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ALFRED-PLANTAGENET COUNCIL BEGINS BUDGET REVIEW JT
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Provincial regulations do not allow munici- palities to have deficit budgets. The township needs to raise $514,334 more as part of the municipal levy to have a balanced budget. For the average homeowner, with a house and land valued at $200,000, a 3.5-per-cent UBYJODSFBTFXPVMENFBONPSFPOUIF municipal portion of the property tax bill. After reviewing the preliminary budget report, council directed administration to try to find ways to keep the tax increase to three per cent. Discussion on the 2023 budget will continue during council’s Decem- ber meeting schedule before the Christmas break. Approval of the final budget may not take place until January. Le conseil municipal du canton d’Alfred- Plantagenet tente de trouver des moyens de limiter à 3 % l’augmentation des impôts pour le budget 2023. —photo d’archives
Working out an acceptable municipal budget for 2023 is the first big task of the new council for Alfred-Plantagenet Township. Council members reviewed the preliminary draft for the 2023 municipal budget during UIFJS/PWFNCFSDPNNJUUFFPGUIFXIPMF council session. Administration proposed a 3.5-per-cent increase for the municipal tax levy to ensure the township has a balanced budget for both the operations and capital works portions of next year’s programs and services. The preliminary budget draft is for JO DPNCJOFE PQFSBUJPO expenses and capital projects costs. The projected revenue for the township, without increasing the municipal tax levy,
SHORT-TERM RENTALS UNDER SCRUTINY
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East Hawkesbury Township officials got an earful during a public meeting on the issue of short-term rentals in the community. The main meeting room at the Chute-à- Blondeau community centre saw a gathering PGNPSFUIBOBEP[FOQFPQMFGPSB/PWFNCFS 30 public meeting on the issue of whether to regulate or allow short-term rentals (STRs) UPTFUVQJO&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ5PXOTIJQ Township council is considering a muni- cipal zoning bylaw to deal with the matter after receiving complaints from residents in a Front Road neighbourhood in the Village of Chute-à-Blondeau about noise and other issues related to an Airbnb short-term rental in their area. Both residents from the neighbohourhood, the Ottawa-based owner of the property, and other people involved in managing short-term rental and bed-and-breakfast operations in the township attended the public meeting. Township staff prepared the proposed bylaw after researching how other muni- cipalities deal with STRs. The bylaw, if approved, would require anyone who owns a short-term rental property and lists it on sites like Airbnb and Vrbo to pay an annual licence fee of $1000 to the township. The STRs would be subject to inspection by the bylaw department and STR owners could have their licence suspended or cancelled for violations of municipal bylaws or provincial or federal laws related to property. The bylaw would also limit the definition of STRs in the township to those properties that are «the principal residence of the property owner.» A numbered company would not be able to BQQMZGPSBO453MJDFODFJO&BTU)BXLFTCVSZ Township. The proposed bylaw may undergo revi- sions based on comments and feedback SFDFJWFEEVSJOHUIF/PWFNCFSNFFUJOH Council will review and discuss the revised bylaw during its December 12 session.
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