Residents getting a tax decrease on the municipal tax levy
The City of Welland has passed its 2023 municipal budgets.
Highlights of the capital project budget include $3 million for parks, $9.7 million for roads and $2.1 million for sidewalks.
The operating budget includes a 3.05 percent decrease on the municipal tax levy.
The City has also passed the water/wastewater budgets, which totals $11.6 million.
Water rate customers will experience the following changes:
- Low residential water consumers (annual consumption of 100 cubic meters or less per year) will have a $48 annual increase.
- Average residential water consumers (annual consumption of less than 180 cubic meters per year) will have a $79 annual increase.
- The annual rebate for the Low-Income Senior Water/Wastewater Rebate Program increases from $372 to $420, effective January 1, 2023. The deadline to submit for the 2022 rebate is May 1, 2023.
- The eligible amount for the Special Assistance Program -Water/Wastewater increases from $600 to $648, effective January 1, 2023.
More information on the budgets is available here.

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