The Municipality of North Norfolk's hoping to alleviate some of the pressure, caused by a major shift in the assessed value of property. Mayor Neil Christoffersen says like many rural municipalities, they've seen major hikes in the value of farmland, leading to their decision to keeping the increase in tax revenue to a minimum.

"As everyone else has said, the farmland has skyrocketed in some cases this year, so that's reflected in the assessment. We've tried to hold the line on a lot of our spending this year, and kept the mill rate in line with the increases."

The municipalities revenue generated through taxation will increase less than half-of-a-per cent. However, Christoffersen says that won't mean minimal tax increases for all, noting farmland will likely see a boost, while residential property owners may actually pay less.

"Farmland has gone up 30 to 40 per cent, where the residential assessments have pretty much held the line. That has to be reflected when you have your tax system based on property assessments, so unfortunately that's what has happened."

While they're holding the line on spending, Christoffersen says they still intend to move forward with some projects and purchases. However, he notes one of their main items is dependent on government funding.

"Some of the project's we're looking at for 2016 are a paving project, some upgrades to the landfill site, and purchasing some new equipment for road enhancement. We're still looking at water projects for rural North Norfolk, but we're still waiting on the provincial and federal funding to come through on those ones."

He says council's fairly pleased with the budget, noting they heard no opposition to the document.