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County passes small tax increase budget
By Murray Green Camrose County council, during their regular meeting on April 12, considered and approved the final 2022 Operating Budget with total operating revenues of $20,618,698 and total operating expenses of $35,101,028, with a total operational tax levy to be applied against all properties of $14,482,330. At the fall budget meetings, department managers recommended to the budget committee several changes or alternatives to services delivery and identified areas where efficiencies could be implemented. The Interim Operating Budget was passed on December 12, 2021, with an operating deficit of $13,936,914. Since that date, administration has reviewed and updated all departmental operating budgets and final requisition numbers from the province, incorporated changes
to assessment, changes in staffing and inflationary pressures on items such as insurance, fuel, and utility costs. Operating revenues and expenses have been adjusted by $1,747,237 since the interim budget. At that same meeting, Camrose County council also approved the final 2022 Capital Budget and project expenses in the amount of $16,118,471 to be funded by internal resources (County resources such as grants, debentures, or reserves), in the amount of $14,944,528 and a total capital tax levy of $1,173,943. The Police Funding Model requisition from the province has been increased by 29.7 per cent, going from $316,206 in 2021 to $430,592 in 2022. The province announced a general province-wide increase in School Foundation Tax rate of 1.5 per cent, however, in Camrose Coun-
Do you enjoy driving? Do you enjoy working with children? Are you looking for a part-time job that will give you free time during the day? We require quality people to transport Battle River School Division students. Join the Battle River School Division Team Today! No class 1 or class 2? No problem as Battle River School Division will put successful applicants through the MELT program to obtain their class 2-S in order to be road worthy. Driving school bus is rewarding and makes a positive impact on a child’s life. Be the one who they rely on to transport them home and to school safely. Apply today at www.brsd.ab.ca Not sure if driving bus is right for you? If you’d like more details or to learn more please contact Corey Halabi, Director of Transportation at 780-672-6131 ext. 5245. Qualifications • Clean driver’s abstract • Criminal record check • Intervention record check Benefits • Bring your children along for the ride • Summer and Holidays off ty, the Alberta School Foundation Fund (ASFF) tax rate is increasing 1.7 per cent for residential and four per cent for non-residential properties. This is due to changes in assessment values in Camrose County. This represents a $316,902 increase year over year in the ASFF requisition. For a residential property valued at $350,000, property taxes will increase
by 1.83 per cent (or approximately $40 to a total of $2,173.91). Of the total taxes paid, approximately $916 (or 37 per cent) is ASFF requisition that the County must collect on behalf of the province, and 3.31 per cent (or about $72) is police requisition, which is transferred to the province. Farmland taxes will increase 1.23 per cent in dollars; a quarter assessed
at $30,000 will see a tax increase of $6.21. “The goal for the 2022 budget was to maintain a high level of municipal service to our ratepayers, given the current social and economic climate, based on council’s strategic direction, and recently introduced priority-based budgeting principles,” said CAO Paul King.
