Charlottetown is joining other P.E.I. municipalities in not raising property taxes, but some municipal fees will rise.

When the Liberal government announced it would freeze property tax assessments following the spring election, municipalities warned it didn't necessarily mean no increases in property tax.

But on Monday, Charlottetown joined Summerside and Cornwall in introducing budgets with no tax increase.

While Charlottetown is not increasing taxes, water and sewer bills will go up four per cent, or an estimated $16 a year for homeowners.

Charlottetown was able to avoid a tax increase despite having to budget $1 million to fix the city's streets.

A hard winter has left streets in worse shape than usual, with heaves and potholes forcing the city to spend about 30 per cent more this year on repairs.

There were other increases in expenditures as well, mostly associated with new labour contracts. The city found ways to cut costs by ditching four tax-incentive programs associated with downtown revitalization.

Charlottetown Airport also received some bad news. The budget gives notice that in two years, the city will stop waiving property taxes of $150,000 annually.