Rates Increase Justification
Prepared by: Enoch Cree Nation (the “First Nation”)
June 10, 2019
Justification for the Rates Increase
This year, the First Nation’s annual property tax bills will increase beyond the criteria established in the First Nations Tax Commission’s Standards for First Nation Annual Tax Rates Laws, 2016.
As described in a letter from the First Nation’s Chief Financial Officer, the First Nation’s cost of providing local services has increased significantly from the previous year, as a result of, among other things:
- A new water supply from the City of Edmonton and associated infrastructure; new pump house, and installation of meters
- Chief Lapotac Road construction and other road maintenance; and
- New School construction;
The tax rates are being increased to partially offset these increased costs.
You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.