Timmins treasurer Jim Howie addresses city council during a budget presentation Wednesday afternoon. has voted by a slim majority to approve a final tax rate for 2017 which is 2.14%.  Combined with the average MPAC increase in Timmins, it translates into an average tax increase of 3.68% for city residents. It was revealed Wednesday that if the mining companies had not agreed to leave money in the city treasury, the residential tax increase could have been as high as 10%.
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