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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-10-22, Page 2layers in Eaat commercial classes of nosh Township cany. t to see some changes , It does Oat permit a shift of for Property taxes next the tax laardela from one as the moult of a eiaes of property to another alaelalan to update assess- following a Section zt xipents within the township. reassessment all classes of ,FOr most, however, the property must still pay the Changes will he relatively same percentage of the total small - an , increase or tax ball as before. It also does decrease of under $100 — and net provide for any increase for those whose taxes do change by more than $100, more will go down than go up. The changes will result from East Wawaaiosh council's decision to have the township reassessed under Section 86 of the Assessment Act. - Section 8O while,: not providing for n full, 'market value 'reassessment, allows the valuation of property within various classes — farm, residential, com- mercial, etc. -- to be ad- justed according to recent market value: Its effect is to make sure that all properties within a class are paying their fair share of the taxes collected from that:', eldse;; . without increasing the total assess- ment. This means that any increase in taxes on some farms must be balanced bra' decrease in taxes paid by other farms, and the same is true for residential and years .behind is to permit to total assessment within a municipality. Ken Fagan and Mervyn Bowen of the Huron -Perth assessment office met with council in a special session last Wednesday to present a report outlining the effects of a Section s reassessment for East Wawanosh. Mr. Bowen, who has replaced. Floyd J as assessment co ' ion , explained that' the theory behind Section 86 is to look at all properties ` within a particular class and see that each is assessed fairly, based on market value. . It doesn'p- propose gathering any more tax dollars than now, and there will be no shifts among the classes; each class is looked at individually. The new assessments are based on 1975 market value, he said'; explaining that the reason for being four to five r'. mea tev-asatonmiOUSE °tg:v=e Personal Notes Mrs. Jack :Higgins,' Mrs. Glenn Coulter and Mrs. Cliff Logan attended the first day of a two-day short course in crewel embroidery, held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, • Wingham. Any ladies in: the community who are interested in taking the course may contact. one of theleeders. .c -Mr. and Mrs. James Coot of Winnipeg are ` spending trvo weeks'- vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cook, Murray and or relatives Its,411 ,"Cls ,,V oari�hae withMr. and Abell Lisa t don and h Mtn; NA rm la Dav idson dfaniityof Glencoe. , • �People:are back in action i -llecaaase::Arthritis Research ,y vff Our, Arthritis Society herd .a .canvass" in *grave which amo uated'to X164. The society Wishes to thank •:the Belgrave People or their support andalso the Canvassers; Mrs. Mac• Scott, Mrs Helen Martin and Mrs. GearrgeMichie. • Mr,' and Mrs.l' Harold Vincent spent the weekend '.L Miss' Reta Mather of Woodstock. Over 160 ladies attended the Huron regional meeting sof the 'United church Women :en Tuesday evening, Oct. 14, in Knox United Church,. Bei - grave. The guest speaker was the Rev. Wesley Ball of Thamesford. The theme of his address was 'What you don't know may hurt you'. Mr. and Mrs. Ian Mon- tgomery of Lucknow, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Armstrong of Wingham and Bradley Shobbrook of RR 5, Wing- basin, were Sunday evening dinner guests of their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam' Recent • Sunday visitors -;with' Mr. and 'Mrs. Willard, Arnmstmng were . Mr. and °Mrs. Paul Hodgins of .Ballinifad, Mr. Stuart r. ' i ofI' rnto, Mr and Mrs. Druce AlEtin of Seaforth, Mrs. Mildred Campbell of Egmon►dville,- hfr.and Mrs. David Hanna, John; Ron, Joanne and Susan of Hamiver: ..._ We are - sorry to hear that 1rRr Jatnea°Lamont had the misfortune of fracturing his hip last week.• He is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. Mr. and• Mrs. Harold Cantelon of Ttaeed spent 'a couple of days with her mother, Mrs. Harry McGuire last week. We ate sorry to hear that Mrs.. Cora McGill is a patient. in Wingham and District Hospital.. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald• Cook on the new arrival of a baby daughter ;Mannon wucneue, in ine Wingham and District Hospital. •�. Fain n BETLRAVE` The fall Thankoffering meeting of the WMS was held October 6 at the home of Mrs. Hebo Sierstsema. Mrs. Garner Nicholson presided and opened with a call to worship. The worship service was conducted by Mrs. George Fear, Mrs. ivy Cloakey, Mrs. Nicholson and Mrs. John McBurney led in prayer. Roll call was answered by bfteering a verse on thanksgiving and one guest was present. Everyone brought a poem or reading on the theme of autumn or Thanksgiving, which was very enjoyable. The treasurer's and secre- tary's reports were given and 18 visits to sick and shut- ins were recorded. A hymn was sung arid Mrs. Nicholson closed with a prayer. The hostess served lunch. Hi{ Waikathon raises over X2,000 BELGRAVE — The Bel - grave Hi -C held a walkathon last Saturday. The route went from the Belgrave arena to the four corners of highways and 4, to White- church, down the .Division Line between East and West Wawanosh, up the 9th line of East Wawanosh and back into Belgrave, with various stops al the wgy The first person to com- plete the 2s -mile walk was Corey Mclfee, age 10, of Bel - grave, after 71A hours. He will receive a $6 awat'd from Murray Scott. The oldest person Walking was Mrs. Jahn ?tclnto h and the youngest person was Paul McIntosh, who Walked to Whitechurch. Susan Brown had the most pledges per mile which was $5. Only eight did not finish and over $2,000 will be raised, including all ex- penses. Half of all proceeds will go to the Terry Fox, Marathon of Hope, together with a signed 'Get Well' card from all the walkers. The re- maining half will help pay for Hi -C expenses and support of their foster child in Bali. The Hi -C thanks everyone who walked and helped make the day a success. 