Mon Feb 26: Staff Will Recommend 2.58% Tax Increase at Council Meeting Tonight

Plus: See what else is on the agenda for tonight's City Council meeting

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There’s a council meeting this evening, and your elected representatives have a full agenda.

Among the items up for discussion or to be received for information tonight:

• City staff will ask Council to approve a tax levy of $34,899,000 for 2024, a 2.58% increase for taxpayers.

• Details of an agreement for Voyago to lease the Owen Sound Transit Terminal.

• The City will receive $393,099 in 2024 from the provincial Court Security and Prisoner Transportation Program, 49.14% of the cost of these services.

• Owen Sound is getting an online marriage application process by April, if approved by Council.

Learn more about these and more items on the agenda in our pre-meeting deep dive here.

Full subscribers, there’s more for you below, including:

• Details on several charges laid after seven separate investigations into partner violence complaints around Grey and Bruce

• Charges for an Owen Sound man arrested near an eastside school with a large quantity of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine

• A photo and description of a car stolen in Meaford from an Airbnb rental

• A notice from Bruce County about weight restrictions on roads

• More info on rising cab fares in Owen Sound

• How to contribute stories to an upcoming book in honour of the Chi Cheemaun’s 50th anniversary

• An article about the possibility of public health unit mergers

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