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By Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Brantford\u2019s mayor ordered an amalgamation study the County of Brant didn\u2019t ask for \u2014 and the results suggest the county would cash in while the city pays up. On Friday afternoon, Mayor Kevin Davis of Brantford released a study he commissioned with strong-mayor powers \u2014 despite the county\u2019s opposition to becoming one with the city it surrounds. The 29-page report by Hemson Consulting is a \u201cfiscal analysis of current state assessments, and 10-year financial forecasts,\u201d the city wrote in a Facebook post. It shows that county residents could stand to see combined tax and utility fees decrease by around seven per cent annually in an amalgamation scenario. City residents, meanwhile, would pay around four per cent more on average by… <\/p>\n

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By Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Brantford\u2019s mayor ordered an amalgamation study the County of Brant didn\u2019t ask for \u2014 and the results suggest the county would cash in while the city pays up. On Friday afternoon, Mayor Kevin Davis of Brantford released a study he commissioned with strong-mayor powers \u2014 despite the county\u2019s opposition to becoming one with the city it surrounds. The 29-page report by Hemson Consulting is a \u201cfiscal analysis of current state assessments, and 10-year financial forecasts,\u201d the city wrote in a Facebook post. It shows that county residents could stand to see combined tax and utility fees decrease by around seven per cent annually in an amalgamation scenario. City residents, meanwhile, would pay around four per cent more on average by... <\/p>\n

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