The City of Dauphin passed the budget for 2018 on Monday.
Brad Collett, City Manager, tells 730 CKDM this year’s mill rates are lower than last year.
“Council set the new mill rate for 2018 at 35.174, which is down slightly from 35.254 for residential properties and down to 44.944 for commercial properties from 45.754 the previous year.”
According to the assessment branch, 75 per cent of properties will see lower taxes this year and 25 per cent will see an increase due to improvements.
This year, council is focusing on capital expenditures of roads, streets and sidewalks. Approximately $80,000 has been set aside to deal with any issues for either Vermillion or Edwards Creek water supplies or replacement of lead piping.
Reserves for the city are sitting at about $8 million dollars, which is about approximately worth one year of taxes.
The largest portion of the budget expenses are policing and recreation services.
