St. Albert city council is looking to formalize how the city handles new tax revenue from assessment growth with an eye toward stabilizing future tax increases to residents.
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St. Albert city council is looking to formalize how the city handles new tax revenue from assessment growth with an eye toward stabilizing future tax increases to residents.
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This year’s assessment report reveals that residential property values in Cochrane have increased 11.5 per cent, while commercial and industrial rose by an average of 5.49 per cent.
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Typical Calgary residential values for those outside flooded areas have risen six per cent in the 2014 assessments.
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The City of Grande Prairie will provide its support this month in securing provincial dollars for the Wapiti River Management Plan (WRMP).
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The good ship City of Calgary sailed into a new ocean of planning a couple of years ago and it’s been high seas and rough going ever since as the building industry and bureaucrats try to navigate through new directions.
There is little argument the way the city plans needs to change and to that end, last June the city’s Planning, Development and Assessment (PDA) department launched a transforming planning initiative.
The initiative has tremendous economic and societal ramifications that make it one of the most complex and important pieces of work ever undertaken in the PDA.
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Assessed values of single-family homes in Airdrie are on the rise.
Staff presented Airdrie City council with a report on the changes and shifts in the 2013 assessment, measured year over year, Feb. 4.
The report revealed a 4.79 per cent increase in the total number of parcels and a 7.94 per cent increase in total assessment values, including both residential and non-residential properties, between 2012 and 2013.
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In about five months, the City of Grande Prairie may have a better idea of what should be done with the Crystal Centre.
Acting on direction of council’s community development committee, the purchasing department has issued a request for proposal for a “Crystal Centre economic assessment’’ that will help the city to determine the best way to renovate or upgrade the facility.
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Town of Sylvan Lake’s proposed budget calls for a 2.4 per cent municipal tax rate increase.
Since many homeowners’ properties have dropped slightly in value, the typical house owner is expected to see a 1.3 per cent tax rate increase, which would add $21.50 to their annual tax bill.
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A group of Buffalo Lake homeowners have lost their battle over what they saw as unfair property tax increases. READ