Published: June 08, 2010 7:00 PM Vernon morning Star:
The City of Vernon has landed a significant grant to assist with future growth. The Okanagan Basin Water Board has provided the city with $118,234 a year for debt payments on a 25-year loan for construction of the sewer treatment plant. It also received a lump-sum award of $236,469 for payments for the two previous years. OBWB grants help cover the costs of water treatment in older neighborhoods that were built before communities recouped such expenses with development cost charges. “It is hard to believe now, but in the 1960s and ’70s, pollution from poorly-treated sewage was causing major algae blooms and fouling beaches,” said Anna Warwick Sears, OBWB’s executive director. “The OBWB grants have given that extra incentive for communities to invest in water clean-up, and the results have been excellent.”
3 comments:
Where does the OBWB get the money to hand out grants.
If it is included in property taxes, how much do they collect from the Vernon and District area?
Okanagan Basin Water Board NORD requisition.
Area 2010-- 2009
armstrong 33,908 32,936
enderby $0
vernon 415,692 404,441
coldstream 99,744 103,363
spall 47,348 43,919
lumby $0
area b 36,536 36,606
area c 12,490 12,490
area d $0
area e $0
area f $0
They are part of your property tax bill based upon both land and improvements. In Vernon's case they are shown as NORD 3 and taxed at .1510 per 1000 of assessment. (In Vernon's case there are other services that are included in this .1510 but the biggest service is the OKWB.
Hope this answers your question.
Therefore the OBWB collects $645,718.00 for 2010.
What the hell do they do with all the money, besides line their pockets?
Sounds like a typical organization that sets out to design a horse and always ends up with a camel.
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