From City Hall to your mailbox, the roll out of the 2022 Utility Bills has begun

A trip to your mailbox this week has brought glad tidings from the City of Prince Rupert financial office, with the delivery of the 2022 Utility bills and the latest request for payment for water, garbage and sewer services for another year.

And if you think that your payment due total has jumped a bit, you are absolutely right.

The schedule of Fee increases put in place last year for the 2021-2024 period continues, with the total increase for residents from last years billing just under 110 dollars.

11 dollars for water and 10 dollars for sewer, with garbage rates increasing by just under 90 dollars

2022 has marked a year which has seen the City of Prince Rupert introduce recycling to the garbage component of their civic service delivery.

The City website outlines how they use some of the fees that are collected, as well as  an outline on payment options and interest provisions which you can review here.

The deadline for payment is March 31st and for the most part the City would prefer that residents make payment by way of electronic means, offering up a few options to consider.

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You can review the evolution of our utility bills through the years below:

2021-- The City's tax collectors would like a moment of your time and some of your cash for Utility payments 
2020 -- Payment Due: City's Utility Bills begin to arrive across Prince Rupert
2019 -- Your mail call this week brings a tax call from the City of Prince Rupert
2018 -- March 30th the deadline for payment, as utilities bills hit the mail for Prince Rupert Residents
2017 -- Payment's Due! As city's utility bills arrive with March deadline
2016 -- City's first wave of taxation collection now underway
2015 -- City Service and Utility bills begin to drop into home owners mailboxes

Should you have questions related to the 2022 Utilities taxes you can contact City Hall at 250-627-0964.

The Utilities notice is the first of two tax regimens that the City has in the community, the next tax notice that will arrive in your mailbox comes in the late Spring, when the City of Prince Rupert mails out their property tax notices for the year.

What level of increase, if any to be assessed, will be determined later this year as City Council begins its Budget Discussion consultation period through the Spring.

For more notes related to Taxation in Prince Rupert see our archive page here.  

A wider overview of municipal issues is available from our Council Discussion page.