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cs The provincial government’s Property Tax Forum will |
hold: a three-hour hearing in Terrace a.week from tomor-

row. In-view of the manner in which residential property
taxes have goné up in this aréa over the past-few years,
there should be no shortage of interests and submissions

’ for the panel when they sit down and begin listening at.

9:30 a.m. at the Inn of the West: banquet room ‘Aug. 31.

_ by Michael Kelly

‘ ‘Local governments in British

Columbia — municipalities,

_ regional districts; and school:
boards — get. basic funding *

grants from the provincial

governments to provide services. -
. These local governments, head-

- ed. by locally-elected officials,
are empowered to raise money

‘beyond the provincial grants

through: certain types of local
taxes.

Any property owner. in this

’ area taking acasual glance at his

-or her tax notice will immediate-

_. ly see that the biggest number on

‘the sheet is the tax assessment
for local schools. In the past five
years that figure has gone from
substantial to enormous.

In School District 88, from
1983 to 1988 the total amount of

‘money collected through
‘residential property. taxes,

according to the B.C. Ministry
of Education, went from

$1,277,954 to $2,997, ‘411, an in-

crease of 134.55 percent, the. se-
cond highest increase in B. Ci a
bit behind the. neighboring
Bulkley Valley district at.140. 39.
percent. During that period the”

* provincial average was an. in-

crease of 42,91 percent.
In 4 shorter-term view, figures

_ provided by School District 88.
administration indicate that in:

‘1985-86, the district spent
$21,478,770; in 1989-90 the

budget i is for $27,815,377. Dur-.
ing the same period the portion -
“of the budgets raised through

residential property’ taxation
were $1,565,617 and $3,626,887
—all9 percent tax increase for
a 27 percent increase in school
expenditures.

What happened? Did the
value of property in the district
take a sudden launch into the
Stratosphere? Not quite. In
1985-86 the total assessed value

of taxable residential property in,
- the district

totalled
$346,139,000; in. 1989-90 the

figure is $351, 280, 000: 2. 8 per-

cent.
The cost of education in the

district did go up. In the 1985-86 |

School year the district enrolled
5, 158 pupils at a cost of $4, 164

* per pupil; -in-1989-90 the enrol-.

ment is ‘5,400 pupils ata cost of
$5,151 > per. pupil. During that
same. period the budget sharing
ratio — the amount of the total

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Terrace Review — Wednesday, August 23,1989 3.

Analysis"

“budget paid by the province —

‘tax rate in School District 88, the

’ dollars “of assessed property

-cial government ‘is paying (to

school districts involves . the
“ministry’s definition of. what
* constitutes a good basic educa-

; Terrace Public Library
Woolworths
Clty of Terrace .
Terrace Co-op
Terrace Parks & Recreation
Tillicum Twin Theatres: .
C.F.T.K.
B.C.G.E.U.
Ministry of Forests

- McEwan Motors
Alcan
Shoppers Drug Mart
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Northern Drugs
K-Mart

’ Totem Press ;

Terrace Bullders Centre

-. Wilkinson Business Machines
Skeena Cellulose | .
J & F Distributors

THE SIXTH. ANNUAL TERRACE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL
was a tremendous success! The Children’s Festival
- would like to extend a big:

THANK YOU

to the following friends of the festival who's donations
helped-make It all possible.

Paragon Insurance
G & H Marketing
Wightman & Smith
Twin City Meats

. McDonalds Restaurant

Skeena Sawmills
Canada Safeway
Carpenter's Union

> Terrace Credit Union

Salvation Army
Women’s Resource Centre

_ Totem Beverages ~~

Skeena Beverages
Overwaltea

_.. Terrace Centennial Lions
2° Terrace Interiors
_ Terrace Arts Council

Shriners Clown Corps

' N.W.C.C. Carpentry Department

Terrace Correctional Centre:

Margorle & Howard Cromarty -

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OUR HARDWORKING
VOLUNTEERS. We couldn’t have done It without your’
time and energy!

THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

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Wilkinson Business Machines
‘All-Weet Glass |
Woolworths
Terrace Co-op
Terrace Bowling Lanes
Dairyland
Bavarian Inn
Ian of the West
Raincoast Signworks
Al & Nancy Richardson
H. Lehmann Jewellers.
Grace Feil Florist
Rich & Lole McDaniela
Petro-Can — Norm Holmes
Overwaliea
Rhonda's Hair Designs
Abracadabra
Terrace Travel .
Terrace Builders”

Des Printere

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The Grads of ’69 would like to Thank the following
for their, support in making the
20 year reunion such a success

Tillicumn Theatres
Elker Auto Supply
_ Dave Comfort
Dan Rosangren-Pro Shop
Northwest Sportsman
Tim Horton's
Jeans North
All Seasons Sporting Goods
Northern Drugs ;
_ Dairy Queen ©
. Dave Parker, MLA
-- City. of Terrace
Terrace Infocentre
inland Kenworth
Forestry-Initial Attack Craw |
. Northern Lights Studio
Norm’s Auto Refinishing
Jim Fulton, MP.
Trans Canada Credit
-. Skeona Sawmills -

‘Repap
“Bert's Dell

Safeway

dropped from 91.74 percent to
88,52 percent.
During ; that same period the

amount, , payable per thousand

value, ‘went from 4. 52308 to
10.32477, ..

The inevitable conclision is
that local property. owners - are
paying a-lot more to support
public education and the provin-

them, at least) somewhat less.
The:current formula used by.the
Ministry of Education ‘to fund

tion, set at a rate per pupil, ac-

companied by some other Lyne Lagace, recently crowned Miss Terrace 1989, looked

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