The highest MUNICIPAL TAXES in ONTARIO are right here in THUNDER BAY....
I'm going to take you all back in time to 2009...so please follow along...The Conference Board of CANADA rated Thunder Bay number 27 which was the bottom of the list of the best places to live in Ontario...the city employs 3,380 at this time which is i employee for every 32 residences and the city debt load was $229 million...the city population was reported to be 109,000 at this time as well.
As of may 2009 the city has applied for $120 million dollars of infrastructure funding from both the province and the federal government...a friends home which was valued at $165,000.00 was taxed locally to the tune of $3,278.00 and another friends home which was valued at $225,000.00 was also taxed to the tune of $4,400.00. The city has retained the services of BMA Management Consulting for the past 8 years and after reviewing the CONSULTANTS REPORT the residential comparisons graphs had the municipal tax rates however did NOT give the pertinent house value that this rate actually represented.
In my opinion the consultants GRAPH was totally useless.
City administration claimed that we are average in municipal taxation...I dispute this point.
The consultants report has been successful in convincing city council and the residents of Thunder Bay that they should feel most comfortable with the residential taxes...in real terms we are a far cry from being average based upon the property of the homes here in the city.
As of today I am seeking to update all of this information..especially the number of city employees...I have requested this information now 3 times from city manager TIM COMMISSO with no response-reply what so ever..so I'll ask him for the 4th time today in yet another email message.
TTFN...I'll keep you all posted as usual.
Have a great day and weekend.
Sincerely,
Jim Gamble
Thunder Bay, Ontario
No comments:
Post a Comment