Public Notices

Tax Notices

The 2009 Property Tax Notices have been mailed to ALL property owners, if you have not received your notice(s), please call the City Office @ 236-3622 to have a copy mailed to you.  To avoid penalties, payments must be received at the City office by 4:30pm on Friday, July 31, 2009.  A penalty of 1% will be added August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1 and 9% added January 1, 2010 to all outstanding taxes.  

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  

Regional Landfill

The Northwest Regional Waste Management Authority (NRWMA) is pleased to advise all residents that the construction of the new regional landfill near Rapid View is complete and the new facility is now open (effective October 1, 2008). The location of the Regional Landfill is 14 miles west of Meadow Lake on Highway #55. Operating Hours are: Monday to Saturday 7:30am-3pm; Closed Sundays and certain Statutory Holidays.  For fees click on the following link:    Regional Landfill Details & Tipping Fees 

Water Reports & Restrictions

Water Quality Public Notice Water Chloramines Notice Annual Water Report

Council Meetings

A reminder that regular Council Meetings are always open to the public. They are held every second and fourth Monday of each month, starting at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers (on the upper floor of City Hall). Access is by the south-east door.

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.