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Bylaw 1288/26 Tax Rate Bylaw 2026
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TOWN OF HARDISTY
BYLAW NO. 1288/26
A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE RATES OF TAXATION TO BE LEVIED AGAINST
ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF HARDISTY FOR THE 2026 TAXATION
YEAR
This Bylaw shall be known as the "Tax Rate Bylaw 2026".
WHEREAS Council for The Town of Hardisty is required by the provisions of Section 353 of the
Municipal Government Act, Chapter M-26, R.S.A. 2000 (the Act) to pass a property tax bylaw
every year once Council has adopted an operating and capital budget;
WHEREAS, the Town of Hardisty has prepared and adopted detailed estimates of municipal
revenue, expenses and expenditures as required, at the council meeting held April 14th, 2026;
and
WHEREAS, the estimated municipal revenues from all sources other than property taxation
total $1,943,958 which includes, $94,958 from sale of goods and services, $248000 in user
fees and $781,000 expected transfer payments from other governments and;
WHEREAS, the estimated municipal expenses (excluding non-cash items) set out in the annual
budget for the Town of Hardisty for 2025 total $3,019,305; which includes $2,211,305 for
operating expenses, $808,000 to be used against planned capital expenses,
WHEREAS, the estimated amount required to repay principal debt to be raised by general
municipal taxation is $0;
THEREFORE, the total amount to be raised by general municipal taxation is $1,075,347;
AND WHEREAS the requisitions that The Town of Hardisty is required to collect under Section
326 of the Act on behalf of other organizations are as follows:
Alberta School Foundation Fund (ASFF)
Residential/Farmland
$200,504
Non-Residential
$124,476
Total
$324,980
Alberta Seniors Foundation
$ 16,660
(Flagstaff Regional Housing Group- Lodge Requisition)
Designated Industrial Property
$ 169
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AND WHEREAS Council is authorized under the Act to classify property for assessment
purposes and to establish different rates of taxation for each class of property;
AND WHEREAS, the council is authorized to sub-classify assessed property, and to establish
different rates of taxation in respect to each sub-class of property, subject to the Municipal
Government Act, Chapter M-26, Revised Statues of Alberta, 2000;
WHEREAS the assessed value of all taxable property in The Town of Hardisty as shown on the
assessment roll is:
Single Family Residential/Farmland
$ 69,357,880
Multiple Family Residential
$ 1,688,090
Non-Residential
$ 28,224,340
Linear/Designated Ind.
$ 1,929,640
TOTAL
$101,199,950
NOW THEREFORE under the authority of the Municipal Government Act, the Council of the
Town of Hardisty, in the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:
A. That 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 Hardisty:
Tax Levy
Assessment
Tax Rate
General Municipal
Single Family Res/Farmland
$ 562,492
$69,357,880
8.110000
Multiple Family Residential $ 14,349
$ 1,688,090
8.500000
Non-Residential
.
$ 366,876
$28,224,340
12.998555
Linear/Designated Ind.
$ 25,083
$ 1,929,640
12.998555
Total
$ 968,800
$101,199,950
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ASFF
Residential/Farmland
$200,503
$71,045,970
2.822162
Non-Residential *
$124,476
$30,153,980
4.128008
Total
$324,979
$101,199,950
Tax Levy
Assessment
Tax Rate
Senior Foundation
Residential/Farmland
$9,996
$71,045,970
0.140698
Non-Res./Linear/Designated Ind.
$6,664
$30,153,980
0.220999
Total
$16,660
$101,199,950
Designated Industrial Tax
Designated Industrial (DI)
$ 29
$ 394,840
Linear
$140
$ 1,929,640
Total
$169
$ 2,324,480
0.072800
B. The minimum amount payable as property tax for general municipal purposes shall be
$1000, referred to as the General Municipal Minimum Tax and shall be applicable on all
Residential/Farmland and Non-Residential parcels within the Town of Hardisty, in
addition to ASFF and Seniors Foundation requisition requirements, per parcel.
Tax Levy
Tax Rate
Residential/Farmland
$92,749
$1,000
Non-Residential/Linear
$13,799
$1,000
Total
$106,548
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C. If any term of this Bylaw is found to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable by a court of
tribunal having jurisdiction to do so, that term is to be considered to have been severed
from the rest of this bylaw, and the rest of the bylaw remains in force unaffected by that
finding or by the severance of that term.
D. This Bylaw shall take effect on the date of the third and final reading.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS ___ 14th ______ DAY OF ___APRIL______, 2026
READ A SECOND TIME THIS ___14th _ _____ DAY OF ___APRIL____, 2026
READ A THIRD AND FINAL TIME THIS ___14th _ DAY OF __APRIL__, 2026
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Mayor - Brett Baumgartner
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CAO - Bobbi Usselman