South Peace News, Wednes day, April 15, 2020 17 2017 Non-Res i den tial Mill Rate Com par i son Lo cal governments County/MD Mill Rate Westlock County ...... 26.8085 hik ing mill rates MD of Fairview ....... 20.0000 MD of Opportunity ..... 19.9583 Lac la Biche County .... 18.5585 Non-Res i den tial mill rate com par i son Birch Hills County...... 17.4830 County of Barrhead ..... 17.1012 Locally, non-res i den tial [busi ness] mill rates are ris ing at a RM of Wood Buf falo .... 17.0443 higher per cent age rate than most in North ern Al berta. In the chart MD of Spirit River ...... 15.5270 be low, the M.D. of Smoky River and Mac ken zie County rank 1-2 in MD of Smoky River ..... 15.3080 highest per centage mill rate incr ease. The M.D. of Peace ranked AV ER AGE ......... 15.0780 fourth. How ever, Smoky River was one of only four gov ern ments to Clear Hills County ..... 14.6459 lower its busi ness mill rate from 2014-16. In our sam ple, lo cally, Big Lakes County ...... 14.5000 County of Northern Lights . 13.7346 Big Lakes County was the only gov ern ment to raise its busi ness MD of Peace ........ 13.4341 mill rate - al beit small - from 2014-16 [3.57%] and 2017-19 Athabasca County ..... 13.1500 [1.57%]. Mill rates show trends, not taxes paid on bills. County of Grande Prairie .. 13.0650 North ern Sun rise County .. 12.8000 2017 Non-Res i den tial Tax Rate Above AVG Be low AVG Saddle Hills County. 12.6000 Mac ken zie County. 11.9030 M.D. of Smoky River 15.3080 MD of Lesser Slave River. 11.3161 AV ER AGE 15.0708 9.8726 Woodlans County . Big Lakes County 14.5000 MD of Greenview. 7.8280 M.D. of Peace 13.4341 Big Lakes 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 Smoky River M.D. of Peace Northern Sunrise 12.8000 Nrth. Sun rise Mac ken zie County 11.9030 Mackenzie 2018 Non-Res i den tial Mill Rate Com par i son 2018 Non-Res i den tial Tax Rate Above AVG Be low AVG County/MD Mill Rate M.D. of Smoky River 16.3080 AV ER AGE 15.1423 . Westlock County 26.8235 Big Lakes County 14.5000 MD of Fairview ....... 20.5000 M.D. of Peace 13.7700 Big Lakes 19.9575 Smoky River M.D. of Peace MD of Opportunity ..... Northern Sunrise 13.0000 Lac la Biche County .... 18.3646 Nrth. Sun rise Mac ken zie County 11.9030 Mackenzie Birch Hills County...... 18.1823 County of Barrhead ..... 17.2512 2019 Non-Res i den tial Tax Rate Above AVG Be low AVG MD of Smoky River ..... 16.3080 MD of Spirit River ...... 15.5270 M.D. of Smoky River 16.9080 AV ER AGE ......... 15.1423 Clear Hills County ..... 14.6459 AV ER AGE 15.2553 Big Lakes County ...... 14.5000 Big Lakes County 14.7200 Big Lakes RM of Wood Buffalo .... 14.2677 M.D. of Peace 14.1831 Smoky River M.D. of Peace County of Northern Lights . 14.0093 Northern Sunrise 13.0000 Nrth. Sun rise MD of Peace ........ 13.7700 Mac ken zie County 12.7450 Mackenzie County of Grande Prairie .. 13.4765 Athabasca County ..... 13.4130 North ern Sun rise County .. 13.0000 Business mill rates % jump Saddle Hills County. 12.6000 Mac ken zie County . 11.9030 at Macken zie, Smoky River 11.5424 MD of Lesser Slave River. Non-Res i den tial Mill Rate Wood lands County. 10.1194 Pop u la tion MD of Greenview. 7.8280 of Se lected De crease/In crease [2017-19] 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 MDs, Coun ties Note: The num bers in the first col umn rep re- County/MD POP sent the in crease or de crease in the mill rate. The numbers in the second column rep resent M.D. of Spirit River 700 the per cent age in crease or de crease in the 2019 Non-Res i den tial Mill Rate Com par i son Birch Hills County 1,553 mill rate, and therefore differ in order de pend- M.D. of Fairview 1,604 ing on the ac tual mill rate] M.D. of Peace 1,747 County/MD Mill Rate North ern County/M.D. +/- +/-% Sun rise County 1,891 Westlock County ...... 27.7811 M.D. of Smoky River 2,023 M.D. of Smoky River +1.6000 +10.45% Sad dle Hills County 2,225 Mac ken zie County +0.8420 +7.07% MD of Fairview . 20.5000 Lac la Biche County 2,314 Birch Hills County +1.1539 +6.60% MD of Op por tu nity ..... 18.9575 M.D. of M.D. of Peace +0.7490 +5.58% Birch Hills County...... 18.6369 Lesser Slave River 2,803 County of Grande Prai rie +0.6811 +5.21% Clear Hills County 3,023 Wood land County +0.4998 +5.06% 18.3647 Lac la Biche County .... M.D. of Op por tu nity 3,181 Athabasca County +0.5310 +4.04% County of Barrhead ..... 17.3375 County of M.D. of Lesser Slave River +0.4571 +4.04% Westlock County +0.9726 +3.63% MD of Smoky River ..... 16.9080 North ern Lights 4,200 Wood lands County 4,754 M.D. of Fairview +0.5000 +2.50% MD of Spirit River ...... 15.5270 County of North ern Lights +0.2747 +2.00% M.D. of Greenview 5,583 AV ER AGE ......... 15.2553 Big Lakes County +0.2200 +1.57% Big Lakes County 5,672 North ern Sun rise County +0.2000 +1.56% Big Lakes County ...... 14.7200 County of Barrhead 6,288 County of Barrhead +0.2363 +1.38% Clear Hills County ..... 14.6459 Westlock County 7,220 M.D. of Greenview EVEN EVEN Athabasca County 7,869 MD of Peace ........ 14.1831 Clear Hills County EVEN EVEN Mac ken zie County 11,171 M.D. of Spirit River EVEN EVEN County of Northern Lights . 14.0093 County of Sad dle Hills County EVEN EVEN County of Grande Prairie .. 13.7461 Grande Prai rie 22,303 Lac la Biche County -0.1938 -1.04% Athabasca County ..... 13.6810 Re gional Mu nic i pal ity M.D. of Op por tu nity -1.0008 -5.01% of Wood Buf falo 71,589 R.M. of Wood Buf falo -3.0999 -23.46% RM of Wood Buf falo .... 13.0453 North ern Sun rise County .. 13.0000 Ed i tor's note: Mac ken zie County. 12.7450 For a fair com par i son, we used MDs and Coun ties Saddle Hills County . 12.6000 MD of Lesser Slave River. 11.7732 lo cated in North ern Al berta. 10.3724 Wood lands Copunty. Source: Al berta Mu nic i pal Af fairs RM of Wood Buf falo. 7.8280 0 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 Next week: Vil lages and Small Towns .