Statement from The Office of The Mayor | Collingwood

Collingwood, ON [02 December 2024] – I’m happy to share that our OPP billing was reduced from $7,112,013 to $6,099,197 – a reduction of $1,012,816. This is a reduction from an original 37% increase to an 18% increase for OPP services for 2025.

What does this great news mean for the Town of Collingwood?

Council is meeting frequently now to decide upon the right mix of programs and services for our community for 2025. Reducing the OPP billing means the 6.96% tax rate increase projected in Draft #2 of the Budget (which will be presented to Council for consideration this Monday December 2), is automatically reduced to 4.52%. Further changes are possible before Council’s final approval of the 2025 budget.

We provided significant feedback from the Town of Collingwood to the Province about the initial increase. I am happy that our concerns were acted upon.

If you want to follow along with the budget process and provide input, please visit the Budget Engagement page at engage.collingwood.ca/2025budget.

Thank you Minister Kerzner for your quick action to resolve this before our 2025 budget deliberations are completed. 

Yvonne Hamlin
Mayor