Zurich Citizens News, 1976-07-07, Page 13Varna
Highlights
(By Mrs. Bill Chessell)
We see that Cathy McKinley
has been given the position of
News Editor of the Zurich Citi-
zens News. We hope you will
enjoy your career in newspaper
work, Cathy, and wish you much
success.
We thought everyone from
Varna was in Bayfield on Satur-
day to see the Centennial parade
until we returned and found some
people still in the village. Many
people from here attended sever-
al of the activities and had an
enjoyable time.
Charlie and Louise Presber
and their daughter, Anna, and
Thelma Bye, of Naicum, Sask,
spent several days with Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Heard and
fancily and visited other relatives
in this area.
Rev. Alex Taylor has returned
home after several weeks in
Clinton Hospital. Also home from
hospital is Walter Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Spicer
of Regina, Saskatchewan and Mr.
Ken Jewitt of Seaforth visited
on Saturday with Bill and Joyce
Dowson and family and attended
the Bayfield Centennial. Parade.
Kippen
News
A number of the Kippen U('W
attended the U('VV meeting in
Chisel horst Church June 30.
1 tt it's were also present h'om
Mensal]. Thames Road and the
surrounding area. The speaker
for the evening was 111x. Nelson
who is associated \cilh 1hc' Scott
Mission in 'Toronto. Ile told of his
('xj)('rien('('s \vhich \\'('I'e of great
int crest.
Mrs. Nelson contributed t\vo
solus and was accompanied 00
the guitar by i\1r. Nelson.
Kippers l!('\V held a very
successful Bake Sale at
1lontestead near I3ayl'ield
Saturday.
11r. & Mrs. Alex McGregor
holidaying in 1"rankenmuth,
llichigtn 00 Illy weekend.
:A miscellaneous shower was
held in honour of Maureen
Connolly al the home •of :firs.
Ronald 1icGregor .Jinx' 29.
A varied and interesting
Pr (4.1, W 115 presented by 1llary
I3ron(lfaol . :Margaret Iloggarth,
(frac(' Drummond, Francis
Kinsman. Janet lloggarih.
Nancy \1cGregor and Helen
McLean.
Mrs. Edison AlcLean read the
present al ion address and
Mall -MT thanked everyone and -
01\11 ed
nd1nyiled them to a reception at
Kirkton July 31. '
The s•ntpathy of the com-
munity is expressed -lo the family
of John Tremeer whose death
occurred on the weekend.
Citizenship.
mobile
office
The Citizenship Mobile Office
will be in The Square at Goderich,
Ontario, from Thursday, July 22
to Friday, July 23: The office will
be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
daily. Anyone interested are
welcome to drop in.
Overcrowding a refrigerator
interferes with the normal flow
of circulating air and tends to
overwork the compressor.
:Citizens News, July 7. 1976 -Page 13
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Commission to Review Proposals
for
Propert Tax Refor : 1 Ontario
A public meeting for residents of Huron and Perth counties and Stratford will be
held on August 4, 1976 at 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9:30
p.m., at Goderich Collegiate Gymnasium, 260 South Street, Goderich, to receive
submissions, both oral and written, from local government representatives, prop-
erty taxpayers and all other interested parties, concerning the proposals that have
been put forward by the Government of Ontario as a means of establising a new
system of property taxation based on market value assessment.
This meeting is one .of a series which the Commission is conducting throughout
Ontario this summer and fall, before submitting its recommendations to the govern-
ment.
The proposals, originally published in the 1976 Ontario Budget, Budget Paper E,
entitled Reform of Property Taxation in Ontario, are as follows:
1. Residences in Ontario, collectively,
will bear a reduced share of property
taxes.
2. Residential property will be redefined
to include only residences and a
reasonable amount of land.
3. The present practice of levying dif-
ferent mill rates on residential and
commercial properties will be discon-
tinued.
4, Farmland, farm buildings, managed
forests and farm residences will be
assessed at market value. Farmland,
farm buildings and managed forests
will be taxed at 100 percent of market
value and the taws will be paid by the
Province. Farm residences will be
taxed as all other residences at 50 per-
cent of market value and the taxes will
be paid by the owner. There will be
provision to recover taxes paid by the
Province if the property changes use.
5. All real property used for the purpose
of a business including wvernmunt
administrative facilities will be subject
to an additional assessment of 50 per-
cent of market value for business
taxes.
6. 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 payments 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.
7. As is the present case, churches,
cemeteries, and property held in trust
for a band or body of Indians will be
exempt. All other presently exempt
property will be taxed at 100 percent
of market -value, except residences
which will be taxed at 50 percent of
market value.
8. A 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.
9. Assessment rolls will be returned and
enumeration will be performed every
two years to coincide with local
government elections.
10. Assessment on provincial government
property will be pooled and assigned
between the public and separate ele-
mentary schools in the same propor-
tion as the taxable assessment as-
signed by the owners and occupants
of residences.
11. Costs shared among municipalities
will be shared on the basis of the
assessment on which. taxes and pay-
ments in lieu of taxes are based.
12. Where assessment is to be used to
determine the grant to be paid to a
municipality, the assessment used
will be the assessment on which taxes
and payments in lieu of taxes are
based.
'13. The provisions of The Assessment Act
will apply to the assessment of all real
property in Ontario, including areas
without municipal organizations.
14. Public bodies which receive provincial
grants, such as school boards, will be
allowed to include their property tax
payments as allowable expenses for
grant purposes.
15. 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.
Copies of Budget Paper E containing background and explanatory information, in addi-
tion to the proposals themselves, may be obtained, free of charge, from regional
assessment offices or from Mr. Lawrence Close, Executive Secretary, Commission on
Property Tax Reform, Fifth Floor, Frost Building South, Queen's- Park, Toronto M7A
1 Y7, telephone (416) 965-1671. If you plan to appear and present a written or oral sub-
mission, please notify Mr. Close in advance, by letter or telephone. We would also ap-
preciate receiving one copy of any written submission, prior to the meeting.
Since the purpose of these meetings is to help ensure that the new taxation system is
implemented in an e=fficient and equitable manner, the •Commission hopes that
all Ontario residents with opinions and suggestions to 'offer will manage to make their
representations to us.
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Ontario
Willis L. Blair
Chairman