Shining Light Where It's Needed
When combined with the education tax, which will remained unchanged from last year and the fact it makes up almost 10% of your tax bills, the net effective property tax increase for 2026 will be a 1.31% increase.
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The mayor has a motion asking council to restore free parking downtown during the Christmas season.
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People know their neighbourhoods better than consultants and this is an opportunity to make known what works and what doesn’t, what gets too much attention and what no one seems to care about.
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If council wants to dry up urge for people to make donations for municipal projects then council can allow this grab of reserve funds the City does not own to happen.
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has a special meeting regarding the 2026 budget Friday, November 28 at 3 p.m. Councillors
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia Council has had a full day Monday, November 17 with two budget meetings in the morning
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This suggests Mayor Don McIsaac will veto some or all of the amendments despite ratification by council at this meeting.
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Fred Addis recited a poem, Wreaths for the Merchant Navy ,he authored honouring veterans of the merchant marine.
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has a budget meeting Wednesday, November 12 at 9 a.m. to discuss amendments to the
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Joining the seminar is free and you can register for participation here.
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