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economist suntribune looking ahead thursday dec 26 2002 al3 region to hunt for savings frontpage al taxes the total impact of all this on an average household in the region is somewhere in the vicinity of s67 to 80 said regional cao michael garrett the hike could bring the regional portion of the tax bill on a home with an average assess ment of 255000 to as much as 1500 a year the figures presented last week represent a hike between 5 and 6 per cent over 2002s budget of12 billion but they are far from fcomplete beginning in january regional politicians will examine individual departmental budgets looking for savings mr jones is hopeful several percentage points can be shaved off the tax bill im hoping were somewhere between 2 and 3 per cent he said last years tax hike was slightly more than 2 per cent higher utility and insurance costs will add 700000 to the regions costs mr garrett said offsetting increased costs is an extra 17 mil lion worth of assessment this year inhouse savings will also help mitigate the tax crunch mr garrett noted were providing for the needs of our people i really think toronto needs to manage its money better and provide for the needs of its residents he said all depart ments have over the past several months been searching for ways to save money despite the pressures of rising costs and increased demand from a growing populace the sum of these cost efficiencies has been 71 million mr garrett said an ongoing irritant is costsharing for social services and assisted housing in toronto com monly referred to as gta pooling although the amount demanded from the province is less than last year it is still forecast to be 788 million pooling is the second largest item in the regional budget and actually exceeds the funds spent on social services and housing within york region said vaughan councillor joyce frustaglio i really resent having to consider lowering costs for these programs because we have to send money to toronto ms frustaglio said 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