The Question
Which clock does Fernie keep?
Fernie voted 72 per cent for Alberta's clock. The rest of BC went the other way.
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The Budget
Was 6.68 per cent the right call?
About $205 more a year on an average home. Council says the infrastructure bill is real. The election will test whether people agree.
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What Fernie says so far
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Why we’re asking
Council adopted the 2026 budget and five-year financial plan in April. Residential property taxes went up 6.68 per cent. On an average home assessed at $990,108 that works out to roughly $205 more a year on the city’s portion.
Taxation is about 37 per cent of total city revenues. The capital plan is roughly $13 million in new projects plus $2.8 million carried forward, and $8 million of that is the fire hall. More than $800,000 goes to arts, culture and community development. Water and wastewater rates are rising as well, for maintenance and upgrades to aging infrastructure.
Council also began directing 25 per cent of certain new revenues, mine tax sharing among them, into long-term savings.
Sources: Budget and five-year plan adopted
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MarieAlpine Trails
I do not mind paying it. I mind not being able to point at what it bought.
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