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December 08, 2023 - 10:57 AM
Budget documents going to West Kelowna city council next week project a property tax increase of 11.41% next year.
That’s in line with a 10.8% tax hike the City of Kamloops is considering but more than twice the 4.75% provisional budget Kelowna city council adopted yesterday, Dec. 7.
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“This proposed increase is substantial and has not been taken lightly by management with considerable mitigation efforts to bring it down,” the report to council says.
The proposed increase includes a base budget hike of 5.24% and a 3% increase for reserves.
Council will debate the budget on Dec. 12 and Dec. 13.
You can read the entire draft budget report here.
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