Like municipalities across the province, the RM of Armstrong's had its assessment level adjusted. Reeve Jack Cruise says there's an over-all assessment increase of 5.3%.

"But we're seeing that there's a higher increase in farmland, than what there is in residential," he says, "So I guess that may mean the farmland taxes may go up a little bit more than the residential taxes, but not significant."

Cruise points out Armstrong's not dealing with assessment increases like other municipalities, where mill rate decreases are being discussed.

"That'll be a decision we make at our next budget round,' he says, "But our over-all increase in assessment went up 5%. So if Council decided to keep the amount of money we raised exactly the same, that means that our mill rate could go down 5%, but I'm not promising that. We may have a slight increase in the amount of money we need to operate every year."

He adds Council will take some time to consider their options, and won't start 2018 budget discussions until December or January.