The average property owner in Sioux Narrows/ Nestor Falls can expect to pay almost 10 percent more in taxes this year than last year. The town council passed the budget last week and it contained a minor increase of 0.6 percent in the mill rate.
Mayor Bill Thompson says while they have tried to hold the line on spending, the cost for social services and policing continues to go up.
Thompson says he's also concerns in the 8.9 percent increase in the town's overall property assessment, which is making it more difficult for people on a fixed income to make ends meet.
