Local
Niagara Regional Council has passed its 2026 operating budget after some last-minute changes by Regional Chair Bob Gale that lowered the overall property tax increase from a proposed 6.98 per cent to 6.3 per cent.
Councillors gathered for a budget review meeting Feb. 12 that lasted for over three hours. After adopting most of Gale’s proposed changes, Councillors then reconvened as Council to pass the operating budget.
One of Gale’s changes includes an $850,000 reduction in the planned increase to the police budget, meaning the police budget increase will be responsible for 70 per cent of the overall property tax increase this year.
Local
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Sports
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National
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Provincial
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National
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