Mayor Mark McKee had intended to call for a revote on the Development Cost Charge bylaw at Tuesday’s council meeting, but at the meeting announced that he would no longer be calling the vote, saying he was not confident that the outcome would be different.
The Development Cost Charge Bylaw from 2008 stands.
Under section 131 of the Community Charter, the mayor “may require the council to reconsider and vote again on a matter that was the subject of a vote.”
Revelstoke City Council defeated the second reading of the proposed Development Cost Charge Bylaw at their special council meeting on Sept. 4.
McKee, Gary Sulz and Linda Nixon voted in favour of second reading and Aaron Orlando, Trevor English and Connie Brothers voted against. Councillor Scott Duke was absent from the meeting.
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City council began the process to upgrade the current Development Cost Charge Bylaw, which was made in 2008, in April.
The purpose of the bylaw is to allow the city to charge developers for and use the money to assist in paying for new infrastructure that is a result of increased population, such as roads, sewer and water, instead of that burden falling only on existing taxpayers.
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The proposed charges were calculated based on costs of infrastructure upgrades needed in the city, projected population growth and changes to the Municipal Assist Factor, as well as other variables.
The Municipal Assist Factor is the percentage that the city will contribute to the infrastructure projects, which will directly affect the tax payers.
The proposed bylaw that is once again before city council has increases to both the parks and sewer Municipal Assist factors and increases cost to developers for building in the area, that continue to increase yearly until 2023.
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The council meeting took place in Revelstoke Council Chambers Sept. 18 at 3 p.m.
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