St Clair Township residents with a home assessed at $180,000 will pay $24 more on the municipal portion of the property tax bill this year.
Council has set a budget of nearly $11-million, cutting a proposed 12 per cent increase down to 2.44 per cent.
Mayor Steve Arnold says there's a couple of big infrastructure projects to complete.
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Mayor Arnold says a $160,000 decline in provincial funding and a $300,000-plus overrun in the snow removal budget are major factors in this year's budget.
