Residents of Quesnel can expect a small tax increase in the coming year.
Originally an increase of 4.6 per cent was proposed however Quesnel City Council recently approved an increase of 2.5 per cent. In a statement Quesnel Mayor Bob Simpson said that Quesnel ended the 2020 budget year with a surplus. The surplus combined with the Provincial Government’s Covid-19 Safe Restart Grant has allowed City council to approve the lower tax increase.
Simpson also says that approving a zero per cent tax increase budget fails to take into account inflation alone which is estimated to be about 2 per cent. You can find the City’s entire capital and operating budget in more detail on the City of Quesnel’s website.
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