Health Related Services Grant in Aid

If the Assent Voting for the Health Related Services Grant in Aid Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2445, 2021 receives the approval of the electors, then the annual cost of providing the Service within the service area boundary shall be recovered by one or more of the following:

1. A property value tax imposed pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act, levied against the next taxable value of improvements only;
2. Fees and charges imposed by separate bylaw pursuant to the provisions of the Local Government Act;
3. Revenues raised by other means authorized by the Local Government Act, or another Act;
4. Revenues raised by way of agreement, enterprise, gift, grant, or otherwise. 

The property tax limit noted in the bylaw, and in the assent voting question, is $0.05 per $1,000. Section 339 of the Local Government Act (LGA) sets out the required content for service establishment bylaws, and LGA Sec.339 (e) (ii) states that the bylaw must “specify a property value tax rate that, when applied to the net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area, will yield the maximum amount $750,000.

This is confusing for residents, as the rate is an average of all classes, not the residential class tax rate, which is what most residents want to know. The rate of $.05/$1,000 is an average of rates on all classes, on land and improvements to determine the maximum amount that may be raised in any one year based on that year’s net taxable assessment. The estimated residential tax rate for the first year is $0.0288 per $1,000. The tax rate is applicable to improvements only, as specified in the cost recovery section of the bylaw.

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