Welland Passes 2023 Municipal Budgets

Thursday, 9 February 2023 at 13:11

By Linda Morgan

Residents getting a tax decrease on the municipal tax levy

The City of Welland has passed its 2023 municipal budgets.

Highlights of the capital project budget include $3 million for parks, $9.7 million for roads and $2.1 million for sidewalks.

The operating budget includes a 3.05 percent decrease on the municipal tax levy.

The City has also passed the water/wastewater budgets, which totals $11.6 million.

Water rate customers will experience the following changes:

Low residential water consumers (annual consumption of 100 cubic meters or less per year) will have a $48 annual increase.
Average residential water consumers (annual consumption of less than 180 cubic meters per year) will have a $79 annual increase.
The annual rebate for the Low-Income Senior Water/Wastewater Rebate Program increases from $372 to $420, effective January 1, 2023. The deadline to submit for the 2022 rebate is May 1, 2023.
The eligible amount for the Special Assistance Program -Water/Wastewater increases from $600 to $648, effective January 1, 2023.

More information on the budgets is available here.

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