Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1973-02-14
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note: Five-year Langley budget proposed Langley municipal finance chairman Gary Smith told his fellow councilmen this week that Langley needs to begin making their financial plans five years in advance. In the past, the council has been operating on a five-year capital expenditure program, but this is a little different than a five year budget. Theprevious program simply meant that council would spread their collection of funds for major projects out over a period of five years. But the five-year budget means that they would make all fiscal plans five years in ftdv&HC6 "Because Langley needs so many things ,"said Aid. Smith, "it will be desirable to prepare projections as to what specific needs have to be filled at what point in time."' Another recommendation Gary Smith made this week was to ask the Victoria government to lift its ceiling on tax assessment. He said this action would allow the district to tax its residents at a more 'realistic level*. He was speaking mainly, about cases such as his own personal case, in which one owns a piece of land which is more valuable than the buildings which sit oh it. In Smith's opinion, people who own such land tracts should pay a reasonable rate of taxes on their acreage unless they are farming their land sufficiently to qualify for farmland exemption. Smith's remarks sparked off a discussion on taxes by other aldermen., Aid. Andy Milne expressed surprise about the height of taxes some people living in the new sub-divisions pay. Aid. Kitsul added that some people are living on 5- acre lots with'nothing but a beaten up old road for services and yet they are still paying up to $600 a year in taxes. Gary Smith agreed with all of the remarks saying, "The incentive should be more toward people trying to keep their places up rather than letting them run down." He said that it may be a better idea to assess homes on subdivisions by the block rather than the individual home. Aid. Andy Milne added as a point of information, that the assess…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420357
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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