The City of Lloydminster continued work restructuring stormwater utility and moving outstanding funds on the tax roll.
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The item was brought to council as information at the April 7 regular meeting.
The transfer of outstanding 2024 stormwater utility charges to the 2025 tax roll is the next step in the restructuring.
“That fee is attached to non-service properties because there’s still a fee for stormwater. There’s water running off of that property,” said Lloydminster Mayor Gerald Aalbers. “This is to help in ensuring everyone pays their share of that fee.”
The amount set to be transferred is $19,121.74, down from the $22,636.29 on the council agenda.
“We have received some payments from the time the report was finalized,” said Karen Dela Rosa, director of environmental services.
“I hope when it comes back to council for direction it will even be smaller. Good work to your team for getting that collected and to the finance team,” said the mayor.
Aalbers says he’s heard from businesses about how a monthly utility bill has made annual budgeting easier.
“Businesses found it was a little easier in the bite-sized pieces of the monthly (billing),” said Aalbers.
Coun. Michele Charles Gustafson asked if there’s a different method in collecting the fees once it gets added to the tax roll.
“There is legislation that allows the city to go and collect any outstanding taxes if it remains uncollected,” said Adele Wakaruk, executive manager of corporate services.
“We can go through a process where there could be a lien put on the home and the property. There’s very rigid legislation where we can enforce and collect payment.”
Council accepted the 2024 outstanding stormwater utility fees transfer to 2025 tax roll report as information and it will come back to a future council meeting.
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