Melfort residents preparing for possible tax increase
A tax hike is likely not on anyone's Christmas list in Melfort, but residents may be getting one regardless next year.
City council has started to work on the 2014 operating budget, and the early projection is for a tax increase of 6.5 per cent.
“We are aware that our revenue-sharing grant will be decreasing, and we are guessing that it's decreasing to the tune of $35,000 to $40,000,” said Mayor Rick Lang.
The decrease comes at a time when Melfort is facing a number of infrastructure projects.