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Grants-In-Lieu of Taxes Announced

By 250 News

Thursday, November 23, 2006 09:57 AM

The Province has announced the dollars that will be distributed to municipalities in the form of grants-in-lieu of property taxes.

Grants are based on the assessed value of provincially owned office buildings and other properties in each municipality.

Here is a list of some of the dollars to be paid to some of the communities north of Hope:
Municipality
Amount
Prince George
$1,807,367.60
100 Mile House 
$9,108.64
Burns Lake
$9,063.82
Dawson Creek
$87,946.06
Fort Nelson
$27,554.02
Fort St. James
$29,244.09
Fort St. John
$180,637.54
Hazelton
$24,950.76
Kamloops
$1,345,492.96
Kelowna
$358,589.17
McBride
$3,779.20
Prince Rupert
$62,616.92
Quesnel
$52,020.79
Smithers
$131,569.82
Terrace
$123,389.19
Wells
$1,412.79
Williams Lake
$62,246.54
   
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Comment Posted by: owl on November 22 2006 2:53 PM
Quite a difference between what Kelowna gets and what PG and Kamloops get. I wonder what facilities or properties the Province owns in PG versus those in Kelowna.
Comment Posted by: Chester on November 22 2006 8:28 PM
Take a drive around and count the government offices, agencies, departments and associated vehicles plus all of the staff. It boggles the mind.

And we wonder why the government taxes our income, our property and everything we buy?Chester
Comment Posted by: owl on November 22 2006 9:44 PM
I realize that there are a lot of provincial government facilities. What I was wondering is why Kelowna appears to have about 80% fewer than PG, or at least that they are assessed at 80% less. When you account for the higher assesment for properties in Kelowna than here, the difference is even greater.

Universities, Colleges, Schools, Hospitals, Ambulance Stations, Highways Yards in addition to all the ministry regional offices which are in buildings I assume to be owned by the province, such as Plaza 400.

The difference between regional centres should not be that great I would think.
Comment Posted by: owl on November 22 2006 9:45 PM
oops ... forgot about two other biggies, the jail and the court house
Comment Posted by: Palopu on November 22 2006 9:56 PM
Dont forget the Forestry Buildings on Ospika, and a few other building in behind Cdn Freightways,on 18th, plus some more at Ospika and Massey, and God knows where else. Plus Welfare offices at 5th and Carney and Two more at Ferry and Westwood. Beleive that there are some other Government offices squirreled away on the East end of 4th Avenue.

Kelowna also has much less debt than the City of Prince George, pays its Mayor less that the City of Prince George, and seems to be a much better run City. How do we explain that????? Beleive they have less Police per capita also.
Comment Posted by: owl on November 23 2006 8:54 AM
I believe the buildings on 5th and Carney and Ferry and Westwood are owned by a private building contractor and BC had a 5 or 10 year lease with him. So, it is rental property but you can be sure it is paid for over the 10 year period. Unless one searches the titles of all such buildings, or one recalls the proposal calls which went out at the time they were constructed, or one asks those who know for sure, one really does not know the ownership.
Comment Posted by: kagee on November 23 2006 12:23 PM
Prince George mill rate is higher than the other cities. I use to own property in the Okanagan, right on the lake and even though the property was worth 3times the property in Prince George, the $amount for taxes was the same.
Comment Posted by: owl on November 23 2006 6:28 PM
?????

Mill rates in cities with lower property values have to be higher in order to provide sufficient money to provide similar services if those who provide the services collect similar salaries and work with similar efficiency.