HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-08-26, Page 1VOL. 125
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WELNE 0A1 A,((x264. 1994
Tax ear�n�
Good news for some�;
bad news or others
by Pat Livingstwi
There will be good -news for sonW.and .
bad for other', when Lucknow property: Qwner• receive ive their tax bills in early
September.
11.,ucknowisret increasing the mount
of taxation fbc the village> but there will'
be a tax shift because of the recent actu.-
. al values assessment on properties,'
explained Reeve Stuart. 1Reavie last
week.
-nu* hundred and ei8,h_ty-one' proper-
ty owners_ will se an increase a.i y rhere
font $49 to $220S. Only one property is
at tha oxtxotno tap eyed, with $S. per cent
.Qf Cho total ranging front $49 to 5146
One hundred and fortywthree px.up r-
0.es will actually ' have at. deorcas ' itt
twX,usa with. SS per int of those* i llitx •'
into the 9 to $146 range.
Reavie said: the downloading under
they Who 'Does What initiative certainly
didn't come in revenueneutral as was
indicated by the provitAzo In 1997, the
total ancient of taxes'raised in L tteknow .
wJas $635,544 for villager, comity and
• school. In 1998, the total to be raise is
$71.0,942. Thais. iii increase of $'75,402.
condi
by Vat Livi uiston
QQ101Q V vierllagcouOncil was; finally
abler to approve tkae 19,90 budget at th
Aug" it -Meeting, eting, The total amount to be
raised. (village. G.QUnty and school)• iS
710„942.
Despite they downloading from the
province to ret nty..to to uniCipali
council was able to hold the, village pot..
tion at last year's level. 'Vile to g ,
management, . we havea surplus.,, of
PON fn,in the 1997 budl et toe,"
Refire Stuart ,Rookie told: they Sentinel.
„ Reavis said the *132,00Q. in poking
casts passel an t4 Me was soft-
enc. sOinewhat with a X79,000 subsidy
(zein the province, this year:. ilk the past,
need,: for thtt county, thanks' to down.
loading.
"The relief from residential tams did-
n t coirtl ,-in as arttiQipated with the
change in school boardtaxes,' said,
i .etavie.
i ipertar owners r+ Rived their adtuL:
venue 'aSseromeint'notices "some weeks.
ago Reavie snL4'if the assessed -value of
aC property is notwhat the owner thinks it
should be, they haveonly until Aug., i
(Monday) to appeal. The appeal proce-
dure is included ort the assessment
Theint tip1ier (vitla e> coonty,
s01001s) fi r• to$Okotittl property is
14,5216$ per $1,000 of asscsstxtent", Qx n:
Mid04q14 assessed at liC490(t. thin qn'
vexes to $7261;08 M.taxes; Qat° $7$.QOQ it`s °:
$1Q89.13 in taxes; 40 on a, $.100.000
as4esstnent the taxes would be $1452.17. ,
To.:calcuiate ocupiedl c.ommeMial
property, taxes. two 29,43012 the enol-•
ttpliea
bills will it out by Sept, 4, with
the first instalment due on: Sept; 25404:
:
,the second. On Nov: V.
s budge,
• through munic,igalit taxation; it was:. a
provincial tax paid roigh.inconte tax.
I-lighlights of: this year's • budget
include: $25,000; • (villageportion.
required) °towards. restructuring; 55,000
for sidewalk repair; $23,,Q00 • tot'
improvements on street lights:Mr Ross;
$10,004):, fpr pool renovations, and
$15(,00.0• for Qonstruetion on UavQloQk
Street from Campbell tot Clydet.
Reavio, said ,that oven with: the
,increased rests, of downloading being,
telt by the village, connc;i1•' be ievedt.'it
was, tmporlaitt to hold, thc'villagc portion,.
o tomes. to a z ccr.iilck ,. "l felt that this.
Roar bause o1 the county increase it,
chid be quite a bunko qu • the tatepny,'
res, ,nnt$ did not . pay for polio ink os..'�
i INCLUDES G.,S,T,,
Ali wiring cause
by Ptt Llyingsteri. ,
Steve'. Brooks, adjuster for the
e"unomieid Insumnee Company,. told, the
• Sentinel last Thum* thou the c;aaase of.
the Aug.. 2' tiref•ibat awed The Shop Wide°
and, Variety, waS due ter -faulty wiring from
die electrical supply to the. Water; heater
treckSol
O Rey
? a veC
Rooms
to s
g •
fire
om.
The Sentinel apologizes to the.Leo and
KAMM .ridge$ and family, owners of the
b+asitnss, for misconstruing and reporting
that they were "overwhelmed with the
sol port of the, community"' as stated in
last week's paper:
Skating dioo
Tony Van Dyke (lett) take* a Wicid
cut at a high arcing, ball lobes, in
by Dave MacKinnon (r ht,),. wwhu•
rally is the pitcher, net wee guys
in the nolo qhfo.ki,fly.4ult if its* a
Plane, bird 4P $uperma rr...,Van
►k a inekribet et Clankehtield.
and MacKrnnQn, .sof the Dix and
CM*,ware facin t Of for their 844,
go* Qf the ."Play, it tor, Spike"''
Winnow that saw team* a t! red.
Tit• Dig. ant won thiek.ganwg
IQ, 4, (U.lvireaat photo): ,' •
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