This first year alone resulted in a reduction of property tax revenues by more than $2.1 billion, with
municipal property taxes being reduced by approximately $500 million.
On appeal, the Commissioner argued that the court improperly determined the fair market value of the condemned property on the basis of a five-year-old
municipal property tax assessment.
The city of Eugene, for instance, provides support for programs in the Eugene and Bethel school districts through a voter-approved
municipal property tax levy.
The agreement includes provisions for the sharing of costs for a major wastewater treatment facility expansion and upgrade, sharing of costs for cultural amenities, and one of the largest
municipal property tax revenue sharing plans in the country.
The proposals are built around the following principles: 1) statewide
municipal property tax relief is essential to urban revitalization; 2) state economic development funding must provide incentives for a bottom-up planning process; 3) tourism presents an opportunity for the economy and the environment to come together to benefit all New Yorkers; and 4) the interdependence of urban, suburban, and rural areas must be acknowledged if each area is to prosper.
At the same time, the village faces a more difficult future, Oak Brook has no
municipal property tax and its residents are not going to accept lower services or inadequate infrastructure.
The province negotiates the O.P.P.'s salary, then mandates municipalities--regardless of their size or ability to pay--to fund their policing through the
municipal property tax base.
For example, it's estimated that between 2001 and 2005, provincial property tax revenues from mining firms grew by 110 per cent; conversely,
municipal property tax revenues declined by 4.5 per cent.
The Senate last week began action on the massive urban aid tax bill by adding more than $3 billion for cities to designate 100 additional cities and towns as enterprise zones and by dropping an NLC-opposed
municipal property tax reporting mandate.
Like the original bill, the amendment proposed by Jonathan Giegerich, tax manager of Unitil, would transfer authority for appraising local utility property for
municipal property tax purposes from the municipalities to the DRA.