Solid financial reasons for unusual tax date

Property taxes were due in this municipality this Friday, but the date prompted a number of questions from ratepayers.

Councillor Neil Driscoll told council on March 13 that a number of pensioners approached him to ask why that date was chosen, rather than later in the month.

Driscoll said those people told him they were expecting their pension cheques a few days after the due date.

Clerk Patty Sinnamon explained the township also has obligations.

It collects taxes for Wellington County and the local school boards, and they, too, have due dates.

She said Mapleton set its due date so it would be able to pass along the county and school boards’ shares and meet their deadlines, which fall near the end of March.