Taxes are on the way up for homeowners and businesses in Lunenburg.
Lunenburg Town council approved the 2017/18 budget at their meeting on Tuesday.
Homeowners will see an increase of 1.9 cents per $100 while businesses will pay an extra cent per $100 of assessed value.
@TownLunenburgNS approved 2017/18 budget. Increase of 1.9 cents residential and 1 cent commercial rate (per $100/assessment) pic.twitter.com/uxzYLg0Z9I
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Mayor Rachel Bailey says town operations run very lean.
“The staff has been diligent in looking at what we do expend for operating and there is not a lot of excess, there has never been.”
Bailey says the town has also taken on a number of infrastructure projects in order to take advantage of matching funding from the province and federal government.
