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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-10-24, Page 17STEPHEN STUDENT COUNCIL — The new student council at Stephen Central School was named recently. From the left are president Pauline Brand, vice-president Kathy Orr, treasurer Jeff Sla9ht and secretory Doug Schade. T-A photo „, • By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex There has been a great deal of concern particularly in rural municipalities about the new equalization factors which the Minister of Revenue announced last July. The purpose of the new equalization factors is to provide an updated and standard basis for calculating certaih grants and municipal cost sharing arrangements. These new factors replaced those which were frozen in 1970. Although these factors reflect the changes which have taken place in property values over the past decade they do not represent a change in the government's taxation policy. However, if the new factors were used without limit there would be large and in some cases unacceptable shifts in the burden of property taxation among municipalities and among ratepayers. Without offsetting government action the use of the new factors would create substantial increases in taxation in a large number of municipalities. The government proposes to alleviate this impact by A SERIOUS MATTER— Norma Coleman, Doris Hackney and Edna Dietz appear to take their jobs as cashiers at Thursday's rummage sale very seriously. T-A photo Jack's Jottings split is at 15% for municipal purposes. However, the split is not now recognized for purposes of the resource equalization grant. Starting in 1980 the split millrate will be standardized at 157, for that grant as well as most other municipal purposes. This measure by itself will further cushion residential taxpayers and modify the adverse shift to residential and farming communities which is inherent in the new factors, To summarize, every municipality will receive at least as much resource equalization grant in 1980 as it would have received under the old factors, No municipality will have its portion of the cost of the county, region or other joint body increased or decreased by more than 5% because of the use of the new factors in 1980. This is in- sured through two means. First the 4 limit on relative assessment changes will reduce the changes in cost sharing. Second the Province will pay the increase in any County or regional levies in excess of 5% which occur as a direct result of the new factors. To further reduce the burden of taxation on communities with little industrial and commercial assessment, residential assessment will be discounted by 15% for purposes of the resource equalization grant. 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Home Telephone Home Telephone 238.8075 235.1734 DOCTORS OF CHIROPRACTIC 84 Panel Lane, STRATHROY Telephone 245-1272 By appointment please Guaranteed Whalen man visits west GERALD L. MERNER Mac also reported the ground was white with snow, providing special funding to municipalities in 1980. In addition the government is instituting a limit on the assessment shifts which can take place in 198Q as a result of the new factors, Basically for municipal apportionment purposes, assessment shifts caused by the new factors of up to 57. will be allowed to take place. Beyond that level shifts due to the new factors will be prevented. For general municipal purposes, shifts in levies caused by the new factors will be limited to 5 7r as well. The new equalized assessment will also be used for grant purposes. However, for those municipalities whose equalized assessment has been increased relative to the provincial average by the new factors (and thus, whose level of grant support would normally decrease), the government reiterates its commitment to provide at least as much in grant payments in 1980 as they would have received under the use of the old factors, For other municipalities, the new equalized assessment will be used for the resource equalization grant except in those cases where there is a realative reduction in equalized assessment of more than 10%. In these cases the relative reduction would be limited to 10% and the resource equalization grant which any municipality can receive. Investment Certificates representing several trust companies Norma J. Hooper 15 Gidley St., E. Exeter 235-1010 Chartered Accountant PERCY WRIGHT LICENSED AUCTIONEER Kippen, Ont. Auction Sale Service that is most efficient and courteous. 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