Chatham-Kent is looking at proposed 4.92 per cent tax increase, which officials say would be less if the municipality got its fair share of provincial infrastructure funding. Article content

The 2026 budget process began Wednesday night, but municipal officials met earlier in the day with local media to provide details on the proposed tax increase. Article content

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Mayor Darrin Canniff asked administration to come up with a budget with less than a three per cent tax increase. The cost to maintain services, invest in capital projects, make social investments and improve services next year amounts to a 2.92 per cent tax increase according to municipal figures.

The other two percentage points in the tax increase is due to Chatham-Kent being one of only

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