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A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE RATES OF TAXATION TO BE LEVIED AGAINST ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE TOWN OF HIGH PRAIRIE FOR THE 2025 TAXATION YEAR.
WHEREAS, the Town of High Prairie has prepared and adopted detailed estimates of municipal revenue, expenses and expenditures as required, at the council meeting held on May 13, 2025.
WHEREAS, the estimated municipal revenues from all sources other than property taxation
WHEREAS, the estimated municipal expenses (excluding non-cash items) set out in the annual budget for the Town of High Prairie for 2025.
WHEREAS, the estimated amount required to repay principal debt to be raised by general municipal
taxation is (which is included in the annual expenditure budget)
WHEREAS, the estimated amount required for transfers to capital reserves to be raised by municipal taxation is (which is included in the annual expenditure budget)
THEREFORE the total amount to be raised by general municipal taxation is
$8,164,162
$12,500,328
$234,008
$1,535,572
WHEREAS, the requisitions are:
## Alberta School Foundation Fund (ASFF)
Residential & Farmland
Non-residential
Totals
Designated Industrial Property
Seniors Foundation
$507,551
$452,358
$959,909
$2,699
$115,594
WHEREAS, the assessed value of all property in the Town of High Prairie as shown on the assessment roll is:
Residential & Farmland
$199,075,740
Non-Residential
$115,713,450
Designated Industrial Property (DIP)
$38,497,720
Machinery and Equipment
$345,000
Total Assessment
$353,631,910
NOW THEREFORE under the authority of the Municipal Government Act, the Council of the Town of High Prairie, in the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:
1. 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 High Prairie:
| General Municipal | Tax Levy Assessment Tax Rate | |
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|
| Residential & Farmland | $1,963,419 $199,075,740 | 0.009862675 |
| Non-Residential and Machinery & Equipment | $2,372,697 $154,556,170 | 0.015351679 |
| Totals: | $4,336,116 $353,631,910 | |
| Alberta School Foundation Fund (ASFF) | Tax Levy Assessment Tax Rate | |
| Residential & Farmland | $507,551 $197,484,780 | 0.002570077 |
| Non-Residential | $452,358 $119,216,390 | 0.003794428 |
| Totals: | $959,909 $316,701,170 | |
| Designated Industrial Property | $2,699 $38,497,720 | 0.00007010 |
| Seniors Foundation | $115,594 $344,303,950 | 0.00033573 |
$4,336,166
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- a. A penalty of 14% shall be added and payable on all unpaid current year taxes, including local improvement taxes remaining unpaid after June 30th, 2025.
- b. A penalty of 18% shall be added to all tax arrears and related costs that remain unpaid after December 31st, 2025.
3. Payment can be made by cash, money order, accepted cheque, bank draft, online or e-transfer. Payments must be received by the Town of High Prairie prior to June 30th, 2025
4. Complaints regarding the assessment notice or supplementary notice must be lodged in writing within time frames established by the Act which is calculated from the date of the mailing of the assessment notice and must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. At present time this is a 60 day notice plus another 7 days in Alberta to allow for
- a. Anyone wishing to make a complaint or to be involved as a party or intervenor in a hearing before the Assessment Review Board must make payable to the Town of High Prairie the following fees:
- i. $50 per residential property
- ii. $300 per non-residential property
- b. The fees are fully refundable only if the Assessment Review Board rule in the party's or intervener's favor or if the complaint is withdrawn prior to the scheduling of the hearing.
5. That this bylaw shall take effect on the date of the third and final reading.
READ a first time on this 13th day of May, 2025.
READ a second time on this 13th day of May, 2025.
Given UNAMIMOUS consent to go to third reading on this 13th day of May, 2025.
READ a third and final time on this 13th day of May, 2025.
Signed this 13th day of May, 2025.
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Chief Elected Official
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