Another hike in OPP cost for Tyendinaga

[Michael Jack]

The cost for policing is going up in Tyendinaga Township, again!

At Monday nights council meeting, members discovered they will see more than a 14 percent jump in the cost of services.

Clerk Steve Mercer says the cost for 2015 was $396,397, while next year will hit well over $453,560.

This is not the first jump either.

In just 2013, it was $304,700 for policing, provided by the Napanee detachment.

The phase in has seen a jump of $150,000, that is a 50 percent hike in just three years.

Mercer says if no cuts are made to the bottom line, that will mean another jump on 2.5 percent on the average tax payer.

There is expected to be one more price adjustment on the phase in by the OPP.

The municipality is supporting a costing that will be undertaken by Hastings County.

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