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BRAMPTON: Property tax has been raised by 1.5 percent in Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon.
Approving the 2022 budget, Peel Regional Council has said that as a result of hike in property tax, a typical residential property will pay additional $73 and a typical commercial/industrial property pay additional $129 in a year.
As per the budget, the average home will see an increase in their utility bill of 13¢ per day (or $47 per year), while the average commercial/industrial property will see an increase of 32¢ per day (or $118 per year).
The budget proposes total investments of $3.8 billion to improve community services, including:
– Providing paramedic response to approximately 136,000 emergency calls annually
– Funding Police response to 232,000 events
– Delivering 590 million litres of safe drinking water each day
– Collecting and disposing of 570,000 tonnes of residential waste
– Maintaining critical community infrastructure for supporting services such as such as roads, water and wastewater, affordable housing and paramedics
– Regional programs designed to support Peel’s most vulnerable populations.
The budget also includes:
– More seniors’ support through the opening of the new Seniors Health and Wellness Village
– Two more Butterfly model units to improve the lives of seniors with dementia
– Homelessness supports and more affordable housing subsidies
– Additional child care fee subsidies
– A two-year program to assist foodbanks in the Region
– Increased grants to community agencies
– 26 more uniformed officers for increased community safety
– A new paramedic reporting station to service a growing population
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