From Bullet News Niagara:<\/p>\n
The Niagara Parks Commission and city of Niagara Falls have settled a two-year spat over voluntary payments that the provincial agency makes to the municipality in lieu of property taxes.<\/p>\n
With no public discussion at Tuesday\u2019s council meeting (the matter was passed in a bulk reading of bylaws) Niagara Falls politicians approved a new 15-year agreement which will see the Commission pay the city about $1.2 million annually starting Dec. 1, 2013 in exchange for services such as firefighting, water and sewer delivery, and some limited snow plowing and road maintenance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good agreement \u2013 we\u2019re glad it\u2019s finally settled,\u201d NPC Chairwoman Janice Thomson said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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