DocumentsStaff ReportMay 8, 2023Pages 10–11
Staff Report to Special Council — Bylaw No. 2130 and Bylaw No. 2131 - 2023-2027 Five Year Financial Plan and 2023 Tax Rates
Finance report recommending that Council give first, second and third readings to Bylaw No. 2130 (Five-Year Financial Plan) and Bylaw No. 2131 (2023 Tax Rates) to satisfy Community Charter requirements and adopt tax rates before May 15, 2023.
Key facts
- Report date: Monday, May 8, 2023; Department: Finance; Submitted by Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance
- Requirement: Financial plan must be adopted by bylaw each year and the Tax Rates Bylaw adopted before May 15
- Council previously approved the 2023-2027 Financial Plan at the May 1, 2023 Regular Council Meeting
- Option 1 recommended: give Bylaw No. 2130 and Bylaw No. 2131 first, second and third readings
- Notes Council direction to adjust property tax multiples to evenly spread the tax increase across property classes for 2023
Staff Report to Special Council — Bylaw No. 2130 and Bylaw No. 2131 - 2023-2027 Five Year Financial Plan and 2023 Tax Rates
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DATE:
Monday, May 8, 2023
DEPARTMENT:
Finance
SUBJECT:
Bylaw No. 2130 and Bylaw No. 2131 - 2023-2027 Five Year Financial Plan and 2023 Tax Rates
BACKGROUND:
The Community Charter requires Council to adopt a Five-Year Financial Plan each year and, after the adoption of the Plan and before May 15, to adopt a Tax Rates Bylaw. Bylaws No. 2130 and No. 2131 satisfy these requirements. Copies of these bylaws are attached.
COMMENTARY:
At the Regular Council Meeting on May 1, 2023, Council approved the 2023-2027 Five Year Financial Plan and directed staff to bring forward the 2023-2027 Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw and the 2023 Tax Rates Bylaw.
Once approved by Council, City of Langford 2023-2027 Financial Plan Bylaw No. 2030, 2023 gives authority for the City to spend for operating and capital purposes in 2023.
City of Langford Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2131, 2023 gives authority for the City to levy taxes for Municipal, Regional District and Regional Hospital District purposes in 2023.
Council also considers the distribution of taxes among property classes with the objective of maintaining a stable and equitable burden. At the May 1, 2023 Regular Council Meeting, Council considered the tax rates distribution between property classes and directed staff to adjust all property tax multiples to evenly spread the tax increase across property classes for the 2023 tax year. The tax rates calculated in Bylaw No. 2131 reflects this direction.
OPTIONS:
Option 1
THAT Council:
a. Give City of Langford 2023-2027 Financial Plan Bylaw No. 2030, 2023 first, second and third readings; and
b. Give City of Langford Tax Rates Bylaw No. 2031, 2023 first, second and third readings.
OR Option 2
THAT Council not proceed with Bylaw No. 2030 and Bylaw No. 2031 and direct staff to bring forward these bylaws with the following adjustments:
a.
b.
c.
SUBMITTED BY:
Michael Dillabaugh, CPA, CA, Director of Finance
Concurrence:
Donna Petrie, Senior Manager of Business Development and Events
Concurrence:
Yari Nielsen, Director of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
Concurrence:
Matthew Baldwin, MCIP, RPP, Director of Planning and Subdivision
Concurrence:
Katelyn Balzer, P.Eng., Director of Engineering and Public Works
Concurrence:
Marie Watmough, Deputy Director of Corporate Services
Concurrence: Braden Hutchins, Director of Corporate Services
Concurrence:
Darren Kiedyk, Chief Administrative Officer
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