Toronto's council has approved a residential property tax hike of 2.75 per cent.
The tax increase -- which includes a 0.5 per cent levy to pay for the Scarborough subway, and becomes 3.2 per cent with adjustments for the present-day value of properties -- is equivalent to an increase of $83.19 for the average Toronto household.
While the majority of councillors voted in favour of the increase, Toronto's former mayor Rob Ford said the hike was "too high," and should instead be below two per cent.
"This proposed budget will unfairly burden the taxpayers of this great city," Ford told council on Tuesday.
The Ward 2 councillor also suggested the city should introduce a number of cuts, including eliminating new city planning positions as well as Toronto Transit Commission supervisor jobs
Tuesday's property tax hike was one of the first finalized budget votes for the new term.
Ford was not the only councillor who disagreed with portions of Mayor John Tory's budget.
Coun. Gord Perks warned that it put Toronto on a financially precarious path, referring to the city's plan to borrow money from its own capital reserves to make up for an $86-million shortfall in the proposed budget.
"Everyone knows that the bill is due someday," Perks told reporters at City Hall. "And the longer you wait, the more it costs."
With a report from CTV Toronto's Natalie Johnson
