Ponoka ends threat to withhold tax money from province
Ponoka is backing off from its threat to hold back property tax revenue from the province, saying they’ve made their point.
Town Council has voted to rescind a previous motion from November to withhold the education portion of municipal property taxes from the provincial government after Ponoka failed to secure $4.5 million in grant funding for a new fieldhouse.
But Mayor Rick Bonnett says it was never their intention to actually keep the money from the province.
“Our strategy was always to use this motion to draw attention to the inequitable treatment of smaller municipalities when it comes to grant funding processes. We have succeeded in accomplishing that goal,” says Bonnett.