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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-08-12, Page 12CASTLE project - wart the cart of CAS,, it are Children's Md Society Teta t wagers. Li$ifsgEar jreirityste = pout down bar. Hrstis bid t its . roots last, Thursday a ewirsg candidly that over the last as members of Hurra County thrt:e years. CAS . fans Council. ata special surriat er ' bumbled from one situation session.apmed to purchaae.a. to. the other" vibe. i►t came to house in Goderich to. provide teelbagers., ale . f� dtos� an independence'home roc a pare**ther problems alibis group of teenage girls. _ of The girls • -"neat in age adolescents were difficult to from 15 to 11. _ , have beste-1i! 4. Still. the teenagers kept living together - in rested corning Imo care - from all for the last few months. The "We didn't know where to only supervision in the home place the kids." stated' Mr. is a "model" who is a young Heath. -woman employed at the CAS CASTLE project has been a office in Goderich. The kind of pilot project. the "model" does not actually director admitted. He said supervise. either. She only there have been anxious provides an example of the - moments. with some kind of orderly life expected youngsters actually evicted - of the girls in the- home - from the house for various working. running a reasons. household. budgeting money. "But we now have the 4eneral appearance. normal nucle:s of a real good group." behaviour. said Mr. Meath proudly. CAS director Bruce Beath "CASTLE project is claims simply. "It has woc.cing." worked." One of the features of When the owner of the project CASTLE is the present CASTLE ac- amount of responsibility commodation decided to sell turned over to the young the property. Mr. Heath said. women. Although all the CAS workers immediately residents enter into a written began to look for another contract with CAS before location for the project. The entering project CASTLE. the search ended last Thursday emphasis is on independence evening when county council for those in the program. The agreed to purchase a large residents of the home are home at the corner of Nelson, responsible for everything - Street and Cambria Road in including paying for food. Goderich for 540.000. rent. utilities out of • the ex - The CAS director views the pense Money provided by county's decision as "a CAS. business arrangement". The "At first they didn't initial money for the property manage too well." claimed will be provided by the Mr. Heath_ "But there was no county. but the costs will be sugar daddy to bail them out. amortized over a 20 -year They learned to make the period at 12 percent. resulting food money last for the in altnual payments by CAS to month. the County of 55.355.15. As Even the furnishings in the well. the CAS Will pay the home are "niggardly" said taxes on the property. as well Mr.Heath. who hastened to as maintain and repair the point out this was done house and adjoining land. purposely. He said the CASTLE project first came residents of the house now into being when CAS could no have begun to take a real longer provide foster homes interest in the home. and for the growing number of much 'of the furnishings have teenagers coming into care. been "begged. borrowed " and Of the 72 children presently' recruited" by the young polite themoeiveei--, CAS workers feel Wen : kr ceases le that nt stabilise projects amid be manila " in dealisiewilk She problem .of .other taetsagtfs io. tart. The uitiosato :Boal heel curse. the return the young people to their Iwases and their families in due'c'oursm. la ;he wandsnei howevter-, methods must be foundto help teenagers and their parents over what, kive become in- tolerable jircumstances. CASTLE project it Qpe such method. Some ceunty councillors expressed concern about "flack" from those in the - neighborhood around CASTLE project. "No matter where we go some eyebrows will be raised initially." asserted Mrs Heath. When the vote was taken concerning• the purchase of the property. it was approved easily. Some councillors even expressed their satisfaction with the success of the CASTLE project to date. Routine reports were submitted to council from the Executive Committee. the Special Committee. the Committee of Management of Huronview and the Board of Health. Former warden Anson McKinley. reeve of Stanley Township. gave a brief report of the meeting of the Com- mission on the Reform of Property Taxation in Ontario. held in Goderich recently. The county had expressed some of its concerns 'to the Commission. including a feeling that there would be no real incentive for rural townships with little urban Although Pat Nigh,, tour, of Seaf.rth liked his pony ride during the Clinton Sidewalk Sale. he would rather hive been riding the range, than be led by Dare Alexander. (News -Record photo) development be ssaiaiaja a . renswrbie levrll et tacos wills the provis oe M1.t a Large Porti* of the fetai farces to tine rwuwkipsiit)►; L hidits corer* " of . the sate of farm land btcawse ti taxes kaviait to, be:. paid back- to the province it said for pawpaws other than toroidal': and the adasiaistrative nightmare caused in small. rural municipalities by .the necessity of snaking aP- pIicatioa to the treasurer of the mualcipality for payment of the taxes by the province. It was decided to appoint a negotiating committee , to negotiate all salaries of county employees. Members of the committee will -be the warden. the administrator. the chairman of the executive committee and the' chairman of the committee involved (or designate). as well as the department head of -the committee involved (except when his own salary is being discussed). The negotiation committee will report to the committee of the department involved for endorsation. and to county council with respect to salary negotiations. except for the salaries of department heads. these matters to be reported to the special committee for consideration and recom- - mendation. A motion to reintroduce the matter of applying for a Private Members' Bill td reduce the number of members on county council to 36 from 45 (the way it was before the change-. in the voting age necessitated the addition of bine deputy - reeves) was tabled until the September meeting.. likely Friday. September 24. By Jock Nifhirll, Huron 1MI'I' pooled and assigned between the public and separate elementary schools in the same proportion as the taxable assessment assigned by the owners and occupants of residences. "Costs shared among municipalities will be shared on the basis of the assessment on which taxes and payment in lieu of taxes are based. "Where assessment is to be used to determine the grant to be paid to a municipality. the assessment used will be the assessilnent on which taxes and payments in lieu of taxes are based. "The provisions of The Assessment Act will apply to the assessment of all real property in Ontario, including areas without municipal organization. "Public bodies . which receive provincial grants. such as school boards, will be allowed • to include their property tax payments as allowable expenses for Stant purposes. "Ontario's property tax credits which relate property taxes to the ability to pay will. if necessary. be