Smithers Council passed its first three readings for this year’s Property Tax Rate bylaw.
This was during tonight’s (Tuesday) council meeting with the rate hike set at 6.13 per cent.
The five-year financial plan was also given its first three readings by council.
In February when budget talks started, council was looking at increasing taxes by 9.43 per cent and discussed several ways to bring it down.
One was to have the RCMP funded by the current surplus from the previous town budget for more officers than were working.
The financial plan and tax rate will return to council for adoption at a later meeting.
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