The financial statements for Minden Hills township are in fine order according to auditing firm KPMG.

Auditor Oscar Poloni gave a presentation on his audit of the township’s 2015 financial statements during a May 26 council meeting.

Minden Hills received a clean audit free of irregularities or internal weaknesses on its 2015 financial statements representing a nearly $10 million budget.

A comparative analysis performed by KPMG also shows that Minden Hills is in a competitive position amongst other lower-tier municipalities of comparable size.

Minden Hills for example collects average residential taxes of $949 per household a year compared to $735 for Dysart et al $839 for Algonquin Highlands and $978 for Highlands East.

For the municipalities of North Kawartha and Trent Lakes the figure is $1092 and $1096 respectively.

Minden Hills carries a debt per household rate of $15 versus zero dollars for Highlands East $70 for Algonquin Highlands and $412 for Dysart et al.

Reserves per household would equate to $1211 for Minden Hills $910 for Algonquin Highlands $615 for Highlands East and $508 for Dysart et al.