If you were looking for a tax break during these times of rising inflation from the municipal corporation that serves Nelson, think again: the City is moving ahead with a 5.8 per cent property tax increase this year. On Tuesday night during a special city council meeting in council chambers the elected officials passed third reading on the Five-Year Financial Plan Bylaw that
The city’s electrical utility leads the charge when it comes to success in the municipality’s financial third quarter. Nelson Hydro is not only on budget, noted the city’s chief financial officer Chris Jury in his budget report to council last month, but it is ahead of prior year revenue. He said that energy consumption that was trending slightly above budget in the early
There will be a rock under the Christmas tree for Nelson Hydro rural customers in the New Year as the city-owned utility has provincial approval to move forward with an almost 10 per cent rate increase Jan. 1. On Nov. 22 approval (third reading only) was given by city council to implement a 9.87 per cent rate increase for all rural ratepayers with Nelson Hydro, effective Jan.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, thanks to a one-time cost-of-living rebate through Nelson Hydro. The city-owned utility is extending the credit on electricity bills as part of a Province of B.C. initiative to address the impacts of global inflation on families and small businesses in B.C. What it means is that people who are customers of the local utility will
This is the tenth of a series of inside looks at the candidates for city council both councillor and mayor prior to the general municipal election on Oct. 15. Biography: a closer view For the past 15 years I have had the privilege in serving you, the public, in the provincial government at a senior level where I write risk management standards, policy and procedures to