The Town of Greater Napanee will budget $4.8 million for its annual OPP contribution in its 2026 budget.
The increase in OPP funding is an increase of $475,000 over 2025 levels and represents a 2.9% increase on the Town’s tax levy. The billing figure includes a base rate for policing as well as a projected amount for service calls the OPP is anticipated to make based on previous years’ calls.
The fees are set by the OPP under a set billing model, with an annual increase capped at 11%, meaning the maximum rise in billing figures a municipality can incur is 11% of the previous year’s total.
Broken down in a cost per property, the billing includes an average of $607.31 per household, including:
• $203.05 for base service
• $313.46 for service calls
• $28.36 in overtime payments
• $54.05 in court security costs
• $2.08 in prisoner transportation costs
• $6.32 in accommodation and cleaning costs
According to the annual billing statement, the municipality’s costs would have been an additional $694,111 had the provincial government not set an 11% billing cap for 2026.
