Thank you, Madam Chair. We're told that it presently costs the Power Corporation about $178,000 to administer water/sewer rates out of their total annual budget. They're unable to give us an estimate at this point of what the incremental cost would be. The town has suggested that, if they were to run the system, it would cost them $180,000. So I suspect that that probably underestimates the difference in the incremental impact. That's the best information I have to offer at this time.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik
Thank you, Madam Chair. Has this estimated amount been included in the formula or in the transfer to the community?
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Christensen
Madam Chair, yes, the cost of administering a water rate system based on meters is included in the cost estimate of what it would for the town to efficiently manage their water and sewer system.
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Thank you, Madam Chair. On page 10-35, settlement operating assistance program: "To provide a reasonable amount of funding to settlements to be used for locally determined administrative projects.' I'm wondering if this area is dealing with unincorporated settlements, rather than municipalities. Thank you.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Madam Chair. Settlements and unincorporated communities. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Thank you, Madam Chair. My assumption is that when you talk about settlements, I assume you're talking about unincorporated settlements; small settlements which are not recognized municipalities as a hamlet, town or village. That's my understanding. I think the Minister indicated it's unincorporated settlements. I thought settlements meant unincorporated settlements. Thank you.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Madam Chair. I will refer that to Mr. Christensen.
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Christensen
Thank you, Madam Chair. This refers to settlements and unincorporated communities. Some
settlements are incorporated as settlement corporations, or simply designated as settlements. Then we have another group of communities which are unincorporated and aren't settlements under our municipal legislation, and are unincorporated in that sense. All of those communities are covered by the settlement operating assistance policy. While they may not be called a settlement, they are eligible as an unincorporated community. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Thank you. For the record, Madam Chair, I am not against any community, whether it is a settlement or an unincorporated community. I just needed clarification. I think the Minister and her staff have provided that for me. Thank you.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a question on the water and sewage delivery pick-up subsidy cost. Just picking a couple of communities for comparison purposes, does the department have any costs on water supply and sewer pick-up from Arviat and Fort Simpson, as an example? How much would it be in each of those communities? How much does it actually cost the home owner?
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I will refer that to Vern
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Christensen
Thank you, Madam Chair. At present, the water and sewer services subsidy policy is such that, in towns and villages, they have been charged .33 cents per litre for consumption in a village like Fort Simpson. In Arviat, the rate is .27 cents per litre for residential consumption. What happens in the reform that the department has introduced for water and sewer services program is that it becomes the community's decision of what the rate structure will be in the communities. Rather than a subsidy based on a preset rate, the communities now have flexibility to set those rates themselves. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Does the department have any amounts on what a family of five in those two communities ... an average dollar amount that a family of five would pay in each of those communities.