The tax increase rate that Peterborough County has provided to Trent Lakes is higher that the rate that County Council approved.
CAO/Treasurer Donna Taggart presented council with an update on the tax increases for Peterborough County and education.
These taxes are on top of the 2026 Trent Lakes tax rate increase of 3.84 per cent that was approved by Trent Lakes council at their last meeting.
In her report this week, Taggart said the county budget it $12,837,149, which is an increase of 6.54 per cent and the education budget is $4,463,702.91, a .36 per cent increase.
Deputy Mayor Carol Armstrong, who sits on county council, said that they approved 5.29 per cent.
“I’m not clear how we got to 6.54 per cent and our treasurer also doesn’t know either,” she said. “Until I understand that I am not prepared to accept this report.”
Mayor Terry Lambshead, who is also a member of county council, said he had the same concern and said the number is not what they agreed to.
“We need to investigate the numbers which are three-quarters of a per cent more than we agreed to at county council,”
Lambshead said.Trent Lakes council members voted to defer the report until the next council meeting and directed staff to confirm the accuracy of the county numbers and then bring the report back to council.
