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‘Shocked and disgusted’: Spike in OPP costs catching Ontario towns off guard | Globalnews.ca

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Ontario Provincial Police bill for next year is 37% higher than the previous year .

The OPP provides policing to 329 municipalities in Ontario .

Mayor of Collingwood : "I’m totally shocked and disgusted, and we’ll be pursuing this" In the summer , the OPP signed a four-year deal that has made its officers the highest paid in the province.

Salary and benefits account for roughly 90% of OPP municipal policing costs.

In Collingwood , the OPP increase could represent a seven per cent tax bump on next year ’s property bills, officials said.

“We really weren’t expecting an increase of this magnitude.” The increase is the single largest line item on the operating capital budget.

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