Debating the dollars and the tax increase in Saugeen Shores

Debating the dollars and the tax increase in Saugeen Shores

If there are no further changes to the 2026 Business Plan and budget recently approved by town council, the average Saugeen Shores resident faces a 2.2 per cent tax increase for Town purposes next year.  Add in a 2 per cent increase for police, and the estimated education and the county tax increases and it results in a blended 3.82 per cent tax increase, or $202 more, for a total tax bill of $2,599 on a property assessed at $314,000.