Vernon calling for local data on provincial housing regulation impacts at SILGA

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If approved at SILGA, the motions will be brought forward for further and broader discussion at the Union of B.C. Municipalities’ convention in September, where it could be supported further and then formally put to the province. 

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Along with bringing forward these resolutions, the Mayor was looking forward to hearing from other municipal leaders at the SILGA conference.

“Everybody is trying to figure out how to [govern] more efficiently, everybody’s trying to figure out how to do this without raising taxes,” Cumming said.

“So I’ll be very interested in how other municipalities are managing or not managing that focus.”

The Mayor also noted that Vernon had high taxes, though that was tied to the 3.5 per cent increase needed for the Active Living Centre loan repayment.

Other area municipalities were also bringing forward resolutions at SILGA:

• Creation of Farm-Use Subclasses for Property Taxation (Coldstream): Ask the province to establish property tax classifications that differentiate between small-scale, light-impact farm operations from major, large-scale industrial farm operations
• Modernize Industrial Water Rates (Lake Country): Ask the province to align B.C.’s industrial water rates with those of other provinces, and use the subsequent revenue for watershed protection investments 
• Legislate Local Government Consultation (Lake Country): Ask the province for a six-month consultation period where local governments can provide input, feedback and study findings relating to new legislation before it gets final approval and implemented