2009-04-24
07:42:20
The Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls is marching to the beat of its own drummer.
While many municipalities are looking at raising taxes, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls council has reduced them. Mayor Bill Thompson says the overall tax rate will drop 12-per cent this year.
"The council decided last fall that with the increase in municipal property assessment, properties in Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls went up considerable more than the province average," says Thompson, "we would negate that increased by reducing taxes an equivalent amount."
Thompson says combined with the education taxes, he estimates the average homeowner will see their tax rate drop about 10 per cent.
