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City council has given final approval to Owen Sound’s 2021 budget, which will see residential property tax bills rise by 1.85 per cent this year.
The spending plan, approved by bylaw Monday, includes a 2.76 per cent increase to the municipal levy. The overall property tax increase drops to 1.85 per cent after factoring in Grey County and education levies.
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As a result, homeowners will see their property taxes climb by $32.92 per $100,000 of assessment this year.
“The proposed budget is consistent with council’s commitment to keeping property taxes in line with inflation,” said Mayor Ian Boddy. “It provides the funds necessary to build and maintain the city’s infrastructure and deliver the services our citizens expect.”
Gas tax allocation
During the Feb. 1 committee-of-the-whole meeting, Hanover council voted that the mayor and CAO be authorized to complete the Letter of Agreement with the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) as the host municipality for the Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit Corporation (SMART) for the public transit Provincial Gas Tax Allocation, and that council approve a bylaw at a future council meeting to enter into this agreement with the MTO.
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Hanover Mayor Sue Paterson received a letter, dated Jan. 14, from the MTO confirming that the ministry is providing provincial gas tax funding to Ontario municipalities for public transit for the 2020-21 fiscal period April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. The purposes of providing dedicated gas tax funds are to ensure that local public transportation services continue and to increase overall ridership through the expansion
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BRUCE MINES Ample weekend snow has, no doubt, left Algoma snow machine enthusiasts with a warm, fuzzy feeling.
Fifteen groomers worked long hours to prepare portions of Algoma-area trails over the period.
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After more than a month with little to no new snow, enthusiasts say they are anxious to be finally out enjoying their sport. Varying amounts of snow should see trail conditions moving quickly from limited availability to available.
“We can never predict what Mother Nature has in store for us,” Todd Stencill, Algoma Sno-Plan Affiliation district manager, told The Sault Star.
The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) has added Public Health regions to its interactive trail guide.
A blue line now represents each region in the province on top of the green, yellow, and red lines that tell sledders what trails are opened or closed. This change is being made to OFSC’s online trail guide and Go Snowmobiling Ontario app.
OFSC says that this boundary line is to help remind snowmobilers to follow provincial travel restrictions and the current stay-at-home order. While snowmobiling is allowed under the order, the organization is urging sledders to stick within their health region when hitting the trails and to not ride with anyone outside of their household.