If you want to have your say on the City’s spending and budget priorities you have until the end of the month to so as the annual on-line Operating and Capital Budget survey is now available.
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The issue of Cap Rates set by valuation firms such as the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) is a hot topic locally this past week as the effects of their use with 17 property classes tax assessments had one local business owner at Council asking for help, equity and reasonableness.
A June 2022 decision involving 13 Moose Jaw hotels demonstrates their importance and how it is not just a few small business owners not happy with how the Cap Rates are set for their commercial properties.
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It may have looked like a local business owner Bernie Dombowsky was all alone when he related his concerns about how his assessment and subsequent property tax for his business did not make a lot of sense.
But a report inadvertently released by a committee in Saskatoon shows there are more than a few people and groups unhappy with the present property taxation system.
This is a lengthier and more in-depth report.
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If you were hoping to get this coming Monday off - with pay - to commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on the day she is laid to rest it will all depend what type of workplace you are in.
If you work for an employer that is federally regulated this coming Monday has been declared a statutory holiday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
If you work for a provincially regulated employer, the majority of employees in Saskatchewan, you are encouraged to pay tribute and remember Queen Elizabeth II but you won’t be getting the day off to do so.
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The way commercial properties are assessed and then taxed since the 2021 reassessment had a well known long-time business owner telling Council what he saw as the inequities in the system.
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Environment Canada has issued a Frost Advisory for Moose Jaw and surrounding areas.
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It may be a hiccup or a start of a trend but the unemployment rate is up slightly nationally, provincially and locally according to Statistics Canada’s seasonally unadjusted August 2022 report.
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A Labour Day tradition that went into hiatus for three years because of the COVID - 19 pandemic returned serving hundreds of people to commemorate workers and unions both past, present and future for the contributions they have made to society.
It’s an event the Moose Jaw and District Labour Council is happy to bring back to the community.
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