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The spread of COVID-19 is creating financial challenges for people and businesses across our community. We've taken steps throughout 2020 to provide financial relief to citizens and mitigate the financial impact of the pandemic without impacting the services that residents rely on every day.
At the same time, we're still committed to advance the priorities that matter to Kitchener residents through the shared goals of our strategic plan. Through innovative thinking, community partnerships and the support of residents, we've been able to make tremendous progress towards our strategic goals.
For the average household in Kitchener, the proposed rate increases for 2021 are:
Property tax increase is 1.1 per cent or $12/year
Water utilities increase is 0.9 per cent or $11/year
Gas increase is 1.5 per cent or $11/year
Total impact - $34/year
Yearly costs estimates are based on a bungalow with an assessed average of $326,000, our current average.
This is lowest proposed increase to the average homeowner in more than a decade. To fully explain the context of our 2021 budget, we need to talk about the past, present and future. Learn more about the plan for 2021, the progress we've made and then take our survey using the tabs below. We want to know what you think of our approach.
The spread of COVID-19 is creating financial challenges for people and businesses across our community. We've taken steps throughout 2020 to provide financial relief to citizens and mitigate the financial impact of the pandemic without impacting the services that residents rely on every day.
At the same time, we're still committed to advance the priorities that matter to Kitchener residents through the shared goals of our strategic plan. Through innovative thinking, community partnerships and the support of residents, we've been able to make tremendous progress towards our strategic goals.
For the average household in Kitchener, the proposed rate increases for 2021 are:
Property tax increase is 1.1 per cent or $12/year
Water utilities increase is 0.9 per cent or $11/year
Gas increase is 1.5 per cent or $11/year
Total impact - $34/year
Yearly costs estimates are based on a bungalow with an assessed average of $326,000, our current average.
This is lowest proposed increase to the average homeowner in more than a decade. To fully explain the context of our 2021 budget, we need to talk about the past, present and future. Learn more about the plan for 2021, the progress we've made and then take our survey using the tabs below. We want to know what you think of our approach.
Each of the survey questions will describe an element of the proposed 2021 budget and our approach. We want to know what you think of each element of our approach, and how well we're delivering on our shared community priorities.
Contributions to this consultation are closed for evaluation and review. The Project team will report back on key outcomes.
Final report
this is an upcoming stage for Budget 2021
The final outcomes of the consultation are documented here. This may include a summary of all contributions collected as well as recommendations for future action.