Richmond Co. municipal building; CIGO file photo
Municipal councillors in Richmond Co. have passed their 2021-22 budget.
The new $14.1 million fiscal blueprint- up $400,000 from 2020-21- includes a one-cent tax increase to bring the residential tax rate to $0.81/$100 of assessment and the commercial tax rate $2.11/$100 of assessment.
It was approved during a special council meeting Wednesday night.
Amanda Mombourquette, the warden of Richmond Co., tells The Hawk one factor contributing to the tax hike was the rising cost of necessary expenses, such as police services, education and housing.
“Based on those pressures that we were facing, including those mandatory contribution pressures, we felt it was absolutely the best that we could do,” she says. “We did look in every corner (to try to avoid a tax increase).”