N.B. 2019 budget sees four per cent tax increase
North Battleford city council approved the amended general budget for 2019, reflecting a four per cent property tax increase, at Monday’s meeting.
Mayor Ryan Bater confirmed the actual bylaw for the tax increase can’t be carried until after the city establishes its mill rate.
“There is still work to do there. We have to set the mill rate and all that, so how that flushes out is still work for administration to do in the new year,” he said following the meeting. “But, the budget as amended was approved.”
The budget also reflects a 4.5 per cent increase in utility rates for 2019.