By-law 18-2026 - To Set and Levy Rates of Taxation for 2026

Armour, Ontario · No. 18-2026 · adopted 2026-04-14 · summary & facts

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Page 1 of 3 THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ARMOUR BY-LAW # 18-2026 Being a by-law to set and levy the Rates of Taxation in the Township of Armour for the year 2026 WHEREAS it is necessary for the Council of the Township of Armour, pursuant to the Municipal Act, to raise certain sums for the 2026 taxation year; AND WHEREAS all property assessment rolls on which the 2026 taxes are to be levied have been returned and revised pursuant to the provisions of the Assessment Act subject to appeals at present before the District Court and the Ontario Municipal Board; AND WHEREAS "Residential/Farm Assessment", "Multi-Residential Assessment", "Commercial Assessment", "Industrial Assessment", "Pipeline Assessment", "Farmland Assessment", "Aggregate Extraction Assessment" and "Managed Forest Assessment", as defined in the Assessment Act, as amended by the Fair Municipal Finance Act, 1997 and further amended by Regulations thereto, have been determined on the basis of the aforementioned property assessment rolls; AND WHEREAS the tax ratios on the aforementioned property for the 2026 taxation year have been set out in By-law #17-2026 of the Township of Armour; AND WHEREAS the tax rates on the aforementioned property classes and property sub-classes have been calculated pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act and the manner set out herein; NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Municipal Corporation of the Township of Armour enacts as follows: 1. a) That the 2026 current municipal budget be adopted in the following amounts: Expenditures (Municipal) $ 7,546,852.00 Public/Separate (Education) $ 756,429.00 Total $ 8,303,281.00 Revenue (Municipal) $ 4,065,389.00 Taxation (General Portion) $ 3,481,463.00 Taxation (School Portion) $ 756,429.00 Total $ 8,303,281.00 b) For the year 2026, the Township of Armour shall levy upon the following the rates of taxation per current value assessment for general purposes: Residential/Farm Assessment: Education 0.00153000 General 0.00840209 0.00993209 Multi-residential Assessment: Education 0.00153000 General 0.00860924 0.01013924 Commercial Occupied Assessment: Education 0.00690833 General 0.00876785 0.01567618 Commercial Occupied New Education 0.00690833 Construction Assessment: General 0.00876785 0.01567618 Commercial Excess Assessment: Education 0.00690833 General 0.00613749 0.01304582 Page 2 of 3 Commercial Vacant Assessment: Education 0.00690833 General 0.00613749 0.01304582 Industrial Occupied Assessment: Education 0.00395200 General 0.00849584 0.01244784 Industrial Occupied New Education 0.00395200 Construction Assessment: General 0.00849584 0.01244784 Industrial Excess Assessment: Education 0.00395200 General 0.00552230 0.00947430 Industrial Excess New Education 0.00395200 Construction Assessment: General 0.00552230 0.00947430 Industrial Vacant Assessment: Education 0.00395200 General 0.00552230 0.00947430 Aggregate Extraction Assessment: Education 0.00511000 General 0.00691312 0.01202312 Pipeline Assessment: Education 0.00519019 General 0.00634226 0.01153245 Farmland Assessment: Education 0.00038250 General 0.00210052 0.00248302 Managed Forest Assessment: Education 0.00038250 General 0.00210052 0.00248302 Landfill Assessment: Education 0.00880000 General 0.00876785 0.01756785 Note: No properties currently exist in the New Multi-Residential, Commercial On- Farm, or Industrial On-Farm classes; therefore, no rates are levied for these classes in 2026. c) The Current Taxes shall become due and payable in 2 installments as follows: 50 percent of the final levy shall become due and payable on the 25th day of September, 2026; and the balance of the final levy shall become due and payable on the 30th day of October, 2026. Non-payment of the amount on the date stated in accordance with this section shall constitute default. A penalty shall be charged as follows: 1.25% on the first day of default plus an additional 1.25% on the first day of every calendar month thereafter in which the taxes remain unpaid. 2. For payments in lieu of taxes due to the Township of Armour under the Municipal Act, actual amounts will be based on the assessment rolls and the municipal rates of taxation for the year 2026. Page 3 of 3 3. The Clerk of the Township of Armour is hereby authorized to make any minor modifications or corrections of an administrative, numeric, grammatic, semantic or descriptive nature or kind to the by-law and schedule(s) as may be deemed necessary after the passage of this by-law, where such modifications or corrections do not alter the intent of the by-law. 4. This By-law shall come into force and take effect as of the date of passing. Read in its entirety, approved, signed and the seal of the Corporation affixed thereto and finally passed in open Council this 14th day of April, 2026. Original signed by Rod Ward Rod Ward, Mayor Original signed by Charlene Watt Charlene Watt, Municipal Clerk