On December 10th, 2024, Council adopted its 2025 budget and its Triennial plan for 2025-2027.

Budget 2025

In order to minimize the impact of the unprecedented 75% increase of the assessment roll in 2025 on taxpayers’ tax bills, Council is pleased to announce that it will not increase the general property tax in 2025. The general property tax rate has been reduced by 41.5%, from $0.7752/$100 to $0.4532/$100 of assessment, and the resulting budgeted revenues do not exceed the real revenues of the year 2024.

In addition, there will be a reduction of $20 per door of the residential residual materials tariff (-$40 per door of the commercial tariff), resulting from the implementation of the new Eco-entreprise Québec (EEQ) recyclable materials management regime starting January 1, 2025.

Compensations in lieu of taxes for certain immovables (exempt from the general property tax) will however increase by 4.4%, with the compensation rate remaining the same as in 2024.

As for the tariff for our first responder service, the residential tariff is increased by $10 per door (and by $20 per door for the commercial tariff), which had remained unchanged since 2019. We hope to be able to lower this tariff in January 2025, when the annual taxation by-law is adopted, and following the conclusion of a service supply agreement with new partners.

Finally, the tariff for MRC des Laurentides services will increase by $1 per file.

As a result, all tariffs will decrease by $9 per door.

Total revenues in 2025 will be 1% higher than in 2024.

The Municipality ended the year on a high note, with a free surplus of $182,614 on December 31, 2024, in addition to having used $15,374 of its surplus to balance its budget.

Special projects 2025

In particular, the Municipality intends to renew its assistance programs for medical transportation for seniors (in partnership with the Centre d’action bénévole des Laurentides CABL), for covering non-resident fees for certain out-of-territory activities, and for day camps. At the same time, we are adding a new home assistance program for seniors (the details of which have yet to be defined), as well as a renovation assistance program in partnership with the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ).

Triennial plan 2025-2027

2025 will be a year filled with major projects, including the finalization of the major rehabilitation work on Chemin de la Rouge (Phase II), as well as the renovation of the apartments and exterior cladding of the Town Hall, mainly with the help of the new TECQ 2024-2028 program. The Municipality is also planning to build a boat washing station to prevent the proliferation of invasive exotic aquatic plants, with the help of an existing grant program, as well as to redevelop the municipal garage grounds, a multi-sport field project that dates back many years, mainly with the help of a grant from the Ministry of Education.

For further details, please consult the 2025 budget presentation and the 2025-2027 triennial plan, by clicking here.