At their meeting last night Council gave first reading to a bylaw to establish a special services levy for Police and Fire Services as well as Recreation Support Services and Snow Removal and Dust Control. The City plans to levy the annual special services tax upon properties and the business tax roll starting with rounded off figures of 894 dollars for property and 395 dollars for business for this year with a one percent increase proposed for 2023 and another one percent for 2024. They note all taxpayers benefit from these services so taxpayers throughout the entire municipality would contribute to the costs of the services.
A public hearing will be held in Council Chambers on Wednesday March 16th at 7pm to receive any objections to this proposal.
Mayor Cal Huntley thanked city employees for their ongoing work at snow removal during an unusually snow filled winter and Councillor Karen MacKinnon mentioned she met a long time member of the water bomber team who praised the Flin Flon airport as always being a first class operation.
