The Aldergrove Star
data provider: CONTENTdm
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: [unknown]
issued: 2024-02-22
issued: 1994-01-13
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0440109/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: m — •---..-.- - ELECTED OFFICIAL DONT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO AGREE Public spending: Is it too much, too little, or just the right amount? *»xr TIM f.MPPOM thprp " M<-iraa onH m/-,ro n«Anlo inff from Victoria Pprhans nnni By IAN CAMERON MURRAYVILLE - During 1994, local politicians plan to spend $ Ill-million. That is the amount budgeted for in the township's provisional budget. And although the final budget won't be approved until mid- May, one thing is clear: Taxes will go up. Again. All property owners have now received their assessment notices from the BC Assessment Authority. These evaluations of lands and buildings have increased by an average of 15 to 20 percent, meaning that taxes, theoretically, could go up by the same amount That may not happen, however, as the tax rates levied by local government could go down. Not likely to happen either. At this point nobody - not even the politicians - know for sure. Many other factors play in. Such as revenue expected from non-taxing sources, including grants from senior government. Local officials are still hoping for monies from Victoria, but this may be a vain hope. Provincials are hoping for money from Ottawa, and again may have to wait a long time. All coffers seem to be empty. Municipal councilors in this lower mainland township say that the actual average tax increase to property owners (and, incidentally, also paid indirectly by renters) in all likelihood will amount to somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-5 percent. They are still wrestling with die figures and will in all probability be making adjustments to the budget right up until the May 15 deadline. Shortly after that date, property owners will know. How do the seven elected council members feel about spending a record amount of taxpayers' money? It's hard to say. Some feel that the amount is just right, others want it chopped, and others yet want the Sill-million figure boosted. Deputy Mayor Steve Ferguson belongs in the first category. "It is an aggressive bu…
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 Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0440109
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [place of publication unknown] : [publisher not identified]
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text