Property Tax Bylaw 2025 (Bylaw 527)

Lacombe, Alberta

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2025-Property-Tax-Bylaw" municipality_ids: - gx-000320 content_type: "application/pdf" captured_at: "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00" normalize_method: "pdf-pymupdf" normalize_version: "0.2" needs_ocr: false char_count: 7392 --- City of Lacombe Bylaw 527 A Bylaw of the City of Lacombe, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter referred to as "the Municipality", to Set a Rate for the Levy on Assessed Value of Property Subject to Taxation for the 2025 Financial Year. WHEREAS, pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), the Council of the City of Lacombe (hereinafter referred to as "Council") shall, by Bylaw, authorize the levying of taxes at such uniform rates on the dollar as the Council deems sufficient to produce the amount of revenue required. AND WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, Section 353, Council must pass a property tax bylaw annually; AND WHEREAS a property tax bylaw authorizes Council to impose a tax in respect of property to raise revenue to be used towards the payment of requisitions and expenditures and transfers set out in the City's budget; AND WHEREAS Section 382 of the Act authorizes Council to impose a special tax to raise sufficient revenue to pay for a specific service or purpose; AND WHEREAS Section 369 of the Act authorizes Council 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 Section 364 of the Act authorizes Council to exempt certain properties from taxation; AND WHEREAS the assessed value of all property in the City as shown on the 2025 assessment roll (2024 market values) is: Total Assessment* $2,640,257,450 Non-Taxable Assessment Taxable Assessment Municipal $378,739,390 $2,261,518,060 Education (Combined) $401,113,720 $2,239,143,730 Lacombe Foundation $391,504,390 $2,248,753,060 Designated Industrial Properties $2,618,886,900 $21,370,550 Paving Tax $391,504,390 $2,248,753,060 *Amounts exclude 2025 Supplementary Assessment. Municipal amount includes amendments to the operating budget. AND WHEREAS the total requirement of the City of Lacombe to be raised by Property Taxes as shown in the annual estimates and subsequent budget amendments are: Purpose Required Amount* Municipal $19,223,141 Provincial Education $6,065,656 Lacombe Foundation $158,463 Designated Industrial $1,498 Total 2025 - Municipal & Requisitions $25,448,759 Paving Tax - Bylaw 528 $182,149 Total Municipal and Paving Tax $25,630,907 *Amounts exclude 2025 Supplementary Assessment. Municipal amount includes amendments to the operating budget. UNCERTIFIED COPY City of Lacombe Bylaw 527 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Lacombe duly assembled hereby enacts as follows: 1. Bylaw Title 1.1. This Bylaw shall be referred to as the "2025 Property Tax Bylaw." 2. Schedules 2.1. Schedule "A" 2025 Property Tax Levy is attached and forms part of this Bylaw. 3. Definitions 3.1. In this Bylaw: a) "Act" shall mean the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26 and associated regulations, as amended. b) "ASFF" shall mean the Alberta School Foundation Fund established under the School Act, RSA 2000, c. S-3. c) "CAO" shall mean the Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Lacombe, or their delegate. d) "Designated Industrial Property" shall mean designated industrial property as set out in Section 284 of the Act. e) "Farmland" shall mean land used for farming operations as defined in the regulations. f) "Non-residential" in respect of property, shall mean linear property, components of manufacturing or processing facilities that are used for the cogeneration of power or other property on which industry, commerce or another use takes place or is permitted to take place under a land use bylaw passed by a Council, but does not include Farmland or land that is used or intended to be used for permanent living accommodation. g) "Residential" in respect of property, shall mean property that is not classed by the assessor as Farmland, machinery and equipment or non-residential. h) "St. Thomas Aquinas RCSRD" means the St. Thomas Aquinas RCS Regional Division No. 38. 3.2. All other words used in this Bylaw that are defined in the Act shall have the meanings given to those words in the Act except where specifically defined otherwise in this Bylaw or required by the context in which the words are used in this Bylaw. 4. Levy of Property Tax 4.1. The CAO is authorized and directed to impose and collect a property tax for the year 2025 at the rates set out in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw. 4.2. The CAO is authorized to undertake a supplementary assessment and levy supplementary property taxes at the rates set out in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw. 5. Interpretation 5.1. There shall be entered upon the Tax Roll of the City of Lacombe, in a column provided for that purpose, the amount for which the property is charged for all of the sums ordered to be levied for each of the aforementioned classifications, and it shall not be necessary to state the particular sums for each of the various classifications. 6. Effective Date 6.1. This bylaw shall come into effect on January 1, 2025. UNCERTIFIED COPY City of Lacombe Bylaw 527 Page 3 7. Severability 7.1. If any portion of this bylaw is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the invalid portion must be severed and the remainder of the bylaw is deemed valid. 8. Repeal of Bylaws 1. Bylaws 343, 349, 352, 360, 367, 376, 384, and 395 are hereby repealed. INTRODUCED AND GIVEN FIRST READING THIS 14th day of April, 2025. GIVEN SECOND READING THIS 28th day of April, 2025. GIVEN THIRD AND FINAL READING THIS 28th day of April, 2025. Mayor Chief Administrative Officer UNCERTIFIED COPY Original Signed Original Signed City of Lacombe Bylaw 527 Page 4 City of Lacombe Bylaw 527 Schedule "A" City of Lacombe 2025 Property Tax Levy Tax Levy Taxable Assessment Tax Rate in Mills General Municipal Residential $15,268,081 $1,854,088,510 8.2348 Non-Residential $3,950,980 $407,009,220 9.7073 Machinery and Equipment $4,080 $420,330 9.7073 Total General Municipal $19,223,141 $2,261,518,060 Alberta School Foundation Residential $4,381,915 $1,784,675,810 2.4553 Non-Residential $1,526,194 $391,783,920 3.8955 Total Alberta School Foundation $5,908,109 $2,176,459,730 St. Thomas Aquinas RCSRD Residential $147,492 $60,071,000 2.4553 Non-Residential $10,179 $2,613,000 3.8955 Total St Thomas Aquinas RCSRD $157,671 $62,684,000 Lacombe Foundation Residential $130,652 $1,854,088,510 0.0705 Non-Residential $27,608 $391,787,020 0.0705 Machinery and Equipment $203 $2,877,530 0.0705 Total Lacombe Foundation $158,463 $2,248,753,060 Designated Industrial Properties Designated Industrial Properties $1,498 $21,370,550 0.0701 Total Designated Industrial Properties $1,498 $21,370,550 Paving Tax Paving Tax - Bylaw 505 $182,149 $2,248,753,060 0.0810 Total Paving Tax $182,149 $2,248,753,060 Total Mill Rate by Property Type City 2025 Residential (ASFF) 10.8416 Residential (STARCSRD) 10.8416 Non-Residential not subject to School 9.8588 Non-Residential (ASFF) 13.7543 Non-Residential (STARCSRD) 13.7543 Farmland (ASFF) 13.7543 Machinery and Equipment 9.8588 Designated Industrial Properties 13.8244 UNCERTIFIED COPY