Residents of the Westside District Municipality will begin paying the municipality for utility services beginning September 1. Utility billing and payment is one of six services being transferred from the Regional District to the municipality in September.
Other services being transferred include:
- Parks and Recreation
- Planning and Development
- Building Inspection
- Bylaw Enforcement
- Business Licenses
Don Quixote Note: As an illustration of the amount of money that would be removed from the control of NORD if Vernon took over the Parks and Recreation Service: (These figures were taken from a spreadsheet titled 2008 'Analysis of changes in the City of Vernon Requisition')
60 (IMP.) Recreation Area #1 $7,252,536
Vernon $4,794,697, Coldstream $1,276,328, Area B $586,489 Area C $595,022
62(IMP) Multi Use Facility $2,246,200
Vernon $1,484,976 , Coldstream $395,295, Area B $181,643 Area C $184,286
66 (IMP) Community Theatre $1,219,500
Vernon $806,219 , Coldstream $214,612, Area B $98,617 Area C $100,052
The total amount of these 3 services for the 4 ex GVSC Participants are $10,718,236 and represent 62 % of the 2008 NORD Requisition (taxes) of $17,278,442.
Vernon's share of $7,085,892 represent 75.67% of Vernon's share of the 2008 NORD Requisition (taxes) of $9,364,415
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Don Quixote Caveat:
Westside (27161) is the newest (May 16/08) of the 12 municipalities that Vernon uses as a benchmark city. Others (with Population) include North Vancouver (45,165); Chilliwack (69,217); Kelowna (106,707), Penticton (31,909); White Rock (18,755); Port Moody (27,512); Pitt Meadows (15,623); Campbell River (29,572); Mission (34,505), Cranbrook (18,267); and Kamloops (80,376).
In most if not all these cases the municipalities handle their own Parks and Rec. services and the costs of these services are included in the the local municipal taxes. It is important to remember this when comparisons are being made to these Benchmark Municipalities in relation to taxes etc.
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