Changes to OPP Services Billing

During a Regular meeting of Council in the spring of 2025, the decision was made to remove the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) Services Billing from the General Tax Budget and apply the cost of the police services equally to every property in the Township of Madawaska Valley as its own separate Levy.

The OPP Services Billing is calculated by the Province of Ontario based on household counts, population counts and call for service, and the Council and Staff have no control of the expenses related to policing. Therefore, it was decided that the fees for this service should be applied to the property tax bill as its own levy. The 2025 cost of $916,105.00 for police services will be shared amongst every property at a rate of $211.91. This levy will fluctuate year over year based on annual billings received by the province and as property counts increase and/or decrease.

The annual tax rate has been adjusted to reflect the removal of the $916,105.00 police services. You will see this shared levy appear on your Final Tax Bill as “OPP”.