The Corporation of the County of Northumberland
Finance and Audit Committee
Agenda

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 11:00 A.m. - 12:30 P.m.

Council Chambers

555 Courthouse Road, Cobourg, ON K9A 5J6

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1.
Notices

1.a
Accessible Format

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2.
Call to Order

2.a
Territorial Land Acknowledgement

3.
Approval of the Agenda

Recommended Motion:
"That the agenda for the July 30, 2024 Finance and Audit Committee be approved."

4.
Disclosures of Interest

5.
Delegations

5.a
Delegation, John Cullen 'Municipal Tax Burden'

6.
Business Arising from Last Meeting

7.
Communications

7.a
Correspondence, John and Joy Cullen 'Municipal Tax Burden'

Recommended Motion:
"That the Finance and Audit Committee receive the correspondence from John and Joy Cullen regarding 'Municipal Tax Burden' for information; and

Further That the Committee recommend that County Council receive this correspondence for information."

7.b
Correspondence, Municipality of Mattawan 'Promptly Resume Assessment Cycle'

Recommended Motion:
"Whereas the assessment cycle is an essential process for maintaining the fairness and predictability of property taxes in our province; and

Whereas the provincial government has delayed an assessment update again in 2024, and announced its intention to conduct a review of the property assessment and taxation system, that will focus on fairness, affordability, and business competitiveness, therefore further deferring new property assessments resulting in Ontario’s municipalities continuing to calculate property taxes using 2016 property values; and

Whereas the pause in the reassessment cycle has created uncertainty and instability in property taxation, impacting both residential and commercial property owners;

Now Therefore Be It Resolved That the Finance and Audit Committee, having considered correspondence from the Municipality of Mattawan regarding 'Promptly Resume Property Assessment Cycle', recommend that County Council support this correspondence; and

Further That the Committee recommend that County Council direct staff to send a copy of this resolution to the Honourable Doug Ford (Premier of Ontario), the Honourable Paul Calandra (Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing), the Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy (Minister of Finance), the Honourable David Piccini (Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and MPP for Northumberland - Peterborough South), the Association of Municipality of Ontario (AMO), the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA), the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), and Northumberland County's seven member municipalities."