Check your taxes, ponder amalgamation
Times Colonist,
June 17, 2014
Something to think about as you pay your municipal taxes at the end of June.
In the capital region, we have 91 elected mayors and councillors, 13 city halls, seven police chiefs, 13 fire chiefs, 13 city administrators and 13 planning departments. Using the data provided by the province for the 2012 fiscal year, the average annual municipal taxes collected by the 13 municipalities in the capital region came to $883 per capita.
The city of Surrey is the same size as the capital region and has a total population about 25 per cent higher. It has nine elected mayors and councillors, one city hall, one police chief, one fire chief, one city administrator and one planning department. The municipal taxes collected during 2012 in Surrey were $488 per capita.
Perhaps it’s time you told your mayor you would like to have a non-binding vote on amalgamation this fall.
Earle Anthony
Oak Bay
Times Colonist,
June 17, 2014
Something to think about as you pay your municipal taxes at the end of June.
In the capital region, we have 91 elected mayors and councillors, 13 city halls, seven police chiefs, 13 fire chiefs, 13 city administrators and 13 planning departments. Using the data provided by the province for the 2012 fiscal year, the average annual municipal taxes collected by the 13 municipalities in the capital region came to $883 per capita.
The city of Surrey is the same size as the capital region and has a total population about 25 per cent higher. It has nine elected mayors and councillors, one city hall, one police chief, one fire chief, one city administrator and one planning department. The municipal taxes collected during 2012 in Surrey were $488 per capita.
Perhaps it’s time you told your mayor you would like to have a non-binding vote on amalgamation this fall.
Earle Anthony
Oak Bay