A Coldstream politician isn’t thrilled with taxpayers providing a donation to a local organization. Council has decided the district’s $55,000 share of the surplus from the disbandment of the North Okanagan Hospital District be given to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation. “When you take money from the taxpayer and you get some of it back, they (taxpayer) should enjoy the benefit,” said Coun. Gyula Kiss, who was the only member of council to raise his hand in opposition. “The donation should be done by individual residents,” he said. Mayor Jim Garlick defends the decision to provide the money to the foundation. “The hospital is something we all use,” he said. “This money is surplus from a defunct service so to use it for medical equipment is important.”
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Don Quixote Note:
How Vernon distributed their same refund:
http://vernonblog.blogspot.ca/2016/01/funds-returned-to-ease-tax-load.html
Original Announcement of return of disbandment of the North Okanagan Hospital District Surplus to each jurisdiction.:
Based on the 2015 BC Assessment Revised Roll, the surplus will be apportioned approximately:
Armstrong ... 19,500 Coldstream ...... 55,600 Enderby ...... 1 0,100 Lumby ....... 7,400 Spallumcheen .. 25,100 Vernon … 232,500 Electoral Area B .. 24,200 Electoral Area C .... 25,900 Electoral Area D ..... 10,400 Electoral Area E .... 2,900 Electoral Area F ... 22,400
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