2021 Property Tax: 87% of WestVan residents said they would support a property tax + utility increase less than 1% — West_Van council voted for and approved 6.2% (average home)

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Below is the link to the 2021 Property Tax survey reporting letter sent to council. Residents would support an average of 1% tax increase and council approved a 6% increase and approved hiring an additional 21 staff (even though population remains unchanged).

Survey of WestVan residents: What percentage property tax plus utility increase would you support for 2021? The answer was 0% and Council approved more than 6.2% [and 2020 inflation was less than 1%].

Historically WestVan property tax + utility increases have increased at an unsustainable rate of 3 times the inflation rate. See this illustrated in the below graph.

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