0. • until agre0s. smdnt rol'IS gathering of necessary data. Another reason is that the assessment office already has reassessed the majority of municipalities in Huron and Perth counties on a 1975 base, and it would like to keep them all on the same base for purposes of com- parison, he added. The next reassessment, several years down the road, probably will be done on a 1980 market value. Prior to this reassessment, properties had been valued according to a system drawn up in 1940 which doesn't reflect changes in relative property values since that time, such as the increased value of vacant land, Mr. Fagan told council. TAX CHANGES OUTLINED Among the 134 residential properties in East Wawanosh, 86 or 64.2 per cent will have their taxes go up or down by between zero and 100 dollars, Mr. Fagan reported. Twenty-nine will receive a tax reduction of more than $100, and 19 will have their taxes raised by more than $100. Vacant residential land - will be among the properties paying higher taxes under the reassessment, he said. Of the 18 commercial properties in the township, two-thirds (12) will ex- perience a tax change of no more than $100. Five will, have their taxes lowered by more than $100, and one will be hit with an increase of over $100. This one increase will be a stiff one — *1,029 — Mr. Bowen told council, but he said his staff"had reviewed it very carefully and is con- vinced the increase is warranted. The property in question was "grossly un- derassessed" for many years, he said. While there was some speculation among coun- cillors which property, might be involved, Mr.. Bowen emphasized .that he would .not identify specific MO not be getting into specific properties," he had told council earlier, noting that in this way no one can point a finger at councillors and accuse them of acting on the basis of knowledge about what the effects of reassess- ment would be on individual landowners. The farm class of property is the largest in the munici- pality, with 398 separate holdings. Of these, 208 will experience minor tax changes of between zero and one hundred dollars; 100 will have their taxes lowered by over $100 and 90 will have taxes raised by more than $100. The highest average increase in this class will be $442. Mr. Fagan explained that farm land is assessed ac- cording to its value for productive purposes — Class 1 land is worth more than a swamp • or pasture. All properties have been in- spected within the last five or six years, he said, and since then there have been "windshield inspections" and the office has kept track of new buildings or other improvements such as tile amgs e . OPEN MEETINGS PLANNED The new assessment notices should be out in December or January, and ratepayers then will be given a chance to meet with representatives of the assessment' office to discuss their new assessments. If they can show their property has been valued un- fairly, it will be corrected, Mr. Bowen promised. In addition, if any land- owner still feels unfairly treated, he or she can make an appeal to an assessment review court. Open meetings with the assessment office will be set up in the township within a couple of weeks after the new notices are sent out, and Mr. Bowen said all rate- payers Fe welcome to at- tend, even those who are satisfied but simply curious about how their property was assessed. Tax records will be available at the meetings and ratepayers will be able to go through them in detail, he said. He added that experience in other municipalities has shown that only about 10 per cent of ratepayers attend, meetings . and most are satisfied once the reasons for their assessments are ex- plained to, them. Very few take the matter to a court of appeal. Council passed a resolution asking that the minister of revenue approve the reassessment. Reeve Simon Hailahan voted with councillors Donald Dow and Ralph Campbell to pass the motion, as councillors John Currie and Neil Vincent were absent from the meeting. Mr. Dow asked how the assessment values were arrived at in the first place, and Mr. Fagan explained that a county' assessment manual was issued con- taining land rates and buildings were measured and their value calculated according to 1940 costs. Various other factors were calculated also, with property decreasing in value according to its distance from Goderich or whether it was located on a gravel road as opposed to a paved one. Assessments, now are based on the value of land calculated according to market value from sales, he reported,, and the location difference is no longer in effect. e f31 1,:GRAVE WAI.KERS—Forty-one .Belgrave youngsters par Iasi Setrarday. The trektegtai eI B 3t exm.:atrth `Be ticipatecl In the 25 -mile walkathon sponsored by the Belgrave Hi -C and Included stops at Wingharn and Whitechurch: A lot of people in Ontario are saving energy right now Join your neighbours and save some yourself. DRAFT DEFENSE .A I/4 ,inch .cask along the bottom o a door cans_ as much warmth as, in your wall the size a baseball!' Caulking and weather- strippingto plug heat leaks are the best defenses going -because these measures save your valuable energy (and money) from heating the `; .,/' , great Canadian outdoors. 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