Public Notices
North of Divide Community Association (NoDCA)
Job Opportunities
The City of Meadow Lake is accepting applications for the following positions. Please click on the link for the job description.
National Household Survey
Statistics Canada has begun collecting the National Household Survey (NHS) in addition to the 2011 Census. The NHS is the voluntary replacement for the former mandatory long-form census. The information collected by the NHS is very important to YOU and your users. It helps communities determine how and where to spend their federal transfer payment, and helps businesses build a profile of their customers, among many other things. The voluntary nature of the NHS means that we are counting on the support of communities, chambers and associations to help us promote the survey from the standpoint of why it is important to YOU and your community.
Summer 2011 Newsletter
SUMMER 2011 NEWSLETTER - Click Here
2012 TAXES
Property owners may now prepay the 2012 property taxes. Taxes for 2012 are based on the previous year's taxes. For payments made in January a 6% discount applies and 1% less each month thereafter. Tax notices for 2012 will be mailed once the mill-rate is set (normally late May to early June). Please note that there are no discounts or penalies in the month of July. A penalty of 1% will be added to all outstanding taxes on August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1. PLEASE NOTE THAT A PENALTY OF 9% WILL BE ADDED January 1, 2012 TO ALL OUTSTANDING TAXES.
Waste Disposal Rate Increase - August 4, 2010
Rate Increase Notice - Click Here STORM WATER PRESS RELEASE - June 23, 2010
2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games
Meadow Lake will be the proud host of the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games. To find out more, visit the Saskatchewan Games website Sask Games
Garage Sale Information from Health Canada
Click here to find out your responsibilities to the public when hosting a garage sale.
Home Energy Efficiency Project (HEEP)
The SaskEnergy home Energy Efficiency Project is an initiative where volunteers from the community - along with help from SaskEnergy and its partners, The Salvation Army and SIAST, retrofit up to 100 low-income households (a combined annual income of $45,000 or less) with energy efficient products to promote energy efficiency across our province. Products used in HEEP include programmable thermostats, weather stripping kits and shrink film for windows, among other things. Up to $200 worth of energy efficient products are installed in each household. These products are absolutely free for all households who participate in the project. Not only will each household be doing its part to become more energy efficient, the retrofits have the potential to save homeowners up to $100 annually on their utility bills. For an application for the SaskEnergy Home Energy Efficiency Project, click on the following link: HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT
Toilet Replacement Rebate Program
The Provincial Toilet Replacement Rebate Program is funded through the Go Green Fund. It provides a $50 rebate to Saskatchewan home and multi-unit complex owners who replace a high volume toilet (13-litre per flush or higher) with a dual-flush or 6-litre or less per flush toilet. For information on this rebate program click on the following link: TOILET REPLACEMENT REBATE PROGRAM
Water Reports & Restrictions
Water Quality Public Notice Water Chloramines Notice Annual Water Report
Tax Penalties and Discounts
July is the last penalty-free month for tax accounts. On August 1, a penalty of one percent of the balance is applied to all tax account balances. There are also one percent penalties applied on September 1, October 1, November 1, and December 1. On January 2, a nine percent penalty is applied.
Discounts are given to taxpayers who prepay their taxes before the actual levy is set. You may prepay a portion or the full amount of the levy based on the previous years taxes. The discount is 6% in January, 5% in February, 4% in March. 3% in April, 2% in May and 1% in June.
Paying On-line
If you using the on-line banking services of your financial institution, you may want to use it to pay your City utility and tax accounts.
Royal Bank customers:
Sign onto your on-line bank account, select "Pay bills & transfer funds" from the self service menu. Then, on the next screen, select "Create/update payee list" from the self service menu. On the next screen, select "Add a new payee" from the self service menu. On the next screen enter "Meadow Lake" as a payee name then click on search. The next screen will show several Meadow Lake businesses which accept on-line payments. Select "Meadow Lake (Twn) - Utilities" to pay both utilities and taxes. You will be asked for the account number that you are paying. For your tax account, enter the "assessment number" shown on your tax bill. It should be a number much like 505209000.01 for example. For your utility bill, enter the "account number" shown on your last utility billing. If you are unsure of what account number to use, phone City Hall at (306) 236-3622 and ask for the correct one.
If you deal with another financial institution, we would appreciate having you contact us with the exact steps to take with your bank, so that we can include the instructions here.
If your financial institution requires you to type in, say, a 10-digit account number and your utility account number is only six or seven digits, add some LEADING zeroes to the account number. Adding zeroes at the END could result in a valid utility account number for another customer.
Although on-line banking payments have worked very well for us over the past year, there have been several errors resulting from people selecting the wrong payee, or keying in a wrong tax or utility account number, or giving us a tax number when they really wanted to pay their utility bill. If you notice an error, please contact us as soon as possible so we can trace your payment.
Debit Cards
Customers who come into City Hall to pay their tax or utility bills may use their bank debit cards. We do not, however, accect credit cards like Visa.