Calgary International Airport is set to raise its airport improvements fees next spring, dealing a blow to Canadian airlines — WestJet Airlines Ltd. in particular, which uses the airport as its base.
Jody Moseley, Calgary airport authority spokeswoman, said the increase would help pay for a $2-billion renovation underway at the airport, including a new runway and terminal.
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University of Calgary students will need to dig a little deeper to pay for their education after the school’s board of governors approved increases to tuition, on-campus living and parking.
The U of C’s board of governors approved a tuition hike Thursday of 2.15 per cent for the 2013-2014 school year, a five-per-cent increase to most on-campus residences, as well as a $0.50 to $1-per-hour hike to parking rates.
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Council passed its building inspection fees bylaw, which will see fees increase by about $145,000 per year, Dec. 3.
The bylaw was tabled at two previous council meetings on Sept. 4, to allow input from area builders and trades, and Nov. 19, when council passed second reading.
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After a bit of a financial rework, some municipalities who are members of the Oldman River Regional Services Commission may be considering alternative for planning services.
Recently Director of Services at ORRSC, Lenze Kuiper, announced that the Commission hadn’t updated their rates since 1995. Rates that have been charged over the past 19 years have been set based on an assessment done in 1993.
“We had to go back in time because our rates were based on the 1993 total equalized assessment,” explained Director of Services at ORRSC, Lenze Kuiper. “We are playing catch up from 1995.”
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AIRDRIE – City council has tabled an off-site levies bylaw, after developers from the community came forward to express their concerns about some of the proposed fees.
Off-site levies are charges given to new developments. The fees help the City of Airdrie recover the funds that are needed to make infrastructure improvements, such as new or expanded water/sanitary sewer facilities, and new or expanded roads.
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In the old days, you’d buy a mailbox and put it on your house.
Now for the first time, financially strapped Canada Post is going to charge developers to install community mailboxes in new subdivisions or commercial developments – $200 per address beginning in January.
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The groundwork for a major change in how Red Deerhouseholds are charged for water and wastewater could impact the price people pay for these services. READ
The City of Airdrie is considering increasing off-site levies and recreation contributions for new developments by about 27 per cent over current levels.
Should the bylaw be approved, the levies and contributions – charges applied to new developments to fund necessary services such as water sewer and roads – are currently set at $62,000 per acre but would increase to $78,800 per acre.
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The Town of Picture Butte will no longer be accepting credit card tax payments.
In a report to town council last week, Chief Administrative Officer Mike Derricott, said in an average month the town pays about $175 in fees to allow residents to make utility payments using their credit cards. During tax time the fee jumps up as high as $2,000.
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