Friday, July 30, 2010

TO THE ATWOOD SEWER PROJECT COMMITTEE AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH PERTH

Please be advised that the recent sewer project that was forced on the residents of Atwood has been finished or at least most of it has been finished, not my property and the people of Atwood have still not received the final cost per household. As residents of Atwood we have faced the added unnnecessary cost of also bringing the sewer line into our buildings and as the cost continues to mount I think it would only be fair to let the residents know the final cost on your side and whether the Municipality plans on offering some more funding to help cover the cost of your Municipal asset. The recent reconstruction of water and sewer lines in Listowel where people received all the new infrastructure and curbs and new sidewalks and new sod was not a $20,000.00 burden to anyone who received the new municipal services. In Atwood we did not receive any of this and are expected to pay.
I hereby request the Municipality find more money from it's tax base from the whole municipality to help pay for the sewer project that was mandated by the Provincial Government, to help with the poor water quality issues in Atwood, to ease the burden on the already overtaxed Atwood residents.

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Why should a 77 year old woman who has paid tax all her life to this community have to take out a loan to pay for a municipal assesr
Why should a 93 year old woman have to take out a loan to pay for a municipal asset

NO ONE IN LISTOWEL HAS BEEN ASKED TO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

DK said...

So none of the residents of Listowel had to pay for their upgrades? How interesting! I wonder what their tax rate is.. and if they pay more in tax than we do since they seem to be the community in North Perth that reaps all the benefits of the taxes.

Anonymous said...

They pay the same taxes and do receive more benfits like our new expanded dump.
Sherrie