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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012
VOL 115 NO. 20
❚ IHA meeting a go
page 3
Health care concern meeting on May 23.
❚ TAXATION
Property taxes set for 2012
$7.0810 per will go to the RDKB from both, $6.40 per to the school district, $1.0309 to the police and together with $0.0007 to the MFA. Farms will pay a combined $13.6036 per After giving final reading of a property tax bylaw (1932) at a special meeting yesterday (May $1,000 in 2012 while recreation and non-profits 15) the City of Grand Forks has established prop- will $10.0814 per $1,000. Of that total, $4.0209 from farms and $3.9987 erty taxes for 2012. Residences will pay a total of $8.9909 per from recreation and non-profits will pay go to the city. $1,000 of taxable assessed value this year. Both will see $0.2281 and $0.0087 going to the Together with amounts to the (MFA) municipal finance authority ($0.0002) and the Brit- West Kootenay Boundary and Kootenay Boundish Columbia Assessment Authority ($0.0599), ary regional hospital districts respectively, while $3.5701 per $1,000 of taxable assessed value will $2.0826 per $1,000 will go to the RDKB. From the amount from farms, $6.90 will go to go to the city (general municipal), $0.2281 per to the West Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital the school district while it will be $3.40 from rec/ District, $0.0087 per to the Kootenay Boundary non-profit. Both will see $0.3032 to the police, $0.0002 to Regional Hospital District, $2.0826 per $1,000 to the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary the MFA and $0.0599 to B.C. assessment. Council also gave final reading to Bylaw 1933, (RDKB), $2.7381 per to the school district (SD51), the Flat Tax Bylaw Amend$0.3032 per to the RCMP. ment yesterday that will see Businesses will pay a total of a $10 tax per parcel for par$22.0106 per $1,000 of taxable cels without improvement assessed value this year. (i.e. empty lots). Of that, $9.0002 per $1,000 Parcels with improvement will go the general municipal, (i.e. land with buildings) will $0.5589 to the West BoundResidences will be charged $40 per parcel and ary Regional Hospital District, pay a total of parcels with improvements $0.0213 to the Kootenay Boundonly (i.e. stratas and apartary Regional Hospital District, $8.9909 per $1,000 ments) will be charged $30. $5.1025 to the RDKB, $6.40 to of taxable assessed The city adopted its fivethe school district, $0.7429 to the value this year. year financial plan in midRCMP, together with $0.0005 to April and it reflected a tax the MFA and $0.1843 to B.C. asrevenue requirement of $2.7 sessment Utility will pay a total of $61.5413 per $1,000 million. “The plan is always to keep these reasonable of taxable assessed value this year, with $37.6499 per $1,000 to the city, $0.7984 and $0.0304 per and sustainable while addressing all of (counto the respective West Kootenay Boundary and cil’s) service and infrastructure needs,” explained Kootenay Boundary regional hospital districts, Grand Forks’ Chief Financial Officer Cecile Ar$7.2893 per to the RDKB, $14.20 per to the school nott at a council meeting on May 7. “If you look at it by averages, your total residistrict, $1.0613 to the police, with amounts per $1,000 of taxable assessed value to the MFA dential is up 3.3 (per cent) but if you look at it, the percentage of assessment is up but the percent($0.0007) and B.C. assessment ($0.5113). Major industry will pay a total of $53.7237 per age change is down,” she said, speaking of the $1,000 of taxable assessed value this year while fact that last year, residents paid $8.69 per $1,000 of assessed value. light industry will pay $26.0556 per $1,000. Property assessment is done by the BC AsOf that amount, major industry will contribute $37.8947 per to general municipal and $0.5113 sessment Authority based on the market value of to B.C. assessment and light industry will pay properties across the province. Once the B.C. Assessment Authority assesses $10.5536 to general municipal and $0.1843 per to property values, a revised assessment roll is givB.C. assessment. Also, $0.7756 and $0.0295 per $1,000 of taxable en to the city, which it uses to determine the tax assessed value will go to the West Kootenay and rate for each class of property. Residents will have until Tuesday, July 3 to Kootenay Boundary regional hospital districts pay their property taxes respectively from both major and light industry.
KARL YU
Gazette Editor
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