Lakeshore Property Taxes (2026)

Lakeshore council approved a 1.76% municipal tax-rate increase for 2026, down from the 4% first proposed in the draft budget, after going through the budget line by line and freezing council member pay.

What did the 2026 budget fund?

Major capital items included about $4.3 million for the Stoney Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, $1.8 million for the Manning Road and Amy Croft Drive intersection, roughly $3.8 million in road enhancements, and $1.6 million for Wallace Road reconstruction. To bring the rate down from the draft 4%, council trimmed or deferred items such as some training, automation software, tree planting, and EV charging installations.

Why do municipal property taxes go up?

Most of the pressure comes from infrastructure — building, maintaining, and replacing roads, sewers, and water systems — plus the added maintenance a growing population brings. Grants help, but often require a municipal matching share that lands on the tax bill.

How can Lakeshore keep taxes stable?

Long-term capital planning, sequencing growth to real infrastructure capacity, and transparent reporting are how a municipality avoids the surprise increases that turn a 1.76% year into a 4% draft the next.

Where Sam Sinjari stands

Sam credits the value of going through a budget line by line — and argues the bigger win is upstream: long-term planning and public dashboards so residents are not hit with avoidable increases down the road.

Sources: AM800 CKLW — “Lakeshore approves 2026 budget with 1.76% tax hike”; Municipality of Lakeshore budget documents.

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