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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2005-10-05, Page 17The Huron Expositor • October 5, 2005 - 17 News_. Annual property assessment happens this month Property values could rise or classification could change, says MPAC spokesperson Jeff H e u c h e r t As the new year slowly approaches, it is time for your property to receive its annual assessment. Assessment should be delivered to all of Huron County by Oct. 3, according to Chuck Egener, from the Municipality Property Assessment Corporation in Goderich. He says notices will also appear in local newspapers, and he plans to schedule information sessions in the near future. The new assessments will be for the 2006 calendar year but the assessment itself comes from a base rate in January 2005. In other words, you are assessed for 2006 by what your property could have sold for on Jan. 1, 2005. Here's how it works. The municipal tax rate multiplied by your property assessment, plus the educa- tion tax, which is set by the provincial government, gives you your property tax. Although in most cases it is true, Egener says, "an increase in assess- ment doesn't necessarily mean an increase in property tax." Three factors can con- tribute to a property tax increase. Your properties value could rise, or there could be a change in your prop- erties classification. The municipality sorts properties into seven cat- egories, such as residen- tial, farm or commercial. Each category has its Council grumbles about increased cost of flood control Susan Hunder•tmark completed two weeks ago. Seili also asked if it would be possible to use local stones for erosion control. "Why do we truck in riprap when we grow stones here," he said. The original project, which included enlarging the CNR culvert and pro- viding longterm mainte- nance of Silver Creek between the railway tracks and the Seaforth golf course, was done in 1992. The goal was to reduce the potential for flooding in Seaforth. This year, the ABCA said decreased channel capacity could result if the erosion on the banks was not corrected. The costs were shared 50 per cent by the Ministry of Natural Resources, 45 per cent by Huron East and five per cent by the ABCA. Huron East will pay its portion of channel repairs to Silver Creek but not without some grumbling by council last Tuesday. The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) flood control pro- ject along Silver Creek, which included repairs to a section of the stream that was eroding, cost $8,000, with the munici- pality's share at $3,600. The total was originally estimated at $6,000. Mayor Joe Seili said the total has increased from the initial estimates and that he would have liked to know that fact before the work was completed. "I'm not arguing about doing it. But, to do the job and then ask for extra isn't right," he said. Huron East Public Works Coordinator John Forrest said the job was own tax rate. The third factor is if your municipality requires more money to deliver expected services they will in -turn raise the municipal tax rate. Egener recommends for anyone who questions whether they received a fair assessment to ask them- selves, "If I had sold my property back in Jan. 2005, could I have gotten for it, what my assessment is?" If your answer is yes, then you've probably received a fair assessment. John & Caroline Klaver and famil would like to invite you to attend the open house of their new dairy fatuity located on the east side of Hwy#4 between Brucefield and Kippen, farm #74282 Special Features: • 85 cow modified 3 row, drive through feeding facility • double -6 Boumatic suspended fast lane herringbone parlour stall • manual sorting to special needs tie stall area • hydraulic alley scrapers • seamless rubber floor matting • sawdust and mattress bedding. Vanden Heuvel Si Ft a c t (I F(.. 1 1(1. COMMERCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS 40 WELLINGTON STREET, CLINTON OFFICE. FI()4JRS Monday • Frklay gam - Spm 482-9666 FAX (519) 482.8966 IIISTEELWAY w •w.ana0 We are Proud to be part of your new building DALE PUMP & FARM SERVICE shite• a dtu 482-3274 269 ONTARIO STREET (HWY. 8 EAST) CLINTON erner CONTRACTING LTD. rnty - ur...-lM OFFIC a SHOP e 482-9926 • • LTD 1 800 667-3845 6ru►✓with nJowmAw BOUNrari J �� 01 ST CENTURY ParsmiDAIRY EQUIPMENT INC. Listowel On. (519) 291-9587 Thank You for Choosing Us! GETHKE QUALITY LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS 519-347-2531 MikheH2ON ED'S t ELECTE .. ED ROOSEBOOM 482-7441 • Sun -North minsLTD rowvaseennartkenst 527-2470 4'r ti 420 Wield %, C16daa 412-3473 CLINTON ROOF TRUSS ,....-M•,w, a,... a+nUt-5f70 /or VI 1,Ann ..- �, OR NOUN re TA 11100vCil tit" 1 800 265-7070 235-2901