Belleville city council will work to hold the 2026 operating budget in the new year to no more than a five per cent tax increase threshold for residential taxpayers. Article content

Council gave the nod to 2026 operating budget guidelines to keep spending in check when council convenes for budget deliberations on January 29, 2026. Article content

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The guidelines, however, do not include potential tax increases forthcoming from a 2024 Fire Master Plan still in the works by Belleville Fire and Emergency Services.

Council voted 5-3 in favour of a report by Brianne MacNevin, deputy treasurer, which breaks down the needed tax bump to cover the city’s expected one per cent increase for in-house expenses accompanied by roughly four per cent in other increa

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