Shrinking wallet

Dear Editor:

Hang on to your wallets next year.

According to the latest from Wellington County there will be new tax levy on your 2026 property tax bill to pay for needed infrastructure repairs. This levy will run for either 10 or five years depending on the rate they set and more than likely after the set time expires, this tax at its last amount will be on your tax bill forever.

Just like the current township levy that is on your current tax bill. One thing you can always count on is that once a tax levy is applied it never goes away.

Anyone that was at the recent open house at the Fergus sportsplex would have seen that Centre Wellington Township will be placing a charge on your monthly hydro and water bill to cover storm water up-keep in 2026. It will be called “storm water rates.”

I don’t know about the rest of you, but my wallet is starting to get a little thinner every year.

Paul Roberts,
Fergus