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News Advertiser
february 10, 2021
www.NewsAdvertiser.com
County of Two Hills Council Discusses Property Tax Incentives
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Michelle Pinon News Advertiser The idea of offering ratepayers an incentive for early payment of taxes was bandied about at county councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January 20 meeting. Councillor Elroy Yakemchuk spoke in favour of the idea and suggested a March deadline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be nice to give some sort of incentive,â&#x20AC;? stated Yakemchuk. He also pointed out there is close to $230,000 worth of property taxes currently owing to the county. Chief Administrative Officer, (CAO) Sally Dary said most municipalities have a tax deadline at the end of June, the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline is the end of October. Reeve Don Gulayec said that maybe the incentive should apply to ratepayers who are on the payment plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be nice to do something,â&#x20AC;? added Dary, but they would have to budget for that. Council directed administration to look into the possibil-
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ity of having a tax incentive program and report back to council with their findings. In the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January newsletter it informed residents that it would accept any denomination of payment regardless of whether ratepayers were on a formal payment plan or not and outlined the various methods of payment that are available to ratepayers. The notice also stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Property Tax may be made by credit card, processed online the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website through Option Pay. If you choose to make a payment with a credit card please be aware there is a three percent service fee that will be processed on the credit card at the time of transaction. The county has a monthly pre-authorized debit for property taxes, and to be eligible property taxes must be in good standing with no taxes owing.â&#x20AC;? Council went in closed session to discuss three separate items on the agenda. The first item pertained to a virtual presentation by Aaron Boucher, Senior Account Executive of Enterprise Fleet Management. CAO Dary said council went in camera because the discussion was monetary in nature. No motion was made following the presentation, added Dary. The next item involved a telephone call from Sonny Raju of the Two Hills Chronicle who approached council about the possibility of the county submitting council highlights in its monthly print publication that would be circulated free of charge to county residents. Councillor Soren Odegard wanted to know if he heard correctly. Ten Thousand dollars a year? Reeve Gulayec said $750 a month would include council highlights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seven hundred maybe a year, okay, but a month, you might as well give them employment here.â&#x20AC;? Gulayec said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end there because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be Christmas and Easter and these other ones.â&#x20AC;? Dary told council they should go in camera. Following the in camera session a motion was made to support the request. Coun. Odegard abstained from the vote. Dary said the motion did not specify a particular amount of money because funds for advertising had already been set aside in the budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our yearly advertising is $10,000.â&#x20AC;? Dary asked Coun. Yakemchuk if the Eagle Hill Foundation is to be in camera, and he replied they might as well go in camera to discuss the item. Dary said the item involved personnel, which falls under the category of labour. There was no motion made following the in camera discussion.
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