Quinte West council has begun their 2026 budget deliberations.

During the first of a pair of special council meetings on Wednesday morning, council received several presentations from municipal staff on the status of the planned budget.

The new proposed budget includes a municipal tax increase of 4.99%. For the average homeowner in Quinte West, with a property value of $250,000, that would result in a yearly increase of $199.

One point of contention among council was the funds being put towards doctor recruitment and healthcare. Several councilors raised concerns that while healthcare is a provincial responsibility, the municipality is paying more and more in measures to provide healthcare were provincial spending falls short. That spending includes on the physician recruitment program,

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