The Town of Viking Council passed its 2019 budget at the regular meeting May 21. But the tax bylaw will have to wait until the education requisition mill rates are announced by the province.
CAO Don McLeod said: “We can’t levy the taxes because we don’t know the school requisitions,” adding: “There is nothing we can do about it.” McLeod added that he was “unsure as to how far that announcement is in the future.”
ASFF stands for Alberta School Foundation Fund, and the mill rates are set by the province. However, the municipalities are required to collect the funds for the province.
In the meantime, the budget itself is passed and allows for some important upgrades, he said later. Repairs to potholes and the swale at the corner of main street and J&L Auto, as well as by the Legion, will be take place this summer at a cost of $40,000.
The town also plans to seal the existing asphalt with a substance called “slurry.” The process would start at Hwy. 619 and head north four blocks to the intersection at the Legion. Slurry is defined as a “thin muddy mixture of liquid and cement or clay.” This will cost about $400,000 and give the road another six to 10 years of use, he said.
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