Staff
The local Legion can expect to get tax relief from the town.
In a report from town clerk Lisa Slomke, she noted that since 1927, the council of the Town of Fort Frances has granted an exemption under the Municipal Act from municipal taxes to the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29.
The maximum exemption period is for 10 years.
The last bylaw passed by council allowed the exemption through to 2009.
To rectify the exemption back to 2010, the town will refund taxes paid in 2010-14—for a total refund of $17,936.03.
Council is expected to pass a bylaw to exempt, from the municipal portion of taxes, land that is used and occupied as a memorial home, clubhouse, or athletic grounds by persons who served in the armed forces of His or Her Majesty or of an ally of His or Her Majesty in any war (i.e., the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29).
The committee of the whole will meet first at 5:30 p.m., with the regular council meeting to follow.
The agenda also will include:
•a presentation by International Falls Coun. Cynthia Jaksa regarding the annual “Peace Pull” international tug-of-war;
•a report re: appointment to the Local Government Networking Group;
•a report from Community Services manager Jason Kabel re: modifying the 2015 user fee schedule to include a three-month locker rental option at the Memorial Sports Centre;
•a report from Kabel re: an application to the Seniors Community Grant Program for the Sister Kennedy Centre;
•per diem claims for Coun. Wendy Brunetta for attendance at a councillor orientation session and the Rainy River District Municipal Association annual general meeting in January;
•a travel and per diem claim for Coun. June Caul for attendance at the OGRA/ROMA conference in Toronto in February;
•a break-open ticket licence application from the Rainycrest Auxiliary from April 1, 2015-March 31, 2016;
•a request from Brian Gustafson, staff advisor on the FFHS “Chem-Free” Grad Committee, for a donation equal to the amount to rent the arena and auditorium for the annual “Chem-Free” Grad party;
•a Dudley Hewitt Cup advertising opportunity from Deborah Emes, advertising consultant, 93.1 The Border;
•a bylaw to authorize the execution of agreements for airport capital funding, under the Airports Capital Assistance Program, for a loader-mounted snowblower ($119,249.75) and a front-end loader ($216,427.35); and
•a bylaw to authorize the sale of certain municipal lands to Tom Veert Contracting Ltd.
