Regional hospital taxes up by average $21
NEWS — The Thompson Regional Hospital District’s new budget will see an average increase of $21 per household. That means the average home will pay $126.55 compared to $105.60 last year.
Mayor Peter Milobar.
“This increase is part of a larger tax strategy in anticipation of the hospital district contributing $100 million towards the Royal Inland Hospital master plan,” TRHD chair Peter Milobar said today.
“This includes the construction of the RIH clinical services building and parkade, and the surgical tower.”
The three-year tax strategy, which wraps up at the end of 2014, employs building a reserve in the next few years and then borrowing the balance of funds once the project is complete.
The TRHD also approved cost-sharing at 40 per cent with the Interior Health Authority for various major equipment and renovation upgrades. The total for the upgrades is $7.2 million, of which the TRHD will pay about $2.6 million.
The list includes six renovation projects, including a renovation of the anatomic pathology unit at RIH and six pieces of equipment, including a gamma camera for RIH and a nurse call for Ponderosa Lodge.
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Just for information: The hospital tax increase is 19.8%. Is the $21.00 mentioned instead to make the increase seem smaller?:
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