NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Tkemlups te Secwépemc (TteS)

Lands, Leasing, & Tax Department

Telephone: 250 828 9784 | Email: taxation@ttes.ca

2023 Property Tax Notices have been mailed

Due Date: August 2nd, 2023

Payment of property taxes must be received at the Tkemlúps te Secwépemc (TteS)

Accounts Receivable office before the close of business on August 3rd.

Hours of operation, Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 4:00pm

The Finance Department will be open during lunch (12:00pm -1:00pm) during the tax season (July 2nd – August 2nd)

If you have not received your tax notice, contact the Lands, Leasing & Tax Department at 250-828-9784, and payment options for the Accounts Receivable Office at 250-828-9861

IMPORTANT: First Nation Home Owner Grant Taxpayers living on TteS reserve land must submit the Home Owner Grant to the TteS Finance Dept 2023 HOG ONLINE SUBMISSION ~ details on how to enter your HOG electronically enclosed with the tax notice

Please make cheques payable and submit to:

TKEMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC - Property Tax

Accounts Receivable - Admin Building

200-330 Chief Alex Thomas Way

Kamloops, BC V2H 1H1

Accounts Receivable Office: Tel: 250-828-9861

Email: revenue@ttes ca

According to the association, it has also had numerous talks with the municipality, developers and realtors in recent years about a variety of possible Kamloops locations for a mosque.

The KIA currently operates its Ayesha Mosque in Knutsford, but for years has hoped to move from that rural location to within the city limits of Kamloops.

The association has noted numerous issues with its current location‚ including its remoteness and difficulty to access by those without a vehicle, the building being too small for the programs and lack of water and sewer service.

According to the KIA, the mosque’s size has limited the activities and community services provided at the facility and larger events have required renting larger venues.

The KIA is hoping the City of Kamloops will consider a move similar to one between Prince George’s Islamic Association and that city’s council in 2004, when the municipality sold the group a piece of land, upon which it constructed a mosque.

Bawany said the KIA has not asked the city for any grant or financial aid in seeking the sale.

“If the city is willing to sell it to us, we’ll produce the finances,” Bawany said.

“We want them to see the benefit in us having that location.”

According to the KIA, its membership has grown from 34 families in 2007, when the Knutsford mosque property was purchased, to its current population of 94 families and 600 TRU students.

Despite the growing numbers, the KIA said it has also lost membership over the years due to people moving from Kamloops, noting almost all of them have cited wanting to move to a bigger city with a mosque that can provide more programs and services as a key reason for leaving.

“When people move to a city, they want to see more programs, especially if they have kids,” Bawany said.

According to the KIA, among those who have left were 16 doctors — three of whom left recently.

There has long been a shortage of doctors in Kamloops and the KIA believes it can be a boon to the recruiting process if it had an adequate mosque to attract and maintain Muslim medical professionals.

Thank you to everyone who helped and attended the July 1st Canada Day/Folkfest Celebration to make it another successful event

Thank you to the City of Kamloops, Council and Employees, Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson, Tkemlups Te Secwepemc Kúkpi7 Rosanne Casimir and the TteS Language and Culture department, Mirjam Jules, BC Lottery Corporation, Kamloops Arts Council, Safeway, Costco, Sahali Save on Foods, Kamloops Multicultural Society Members, Media, Kamloops Pipe Band, Rocky Mountain Rangers, ANAVETS, Kamloops Royal Canadian Legion, Frank Caputo MP, MLA Peter Milobar, MLA Todd Stone, RCMP, Kamloops Ambassadors and Candidates, St John’s Ambulance, Challenger Security, TAF Ventures, Norewest Pumping, Lee’s Music, Bands, Entertainers, Cheryl Blackwell, Howie Reimer, TRU Student Volunteers, and the many Volunteers who put in many hours for this Special Community Event

Thank you to ever yone who sold and bought 50/50