Dieppe is lowering tax rates for the fourth straight year in 2025.
City council passed the $85-million operating budget on Monday night.
The tax rate for properties within Dieppe’s former boundaries will drop by 6.5 cents to $1.3650 per $100 of assessment, compared with $1.6295 in 2021. That’s a decrease of 16.2 per cent.
Water and sewer costs for taxpayers will remain unchanged for the sixth consecutive year at $948 annually.
“Last spring, a number of residents shared with us their dismay at the increase in their property tax bill. Although the municipality has no control over property assessment, we listened to residents and chose to reduce the tax rate by 6.5 cents, something that’s within our power to do. We determined that financial relief for residents was a priority,” said Mayor Yvon Lapierre.
Several major road projects are planned for 2025, including the continued extension of Dieppe Boulevard, the reconstruction of Gauvin Road (between Collège and Marché), Ste-Thérèse Street (between Paul and Acadie), Copp Street, LeBlanc Road (up to civic number 586), the grading and paving of Champlain Street (between Aviation and Lorette), the construction of Trotteur Court.
Other projects that are not road-related include renovations to the Arthur-J.-LeBlanc arena, various water and sewer projects, the purchase of new buses, and the acquisition of land for future projects. Significant sums will be dedicated to the RCMP and improving public transit.
Under the province’s local governance reform, the City of Dieppe has new municipal responsibilities with residents of the former Greater Lakeburn and Scoudouc LSDs. The tax rate there will be $0.6445 per $100 of assessment for residents of the former Greater Lakeburn LSD and $0.5692 for those of the former Scoudouc LSD.
This translates into a five-cent increase for each of the two former LSDs, plus a second rate paid directly to the province for services that the latter continues to provide, such as those related to roads.
