Town council to keep higher discounts for pre-paid taxes
Battleford residents will be pleased to hear they can still receive higher discounts for prepaying their taxes.
The issue came up Monday, when council reviewed the bylaw for property tax discounts on the municipal portion of taxes, and penalties for late payment for 2018.
CAO John Enns-Wind indicated in his report the discount is actually an expense to the Town of Battleford, so he proposed reducing the discount as one option for council to consider.
However, the majority of council – Judy Pruden, Kevin Russell, Gordon Yarde and Shelley Boutin-Gervais – voted in favour of keeping the same discount in 2018 rather than lowering it, with only Susan McLean Tady and Mayor Ames Leslie opposed. Doug Laing was absent from the meeting.