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Cramahe expects "slight" tax drop CoLlLBeRi ciréomicl? _ Tuge 10/JQ It‘s going to be _ But, Cramahe Township taxpayers out their final tax bills until well past _ cent of the 1997 tax rate. another year for _ can expect decreases in their 1999 the sixâ€"month mark of the year. A "No classes (of taxes) will be sent delayed tax bills. tax bill from 1998 township Adminâ€" _ year ago, the municipalities wee off until they are all finalized," Mr. istrator Treasurer _ waiting for the provincial governâ€" Morrison said. s \\y//lf Gerry Morriscm. ment to release its new education The.re’s a 1999 decrease in store Tss \/ l‘flD») informed council _ assessment figures., for residential taxpayers, too. poac= Monday night. In 1999, all 13 Northumberland "It is a small decrease, but it is a *UMPSâ€" PLUMEING "It will probaâ€"â€"â€" County municipalities must sign off _ decrease of 2.6 per cent mainly § * TREATMENT _| bly not be until on a governmentâ€"designed computer _ because the education rate has 3 NURVWATGER | the beginning of _ program for the commercial and ~ dropped from .0046 (for $1,000 of _, *541 August" until industrial taxpayers. The program value) to .0041, and the county rate % Cramahe Townâ€" _ will calculate the government‘s in 1999 has dropped drastically i ship final 1999 order to "cap" taxes for those two _ because of the government refunds z : tax bills are sent _ assessment categories at 10 per cent for social services and land ambuâ€" . out township, Mr. _ in 1998, another five per cent for lance," Mr. Morrison calculated. Morrison preâ€" 1999 and a further five per cent in The township has faced increases dicted. . the year 2000. in expenditures for 1999; $50,000 _ And, as in â€" "Until the county has all county more for police in 1999 over 1998, 1998, the townâ€" _ municipalities sign off on the OPTA _ and an additional $81,000 not being ship is trying to _ program as being accurate, the proâ€" _ paid out by the provincial governâ€" sort out provinâ€" cess is held up," Mr. Morrison told ment this year in Community cial government _ council. Restructuring Funding. information. In What the township does know, . _ "We‘re looking at a 2.6 per cent 1998, Ontario however, is that commercial and reduction in taxes on a $100,000 municipalities industrial properties will have a home, or another assessment base," could not send 1999 tax rate that is equal to 15 per _ Mr. Morrison reported. L he Llama is a Mom! Lola the Llama is a Mom! y‘ l T § M i ~.~ ' se Bssy 1. 3 29e (_ o | 2 * s dp c .. t ie s en i2‘ $ay " : o :';i.'-.‘ai. l ) s { \}_\ Cd) \ 5) tharees } P . “*ilski y o rcoh oi G..8 [> : es rea c S 3 + ts sys 3 yc i e cce me? oi .bA . > i sgeraga) 0 83 o0 ty es s AyI : : :;:%&,3& t e C s ons â€" . aeenati en therle .. . eW i lpe iadp en o A0) 11. CA Wattorth en in Retan in t blva sc ze * â€" 1e s fi}’%{ A ie ols i_: aceo / piuaen o %M«*’»x‘?;%‘wh _‘ c .2 t{*‘? it o n oo -13'*42‘3}%(‘-:"-*?\‘-:1-‘»! 32 n# se ~~Photo by Mandy Martin There‘s a new addition to.the Llama family at Rutherford‘s, Fruit Market in Colborne. â€" After a year of pending parâ€" enthood, Larry and Lola (Llama) are pleased to â€" announce the birth of Lolâ€" lipop last Sunday morning. Weighing in at an estimated 25 pounds, cocoaâ€"coloured Lollipop has charmed the market menagerie (except Gorgeous George the gander who resents the attention diverted from his new brood of 16 duckâ€" fi lings). Larry, Lola and Lollipop wish to thank Dave and Paula for ‘thelr care and @ snonsanrehin J