Both Quispamsis and Rothesay are willing to meet for exploratory amalgamation talks but Quispamsis councillor Daryl Bishop is still lukewarm to the idea.
He tells CHSJ News tax rates usually go up when you amalgamate.
He estimates there would be a 13 cent tax increase if the towns were to merge at this time.
However, he concedes that amalgamation will probably happen sometime down the road.