A sizable contingent of Alleyn-et-Cawood residents turned out to MRC Pontiac’s council of mayors meeting on September 18 to advocate for changes to way it calculates municipal shares, the fees that the 18 municipalities pay to the regional municipality (MRC).
The Alleyn-et-Cawood residents requested that the MRC pass a resolution to calculate MRC shares based on the current municipal evaluation, without including comparative factor. Comparative factor is a way of expressing the difference between the sale price of a property and the assessed value.
While the MRC council declined to pass a resolution to eliminate comparative factor from the calculations, they did pass a notice of motion that they would be reviewing possible changes to the bylaw, which could be voted on down the road.
Alleyn-et-Cawood residents also managed to get roughly 3,000 signatures on a petition asking Minister of Municipal Affairs Andrée Laforest to look at the municipality’s comparative factor and also review the triennial roll process.
