Municipal Ag land Assessments

[farmaholic]

.....courtesy of the Ratepayers!!!

Exclusive Club... invitation only.

Gotta know all the back roads to get home "safe" and hope they're passable after the rain. There is at least one good way for each councilor to get home on back roads from the RM office.

[RD414]

bucket and wiseass, get on council and change it. 20 years ago, bottles would show up from dealerships at Christmas, not any more. If you have a bunch of drunks, turf them, but most are too lazy to run. We always zero out reassessments but we have raised taxes as well. We pay 21 to 30 bucks an hour to outside employees. Any employee caught drinking or drugs are let go on the spot. Guess some asshole councillors like ones around Regina can paint all with shit brush but majority around here work hard for their ratepayers.

[farmaholic]

RD414....What do you mean by zero out re-assessments?

We have a decent group of councillors. I don't think there is really any need for house cleaning. More of issue as to who will replace this group when they decide to step aside. I really do think our RM is well managed.

[Guest]

the years I was on council, I always found that it was the guys who do SFA for the community or RM , bitch the most and think the RM is there for their own personal gain . it really is a public service wise guy , why don't you give it a try . easy to bitch and moan and think you know everything

[bucket]

As I said, I have been on council.

Plan something and the other division ****s it up for personal gain.

Ask workers to regrade a road because it was a ****ing mess. And get told to do it yourself.

And they wouldn't fire the stupid ****.

I don't begrudge anyone who gets on council .... its a frustrating job.

But it might be time to move away from 6 division RMs and take a new look at how to deliver services. With competent peopke and a bit more of a vision than how to grade a route home for a drunk.

[farmaholic]

My comment was completely tongue in cheek regarding the backroads home...

Just playing Devil's Advocate.

I've posted before about consolidation and sharing "resources" with poor neighbors. Call me greedy but if I have to get less service because of consolidation, I'm against it. Maybe the ones that are doing Ok should be left alone and the ones that are struggling should consolidate to become a more viable unit, if that indeed would become a reality.

[Oliver88]

RM councils are ran debt free with tight budgets.
It usually is the guys who haul over-weight loads after the road bans are on who bitch the most and are the coffee row experts on who is doing their job wrong. The perpetual whiners usually do very little in the community.
If you want to listen to neighbours squabble over water, beaver damns and plugged culverts run for council and cash in.....for a few thousand per year.

If you want to have your taxes lowered, the school division or health division money pits should be where to focus your attention. Oddly enough health care and education has gone through amalgamations while costs keep skyrocketing.

[bucket]

Oliver88

You are right. But in the process of health and education consolidation they moved away from local input.

The locals serve to promote what the high priced people tell them. They like that job.

If that doesn't happen with RMs it might turn out ok but who knows.

I have learned I can't get it done with one load so I take it easy on the roads. Just wish others would too. Or at least move over a foot to help mend the road a little instead of grooving it to bottom out.

[RD414]

If your talking about Regina, Wiseguy, I agree with charges if is true all that we have heard. Farma, when I say zero it out, we drop the mill rate to match the year before dollar amount and then see if the budget requires an increase. Dropping the mill rate usually drives the administrator crazy because I think they are taught this is the easiest time and way to increase taxes. We are paid around 450 a month in our RM which is lower than some and possibly double of some others. I spend 20 to 40 hours a month on RM business.

[farmaholic]

Imagine having the privilege of paying taxes in an RM that you own land in, don't live in, and don't use the roads in. The pitfalls of land ownership....gotta give up a small portion of that rental income windfall.