The RM of Dauphin’s 2019 financial plan has been released.
Nicole Chychota, CAO for the RM of Dauphin, says not a lot changed from last year’s budget.
“For the most part, the budget we have this year is very status quo.”
The tax rate increase is up to a mill of 22.408 which is an increase of 2.28%.
RM residents shouldn’t worry about any cuts.
She says it’s hard to say if the budget is up or down because some parts of the budget have been reduced whereas others have had increases.
Chychota says the province has made a change that RM residents should be aware of.
“There are changes to the education property tax credit. So the province eliminated the ability for residents to use any unused portion of that credit against their municipal taxes owing. So, residents that pay less than 700 dollars in school tax will see a bit of a larger increase to their tax bill than others, just because of that provincial change.”
Chychota believes everything is moving in the right direction and they are focusing on getting to the point where they don’t need to rely on the reserves as much for expenditures.
