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TOWN OF BLACKFALDS
BYLAW 1352.26
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Bylaw 1352.26 - 2026 Property Tax Rate Bylaw
BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE RATES OF TAXATION TO BE LEVIED AGAINST
ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLACKFALDS FOR THE 2026
TAXATION YEAR.
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A Bylaw of the Town of Blackfalds, in the Province of Alberta, pursuant to the provisions of the e
Municipal Government Act is RSA 2000, c M-26 and amendments thereto, for the purpose of
imposing an annual property tax in respect of property in the municipality to raise revenue to be
used toward the payment of expenditures and transfers set out in the budget of the municipality,
and the requisitions.
WHEREAS the Town of Blackfalds has prepared and adopted detailed estimates of the municipal
revenue and expenditures as required, at the Council Meeting held March 10, 2026.
AND WHEREAS the estimated municipal expenditures and transfers set out in the budget for the
Town of Blackfalds for 2026, totalling $39,003,535.
AND WHEREAS the estimated municipal revenues and transfers from all sources other than
taxation are estimated at:
$ 39,003,535
Operating Budget
$ 19,862,773
(-) Minus Funding from Other Sources
$ 4,537,047
(-) Minus Requisition (Budget) Funding
$ 535,000
(-) Minus Expected Joint Economic Taxes
$ 14,068,715
Municipal Property Taxes
AND WHEREAS the Town of Blackfalds, as per the annexation agreement, shall be authorized
to levy taxation rates against the annexed lands as per the Lacombe County taxation rates of
2025.
AND WHEREAS the Council is authorized to classify assessed property and to assess rates of
taxation as per the Lacombe County hereby covered under the annexation approval conditions
AND WHEREAS the requisitions are:
$ 4,248,751
School Requisition - Residential
$ 117,863
Residential & Non-Res.
$ 797,033
School Requisition - Non-Residential
$ 5,045,784
Total School Requisition
$ 117,863
Lacombe Foundation
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Blackfalds is required each year to levy on the
assessed value of all property tax rates sufficient to meet the estimated expenditures and the
requisitions; and
AND WHEREAS the Council is authorized to classify assessed property and to establish different
rates of taxation in respect to each class of property subject to the Municipal Government Act,
Chapter M26, Revised Statutes of Alberta, 2000; and
AND WHEREAS Section 369 of the Act authorizes the Town of Blackfalds to impose a
supplementary tax against properties listed on the supplementary tax roll and that the
supplementary tax rates be the same as imposed in this bylaw.
AND WHEREAS the assessed values of all taxable property in the Town of Blackfalds as shown
on the assessment roll is $1,783,389,590.
NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Town of Blackfalds, duly assembled hereby
enacts:
PART 1 - TITLE
1. That this Bylaw shall be cited as the "2026 Property Tax Rate Bylaw".
TOWN OF BLACKFALDS
BYLAW 1352.26
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Bylaw 1352.26 - 2026 Property Tax Rate Bylaw
PART 2 - PURPOSE AND APPLICATION
2. The Chief Administrative Officer is hereby authorized to levy the following rates of
taxation on the assessed value of all property as shown on the assessment roll of the
Town of Blackfalds.
Municipal Purposes
Assessment
Mill rate
Total Collected
Residential/Farmland
1,578,944,610
7.6487
12,076,874
Non-Residential
192,279,360
11.9792
2,303,353
Annexed Residential
7,835,170
2.5950
20,332
Annexed Non-Residential
4,330,450
5.6690
24,549
Total Municipal Purposes
1,783,389,590
14,425,108
Alberta School Foundation
Assessment
Mill rate
Total Collected
Residential/Farmland
1,586,779,780
2.6779
4,249,238
Non-Residential
188,565,190
4.2406
799,630
Total Educational Purposes
1,775,344,970
5,048,867
Note - Excludes M&E and Linear
Lacombe Seniors Foundation
1,783,389,590
0.0661
117,882
DIP Property
19,379,160
0.0728
1,411
Total Tax Levy
19,593,268
PART 3 - DATE OF FORCE
3. That this Bylaw shall come into effect, upon the date on which it is finally read and
passed.
READ for the first time this 14th day of April, A.D. 2026.
(RES. 099/26)
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MAYOR LAURA SVAB
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CAO KIM ISAAK
READ for the second time this 28th day of April, A.D. 2026.
(RES. 122/26)
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MAYOR LAURA SVAB
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CAO KIM ISAAK
READ for the third and final time this 28th day of April, A.D. 2026.
(RES. 123/26)
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MAYOR LAURA SVAB
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CAO KIM ISAAK