strengthened upon implementation of the new system." Included in the Govef`i1 ment's booklet on Property Tax Reform is a preliminary analysis of proposed reforms. According to this analysis. "large tax shifts would occur if market value assessment were introduced and applied against the present property tax structure. This simply I would like to take this opportunity to give you further information on the Government's Proposals for Tax Reform. in view of the fart that a Commission is conducting a series of meetings throughout the Province this summer and fall to review these proposals. "All public property except residences will be subject to payments in lieu of taxes equal to full taxes at 100 percent of market value. Public residences will be subject to payment in lieu of taxes equivalent to full taxes at 50 percent of market value. Public utilities will be subject to business assessment at 50 percent of market value. "As is' the preset case. churches. cemeteries and property held in trust for a band or body of Indians will be exempt. All uther- presently exempt property will be taxed at 100 percent of market value. except residences which will be taxed at 100 percent of market value, except residences which will be taxed at 50 percent of market value. "4,. uniform method of phasing -in the new tax system over a period of up to five years will be available to prevent abrupt tax changes. "Assessme 't rolls will be returned,. and enumeration will. be performed every two years to coincide with local government elections. "Assessment on provincial government property will be County Property Chairman Jaisw•saker and Hauer County The flag was designed by Mrs. Gladys Stiles et Gable:kb Warden Jack McCutckesw unveiled the new cessmty'taint a and was selected treat a au ober .f entries in a coolest special ceremony held la the council chambers Thursday. sP.reli by the C.sinty. (staff gusto) reflects the fact that the values of different types of properties have changed at different rates. For example. the :' market value i of residences has increased more rapidly than the value of most business properties. Also, the market value of single family residences has increased more rapidly than the market value of multiple rental residences. And the greatest escalation in market value of multiple rental residences, And the greatest escalation in market value has occurred for vacant lands. ''As reassessment has • progressed... the... impact of potential tax shifts has been analysed by the Province. In particular. the Region of Niagara has been extensively analysed as a test area. On the basis of such an analysis the 15 preceding proposals (mentioned in this and Last week's report) for changes in the property tax system have been designed to prevent tax shifts which are either un- desirable or too rapid to accommodate. "The Region of Niagara contains most of the kinds of property that exist in Ontario. including single family residences. multiple rental residences, farms, cOTn mercial, industrial and government properties. Because of this. the Region has been chosen as a test area to analyse first. how market value assessment. using the present system of, taxation. would result in large changes in property taxes for different kinds of• property. and second, how the proposals for a new tax system would af- fect property tax distribution. "In . this analysis. farm residences and other farm property have been ar- bitrarily divided and are not assessed at market value as .proposed. The tax levy has been increased by the amount of taxes that local govern- ments will have to pay in respect of their own property. The levy_ has also been . ad- : justed upward to reflect in - creased taxes on provincial properties and corresponding decreases in provincial grants. "The analysis has been based on the taxation of residences at 50 percent of market value and all other real property at 100 percent of market value. Business assessment has been set at 50 percent of property value. Fur- thermore. currently exempt government and non- government properties have been taxed at 100 percent of market value. These per- centages have been selected to obtain a distribution of property taxes in the Region of Niagara in keeping with the proposals. Thte 'r -"per- centages could change as further analyses involving other areas of the province are completed." Results of the analysis of the Region of Niagara etre given an a detailed table. but the most significant features may be summarised as follows: "Using the present tax system along with market valise assessment, taxes on residences would increase 53.1 million or 7.4 percent, Using the proposed tax system in conjunction with market value assessment. taxes on residences decrease by 510.2 million or 24.3 per- cent. "Net taxes on farm properties under the present tax system would increase by 50.5 million or 45.5 percent. This compares with a decrease of 50.2 million or 18.2 percent under the proposed tax system. Provincial payments in respect of farm properties would increase by S2.5 million. "The realty taxes on commercial and industrial properties under the present tax system would decrease by S4.4 million or 20.4 percent. Under the proposed tax system. this decrease would be only 51.2 million or 5.6 percent. "The business tax on commercial and industrial properties under the present tax system would decrease by 52.4 million or 25.0 percent. but increase by 50.7 million or 7.3 percent under the proposed tax system. "Payments in lieu of taxes on federal government property would change very little under the present tax system. but inc�•ease 51.2 million under the --proposed system which includes the taxation of previously exempt federal property. "Payments in lieu of taxes and payment of the Farm Tax Redpction by the Province each would increase 50.5 million under the present tax system for a total increased cost to the Province of 51 "million. Under the proposed tax system, the increased cost to the Province is $7.2 million. This increase is made up of 52.5 million in farm assistance and 54.7 million in payments in lieu of taxes. The cost to the. Province includes payments in lieu of taxes on Ontario Hydro property. "Payments in lieu of taxes on municipal property would change very little under the present tax system. but would increase 51.7 million under the proposed system. "Schools are exempt from property taxation under the present tax system. Under the proposed tax system, schools would be taxed. In Niagara. the tax on schools would be 56.3 million. "Taxes on previously exempt private property would be 54.1 million under the proposed tax system. "Taxes on other property. which includes vacant land. would increase 52.2 million under the present tax system. as compared to 55.6 million under the proposed tam. system." I would like to stress the fact that I have made no attempt t� give my own views on the Government's proposed Tax Reform. This has been quite deliberate. I felt it was important to give you the background in- formation contained in the Budget papers, rather than my own view of the situation. at this time. PRICES CONTINUED! LEI URE SUITS Short Sleeve Shirts, Short. 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