And the Dundas City Council met on Monday night, and approved the city budget for 2022, along with an 11.9% increase in city property taxes. Dundas City Administrator Jenelle Teppen said the increase is the result of the work being done by the newly revived Dundas Economic Development Authority. The city has been growing over the last few years, and now it is planning to take a larger step by offering assistance to the business community and fostering further economic expansion and improvement.
The first thing the city intends to do is to reach out to every business within the Dundas city limits to gather as much information as possible. Teppen said the survey going out will ask in detail about that business’ plans for future growth, if any, and how the city might be helpful in assisting those plans. They have also begun a mapping project that will show every property in the city available for development, the state of that property, and what utilities the city could bring to those areas to foster that development. Finally, she said, they are looking at property to create an industrial business incubator park. Property for the project has been found, and the city is now determining if the price of the land and the infrastructure that would be necessary for the project is cost effective.
Teppen said all these projects, both great and small are lending optimism that Dundas is poised for a particularly good year in 2022.
“We have some kind of smaller projects in the hopper right now, and some larger ones on the horizon that are development specific. And of course, we still have the property next to city hall. There’s a lot to look forward to.”
Finally, she said the City Council voted to cancel the meeting scheduled for December 27th, as there would be so many councilors absent that they would not be able to form a quorum. The next Dundas City Council meeting, then, is set for January 10th.
