Sudbury council approves a 4.8% municipal tax increase

The City of Greater Sudbury will see a 4.8 per cent municipal tax increase in the coming year.

A home accessed at $350,000 would see taxes increase by $22 a month, or $264 a year.

The tax increase includes a 1.6 per cent increase for municipal services.

Sudbury Coun. Deb McIntosh, who chairs the city's finance committee, said a large part of the tax increase will also go to the Greater Sudbury Police Service.

"They've hired 10 new officers and that's the cost we're seeing reflected in their budget," she said.

The police budget is getting a 1.4 per cent increase from the tax hike.

The city is also adding on a 1.5 per cent "special capital levy" which it said will go to rebuilding roads, something MacIntosh says the public identified as a priority.

McIntosh said people can go on the city's website to see which roads will be getting a makeover.

"I know it's hard, but we can't fix the roads without the money, right?" she said.

"So we're calling that almost like a catch-up. We're catching up on the lack of spending on the 3,600 lane kilometres of road in our municipality."