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Complex society means time to update funding system for cities

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Urban areas in Canada are funded by three generators of revenue:

  • Grants from senior governments
  • Fees and fines
  • Property taxes

It has been a system that operated well for years and had funded lots of things such as roads, sewers, water and a few other similar items.

Unluckily, that system does not work with the complex society we have right now. We anticipate more from our cities. We expect transit services for those with no transportation of their own, welfare for our poorest citizens, parks and pools for our recreation, and a whole host of other services and regulations that have become indispensable in our society.

Setting a city budget is never simple. Council Members, who are not fiscal experts, have to wade through thousands of pages of papers set up by city staff in a few weeks, all the while facing tremendous political pressure from citizens to keep taxes low while retaining or improving the services demanded by these same taxpayers. The expectation of citizens has also become a factor. People want services in their area such as parks and pools and they expect that the city will provide them in their areas.

The notion that the needs of a modern municipality can be met with an 18th century property tax system is absurd. Property taxes make no distinction between the ability of a property owner to pay and the value of the land that he owns. The apocryphal widow on a fixed income who is barely scraping by being forced to give up her home because of a property tax increase has become a far more real possibility.

Income tax, regardless of how much we hate it, has at least the benefit of being based on your ability to pay the tax. If you don’t make a large income, you pay little or no tax; if you make lots of money, you pay more tax. Of course, this system has its flaws as well, but it does not force people out of their homes.

Of course, cities would compete against each other to have low tax rates — or better services with higher taxes as they do now to a certain extent with property tax levels.

An even better reason to go for a municipal income tax is an immediate reduction in property tax levels. With the new income tax, property taxes could go back to funding only stable infrastructure costs. This would give property owners a break while these same property owners pay increased income taxes based on ability to pay that tax.

As with any system, there would be winners and losers. However, any change would probably be an improvement over the mess that we are currently in.

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Calgary mayor wants more funds for snow removal

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CALGARY – After his 11-kilometre morning commute to City Hall took an hour longer than normal today, Mayor Dave Bronconnier said Calgary needs a bigger fleet to handle wintry roads.
The mayor said he’ll push for a “few extra million dollars” for snow removal when council adjusts the 2010 budget next month. But in a year where council already has to cut deeply to balance its finances, he wouldn’t say whether that money should come from additional service cuts elsewhere, or additioanl property taxes.
Despite perennial surveys saying Calgarians want better snow-removal service but don’t want to pay more for it, Bronconnier said the “cost is well worth the additional benefit.
“Even if it’s (to save) 10, 15, 20 minutes of your commute time, I look at that at money well invested,” he told reporters after giving the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada a white-hat welcome.
Commuting delays mean losses for business, and parents often have to pay penalties for arriving late at daycares, the mayor said.
He credited the city’s more than 70 salting and grading trucks for hitting the road by 4 a.m. “The repoonse is adequate for the material and personnel we have,” he said.
Next month, aldermen will debate a 2010 budget that features a property-tax increase of 6.1 per cent, although officials are trying to lower that to 5.3 per cent, the level of last year’s hike.
Neither figure includes money for better winter-road clearing.
Bronconnier again floated the idea of sub-contracting private trucks, a potentially costly initiative in a city that doesn’t see as much snow as others in Canada.
Right now, some drivers can barely even get out of their own communities, he said. It took the mayor about 40 minutes just to clear out of his neighbourhood.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Mayor+more+funds+snow+removal/2097346/story.html

CALGARY – After his 11-kilometre morning commute to City Hall took an hour longer than normal today, Mayor Dave Bronconnier said Calgary needs a bigger fleet to handle wintry roads.

The mayor said he’ll push for a “few extra million dollars” for snow removal when council adjusts the 2010 budget next month. But in a year where council already has to cut deeply to balance its finances, he wouldn’t say whether that money should come from additional service cuts elsewhere, or additioanl property taxes.

Despite perennial surveys saying Calgarians want better snow-removal service but don’t want to pay more for it, Bronconnier said the “cost is well worth the additional benefit.

“Even if it’s (to save) 10, 15, 20 minutes of your commute time, I look at that at money well invested,” he told reporters after giving the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada a white-hat welcome.

Commuting delays mean losses for business, and parents often have to pay penalties for arriving late at daycares, the mayor said.

He credited the city’s more than 70 salting and grading trucks for hitting the road by 4 a.m. “The repoonse is adequate for the material and personnel we have,” he said.

Next month, aldermen will debate a 2010 budget that features a property-tax increase of 6.1 per cent, although officials are trying to lower that to 5.3 per cent, the level of last year’s hike.

Neither figure includes money for better winter-road clearing.

Bronconnier again floated the idea of sub-contracting private trucks, a potentially costly initiative in a city that doesn’t see as much snow as others in Canada.

Right now, some drivers can barely even get out of their own communities, he said. It took the mayor about 40 minutes just to clear out of his neighbourhood.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Mayor+more+funds+snow+removal/2097346/story.html

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Property Reassessment Underway in Manitoba

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Property reassessment for the 2010 tax year is now underway to support fairness in property taxation, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Steve Ashton announced today.

“Frequent reassessments are necessary to keep our property tax system equitable,” said Ashton. “While property assessments across the province are increasing, it is important to remember this does not necessarily result in an increase in your property taxes.  Usually only properties with above?average assessment increases may see a property tax increase.” Continue reading →

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Union boss out to lunch

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Union boss Mike Davidson from CUPE Local 500 says Winnipeg taxpayers should not blame any proposed future property tax increase on city workers’ pension shortfall.

In a letter to the editor in the Sun Monday, Davidson says Winnipeg has required a property tax increase for some time because of what he says are revenue shortfalls.

“The reality is that Winnipeg’s budget needs a modest tax increase to address a longstanding revenue shortfall,” writes Davidson. Continue reading →

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Property Overassesed ? Realty Property Tax Appeal Services

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Cuyahoga County had its regular property assessment in 2006. Many of us homeowners in Cuyahoga County were not happy with new property taxes. The timing was not perfect, as property tax increase came along with sub-prime crisis, growth of foreclosure rate and market price adjustment of 2007. Many homeowners notice that assessed value is much higher than possible market value of their homes. There is a way to reduce your taxes if you file a complaint with Cuyahoga County before the end of the day of March 31, 2008. You may find all the forms and information about the procedure at the web site of Cuyahoga County Board of Revision http://bor.cuyahogacounty.us/.

As we get a lot of inquiries from our clients regarding the market condition in their neighborhoods, we in Local-n-Global Realty decided to offer our clients and friends free Market snapshot services. Please go to the front page of www.Local-n-Global.com and fill in the Evaluate your house form. You will receive the most up-to-date information about house listings and sales in your neighborhood. If you see that your house is over-assessed in comparison with the market value of the similar houses in your community, you may go ahead and ask the County Auditor for tax relief based on real market condition in your area. Please do not hesitate to use this service. It is accurate. It is free. We are here to help you.

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Cuyahoga County had its regular property assessment in 2006. Many of us homeowners in Cuyahoga County were not happy with new property taxes. The timing was not perfect, as property tax increase came along with sub-prime crisis, growth of foreclosure rate and market price adjustment of 2007. Many homeowners notice that assessed value is much higher than possible market value of their homes. There is a way to reduce your taxes if you file a complaint with Cuyahoga County before the end of the day of March 31, 2008. You may find all the forms and information about the procedure at the web site of Cuyahoga County Board of Revision http://bor.cuyahogacounty.us/.

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