{"id":6498,"date":"2024-01-22T15:48:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:14:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T23:14:29","slug":"fire-equipment-funding-short-term-rentals-on-region-of-queens-agenda-for-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/01\/22\/fire-equipment-funding-short-term-rentals-on-region-of-queens-agenda-for-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire equipment funding, short-term rentals on Region of Queens agenda for Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Region of Queens Municipality administration building. (Rick Conrad photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Rick Conrad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fire trucks and Airbnbs are on the agenda<\/a> as Region of Queens council meets Tuesday evening in Milton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Council has four meetings a year in a community facility in a different part of Queens County. Tuesday\u2019s meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Milton Community Hall, 168 Tupper St., Milton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Councillors will discuss a policy to help the county\u2019s five fire departments with vehicle purchases according to a set schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n

The current schedule expired last year. And council will be discussing a new timetable that will expire in 2035.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mill Village fire department has asked the region for $275,000 in loan payments over 10 years toward a new $711,810 fire truck.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the proposed new funding arrangment, \u00a0the maximum amounts available to fire departments for the next two fiscal years for new equipment would remain at $275,000 for pumpers, tankers and aerial trucks and $100,000 for rescue and utility vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

From 2026\/27 to 2034\/35, those amounts would increase to $425,000 for new trucks and $200,000 for rescue vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

The amounts would be reviewed with fire chiefs every two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on council\u2019s agenda Tuesday evening<\/strong>, owners of short-term rentals<\/span>\u00a0in Queens County may get a chance to have their say on a tourism accommodation levy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nova Scotia government made it possible in 2022 for municipalities to tax all tourist lodging up to a maximum of three per cent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since last April, all short-term rentals must sign up with a provincial registry. They must also follow municipal land-use bylaws.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a staff report to council, a three per cent levy could raise about $240,000 per year. The extra revenue would go toward boosting local tourism efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n

But first, staff is suggesting that the region consult the owners of such properties.<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a>

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