\u00a0 invested in climate change projects in the area of drainage resilience. 2023 budget\u00a0 initiatives include replacing approximately 15 kilometres of asphalt, 4 kilometres of\u00a0 tar and chip, and 6 kilometres of micro surfaces;<\/p>\n

\u2022 $1.05m injection into major fleet equipment including purchasing a new plow truck,\u00a0 sidewalk plow\/tractor, sander units, a one-ton and \u00be ton truck\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u2022 $900k investment in water system infrastructure improvements including $250k for\u00a0 a water main connection between Sawlog Bay and Georgian Bay Estates and the\u00a0 first phase of the installation of residential water meters in Perkinsfield;<\/p>\n

\u2022 $1.13m investment in beach and park amenities including phase 1 construction of\u00a0 the Toanche Pavilion, which will include a covered natural ice surface,\u00a0 washrooms\/changerooms and a kitchen, new outdoor fountain\/water bottle fillers at\u00a0 multiple parks (pending Ontario Trillium Grant), Balm Beach walkway replacement,\u00a0 including new trees and gardens, rest areas along Tiny Trails, rolling boardwalks at\u00a0 various beach accesses as per the local aging plan, as well as, replacing the\u00a0 Wyevale Park playground;<\/p>\n

\u2022 Continued financial support for regional priorities including the Economic\u00a0 Development Corporation of North Simcoe; Severn Sound Environmental\u00a0 Association, Georgian Bay General Hospital Foundation, Family Physician\u00a0 Recruitment, Community Reach, Wheels for Wheels, Cultural Alliance and Virtual\u00a0 Care Physicians;<\/p>\n

\u2022 Continued support to the three arenas \u2013 Midland, Penetanguishene, and\u00a0 Springwater. As well as the three partner libraries \u2013 Midland, Penetanguishene,\u00a0 and Springwater.<\/p>\n

The budget also supports the municipality\u2019s strategic priorities, which\u00a0include: Delivering efficient and exceptional municipal services, building economic prosperity and opportunity, promoting environmental responsibility and stewardship, supporting community health, safety, and well-being and creating an engaged, informed\u00a0and connected community.<\/p>\n

For complete budget details, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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‘The increase captures our continued focus on ensuring the responsible fiscal management of the township,’ Mayor David Evans says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":249202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-township-of-tiny","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249203,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249201\/revisions\/249203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edcns.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}