By Catherine Lefebvre
At the Grenville-sur-la-Rouge municipal council meeting on December 9 2025, the 2026 budget was adopted.
Tax revenues are expected to reach $6,989,030, an increase of 6.46 per cent from the previous year. Total revenues are projected to reach $9,095,117, an increase of 4.2 per cent.
Expenditures are projected to increase by 4.2 per cent to a total of $9,095,117. Garbage rates will increase from $155 to $160, organic waste rates for properties south of Autoroute 50 will remain at $100, septic tank emptying rates will increase from $120 to $140, and water rates in Calumet will remain at $500. The average value of residential properties without water service is projected to increase from $269,410 to $392,695. For Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, the average value change for a single-family home is 44.7 per cent compared to the 2023-24-25 triennial roll, while the change for a farmhouse is 33.3 per cent. For Calumet, the variation is 52.2 per cent for single-family homes and 38.7per cent for single-family homes and farmhouses for the surrounding geographic township of Grenville.
The main challenges for the municipality are to achieve growth in the tax base, to base it primarily on residential property, to maintain tax competitiveness, to continue catching up on road infrastructure investments, and to attract and retain qualified personnel.
The municipality wants to invest primarily in buildings and roads and plans to use the subsidies granted to them: $600,000 invested in buildings, $600,000 in parks and green spaces, $7,890,000 in the road network, $40,000 in the water supply network, $1,450,000 in real estate and equipment, for a total of $10,580,000 for the year 2026. It will be possible to use the subsidy from the Québec excise tax program in the amount of $1,147,102 for the year 2025-26 and from the Local Road Assistance Program (PAVL) in the estimated amount of $6 million.
