JOHN JANTAK
The 1019 Report

Residential property taxes in Rigaud will be going up slightly for some in 2024 and down for others. It all depends on where in the town you live, according to the municipality’s $18.05-million budget adopted last month.

The general property tax rate assessed to all homeowners in Rigaud will not increase in 2024. It remains at $0.6924 for the second year.

“The zero tax represents the basic tax that everyone pays depending on the valuation role, and then you have additional taxes that are paid for specific services depending on where you live and if you have potable water, a septic tank and sewer service,” said Geneviève Hamel, the town’s director of communications.

“It really depends on where you live,” Hamel explained. “You pay for the services you get.”

So for an average single-family home valued at $270,020, the basic residential rate remains at $1,883. Additional charges are then added depending on which of the town’s seven sectors you live in.

For example, an average house valued at $270,020 located in the mountain sector will receive a total bill of $2,566, that’s up $59, or 2.35 per cent, from the $2,507 charged last year.

A property with the same valuation in the village sector, however, will see a total tax bill of $2,929, a jump of $66, or 2.31 per cent, compared with 2023.

In the sector that borders Hudson, known as the Hudson Club development, the owner of a property valued at $272,020 will receive a tax bill of $3,253 for 2024 – an $8 drop compared with last year.

“Some services have increased slightly,” said Hamel. “But overall, if you take all the different sectors regardless of the services they receive, there’s an average of about 2.5 per cent in terms of increase for specific services.”

These services include water, sewers, garbage collection, compost collection and recycling.

Overall, the town will spend almost $769,000 more this year compared with 2023, which represents a jump of 4.45 per cent. The town will see its contribution to the MRC of Vaudreuil-Soulanges increase to just under $1.02 million, which represents a hike of 1.5 per cent. It will also see its policing costs for the Sûreté du Québec increase 4.6 per cent.

Council also approved the town’s three-year capital expenditures program. About $3.3 million will be invested in projects in 2024, $17.6 million in 2025 and $8.2 million in 2026.

Among the expenditures planned for this year is $620,000 to create a cycling path along the former railway corridor. This project will see an additional expenditure of $2.05 million in 2025. Another $643,000 will be spent on cycling paths in other parts of the town. The town will buy a new Zamboni for ice resurfacing and a street sweeper for a total of $373,100, install water games in Chartier Park at a cost of $210,000 and spend $275,000 on street repaving.