Lethbridge approves support for provincial sales tax for municipal capital projects
LETHBRIDGE, AB– City Council decided during their meeting on June 15, to approve a motion to support a temporary provincial sales tax for capital projects.
The request for support came from the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) and would be dedicated solely to generate revenues for municipal capital projects only.
For some time now, municipalities have been trying to add this provincial sales tax to ease the load on funding for capital projects.
The PST would be one per cent, if the Alberta government gives the AUMA plan the green light.