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The town of Grand Bay-Westfield recently passing their budget with zero change in the tax rate.
Mayor Grace Losier tells CHSJ News the assessment rate increase resulted in $114,000 in new revenue for the town but that was countered with $140,000 in new expenses.
Losier tells us the beauty of being in a small community is that you can take the time to go over the budget line by line.
The tax rate for the town of Grand Bay-Westfield is $1.37 and has been that way since 2007.