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Essex County sets budget with a 1.43% increase

Essex County council budget deliberations results in a slight tax hike.

Increase to cost average homeowner $13.63 more this year

Dale Molnar · CBC News ·
Essex County council has approved its budget for 2019. (Dale Molnar CBC News)

Essex County council has set its 2019 budget at $102,867,990, resulting in a 1.43 per cent increase.

That translates to an increase of $13.63 on a home worth $200,000. That homeowner would be looking at an annual tax levy of $966.54.

County CAO Robert Maisonville said the increase was not due to the county`s operating budget, but because of rising infrastructure costs — such as road improvements and the county's committment of $100,000,000 for the new mega-hospital.

"That's one project that we have to fund that really isn't what we do," said Maisonville said about the mega-hospital.

Maisonville said he believes the 1.43 per cent increase is reasonable.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dale Molnar

Video Journalist

Dale Molnar is a video journalist at CBC Windsor. He is a graduate of the University of Windsor and has worked in television, radio and print. He has received a number of awards including an RTDNA regional TV news award and a New York Festivals honourable mention.

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