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Coal mine wants to add 140 hectares to the city Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
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The city stands to gain an increase in property tax revenue after council Tuesday night supported a request from Quinsam Coal to add 140 hectares to the city boundary. The property in question is owned by TimberWest but Quinsam Coal has signed a purchase agreement to buy the land. If the province approves the boundary extension, the property will be taxed at the city’s industrial tax rate and is expected to generate roughly $6,600 per year in property tax revenue. Ron Neufeld, the city’s general manager of operations, said Quinsam Coal has agreed to pay a more expensive, uncapped tax rate for its new property. The corporation pays a capped rate on its existing lands. That rate was introduced in 2004 through Letters Patent by the province to keep tax rates down after it approved a boundary extension to incorporate the original Quinsam Coal property into the City of Campbell River. “As part of this boundary extenContinued on Pg. 3
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