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Special Meeting

Town Council of the Town of Cormack

2009 Municipal Budget and Tax Structure

January 27, 2009

 

Meeting Called to Order by Mayor Warwick Hewitt.

 

Present:          

 

Mayor Warwick Hewitt

Councillor Melvin Rideout

Councillor Aubrey Chaffey

Deputy Mayor Anthony Alexander

Town Clerk/Manager Cynthia Fry

Assistant to the Clerk Tracey Hewitt

 

The Purpose of the Meeting was to Resolve the 2009 Municipal Tax Structure and the 2009 Municipal Budget.

 

Resolution              SM009- 001          Rideout/Alexander  4 for, 0 opposed, carried

 

The 2009 Municipal Budget

 

Revenue: 

 

Taxes                           $    243,358.00

Sales of Goods and Services          140,845.00          

Other Revenue from Own Sources        13,200.00     

Government Transfers                  82,460.00

                      

TOTAL REVENUES                  $    479 863.00

 

Expenditure:

General Government              $    108,548.00

Protective Services                   16,740.00

Transportation Services              138,942.00

Environmental Health                  22,930.00

Planning and Development              52,500.00

Recreation and Cultural Services      15,210.00

Fiscal Services                      124,993.00        

                                                      

                                $    479 863.00

 

Resolution      SM009-002                 Alexander/Chaffey               4 for, 0 opposed, carried

 

2009 Municipal Tax Schedule

 

Cat.   Example given                                   Tax Rate       

 1    home based business                             $ 125     

 2    retail with gas                                    13.00 mills

 3    tourism, housekeeping units, markets                3.50 mills

 4    manufacturing                                       6.00 mills

 5    contracting, equipment hire, trucking              12.50 mills

 6    sawmills, auto wreckage, salvage yards, garages    12.50 mills

 7    agricultural                                        5.50 mills 

 8    processors                                         14.00 mills

 9    other                                              11.00 mills

10    retail without gas                                 11.00 mills

11    gross revenue/no fixed place of business            4.00 mills

12    mineral workings                                   10.00 mills

13    commercial logging operations                   $ 250

Categories 2 to 12 Minimum Business Tax               $ 250

Property Tax (Residential and Business)                   7.00 mills

Minimum Property Tax                                   $ 280

Minimum Business Property Tax                          $ 280

Poll Tax                                               $ 240

Utility Tax (Based on Gross Revenue)                       2.5 percent

 

  

2.  Terms and Payment Provisions

 

Resolution       SM009-003                             Alexander/Chaffey     4 for, 0 opposed, carried.

The due date for all taxes levied by the Town of Cormack is March 31, 2009 after which date the unpaid balances are in arrears and subject to interest charges of 9.75 % annual rate to be applied monthly.  The town will provide a discount of 5% on 2009 Property Tax, Business Tax (excluding the Utility Tax) and Poll Tax up to and including March 13, 2009.   A payment plan can be arranged with the town with the following stipulations:

- the plan must be in place with the town by March 31, 2009

- payments must be no less than the minimum of equal payments made over the period of the plan

- payments must be received in each of the months, failure to receive payment will result in cancellation of the payment plan

- upon final payment, and all terms and conditions being met, the interest charges accumulated against the current year’s tax account will be written off (from the start of payment plan).                    

 

 Resolution       SM009-004                             Rideout/Alexander   4 for, 0 opposed, carried

Meeting adjourned.


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