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GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
July 23, 1990
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PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CORPORATION - INFORMATION REPORT
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It is respectfully recommended that. the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. That report TR-63-90 be received for information.
BACKGROUND & COMMENTS
1. Committee directed, at the meeting of July 9th, that the
Treasurer investigate and report on the Property Assessment
Corporation.
2. Discussions with Mr. Lettner, Assistant Deputy Minister _
Revenue, in charge of the Property Assistance Program, have
confirmed the following details: .
Bill 156 - dealing with the Property Assessment
Corporation is still in the legislature
Bill 156 will likely receive second reading in Fall 1990
Bill 156 will be effective January 1, 1991
Current services of the Regional.Assessment Offices to
"Municipalities will not change
A Board of Directors will be established as follows:
* 3 - 7 members
* 50% - each Provincial/Municipal representation
* Memorandum of Understanding between Board Chairman and
the Ministry will be undertaken
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3. Currently there is no written documentation available from
either the Minister's Office or the Regional Assessment
Office. However, should Council wish, the Regional Assessment
Commissioner, Mr. Merv Bowen, has indicated that he will be
available to address Council subsequent to a scheduled
National Assessment Conference in September 1990.
Attached is an information letter from the Ministry of Revenue
regarding the formation of the new Crown agency. This letter was
included in a recent Council Agenda.
Staff will bring forward further information on this matter as it
becomes available later in the year.
Respectfully submitted,
Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
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The recent Ontarlo Budget announced the formatlon 'u[ a: ..=~.~-~~~=-
new Crown agency, the Property Assessment Corporation,
effective January 1, 1991. The Corporation will be
responsible for all of the programs and services
currently provided by the Property Assessment Program,
and will report to the Legislature of Ontario through the
Minister of Revenue.
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The Province assumed responsibility for property
assessment in 1970~ with the stated intention of
implementing a consistent Province-wide system, To date,
we have successfully reassessed, under the Section 63 and
Section 70 programs, 692 municipalities, or 82 %, at
least once at the local level. Also, in the past few
years the Ministry has begun a process of extending
reassessment to the region or county level, in order to
provide a sound basis for the distribution of upper-tier
government and school board costs among constituent
municipalities.
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At the present time, the Property Assessment Program has
an "order book" of reassessment requests from over 500
municipalities, largely in 23 counties or regions.. As
well, earlier this year the Council of Metropolitan
Toronto requested a reassessment of the Region, which
will be completed in 1992 for taxation in 1993.
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When these reassessments have been completed, the
Province's 1970 commitment will have been fulfilled.
Consequently, the new Corporation is being established
now in order to meet future needs, particularly the need
to involve municipalities directly in establishing new
priorities and in ensuring the continued effectiveness of
assessment services.
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Head of Council
The Corporation wil1 be managed by a Board of DirectorsL
and wil1 have a greater flexibility to establish a range
of services that will respond to a municipality's
individual needs. . Excluding the Chair, at least fifty per
cent of the Board will be appointed from the municipal
sector. This structure will provide municipalities with
direct participation in the decision-making process.
While many details of the structure and operation of the
Corporation remain to be decided, I wish to inform you
that the staff and office network of the Property
Assessment Program will move intact, as a going concern,
to the Corporation. On January 1, 1991, it will be
business as usual, and you will be dealing with the same
Regional Assessment Office and staff that provide
services to your municipality now. I stress that the
service levels currently provided by the Property
Assessment Program will be maintained,
If you have any questions about the Property Assessment
Corporation, I invite you to contact your Regional
Assessment Commissioner.
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Copy: Honourable ~avid Peterson
Premier of hntario
Honourable Robert F. Nixon
Treasurer of Ontario
Honourable John Sweeney
Minister of Housing and Minister
of Municipal Affairs
Honourable Sean Conway
Minister of Education, Colleges and
Universities and Skills Development
Regional Assessment Commissioner
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