The Town of Sylvan Lake recently updated its Fees and Charges Bylaw.
The Fees and Charges Bylaw provides the community with all the town's fees and charges, excluding bylaw enforcement and utilities.
The bylaw is also typically updated in the spring and the fall of each year, communications officer Jared Waldo said.
"We want to ensure that departments have the opportunity to update twice yearly. This gives them flexibility should a new initiative or program arise throughout the year."
Updates to the bylaw were done in the sections for advertising fees, community service fees, mobile vending fees, and wellness and community connection fees.
Changes include:
- The Monthly Non-Profit and Monthly Other costs for banners sized 30" x 70" in the NexSource Centre will now cost $125 for non-profits and $150 for others.
- for permit fees for special event permits late applications that the applicant still wants to try to get approved for community/not-for-profit events) will now cast $75.
- for permit fees for special event permits late applications that the applicant still wants to try to get approved for business/private events will cost $100.
- price increases in the costs for NexSource Centre passes for 2025, 2026, and 2027.
- price increases for permits for mobile food trucks, food cart vendors, vendors requiring 100 sq ft or less, vendors requiring more than 100 sq ft to a maximum of 500 sq ft, and fitness and leisure classes.
- An additional fee for non-Flipside members to participate in Flipside activities and a year membership for Flipside will cost $20 which allows access to all drop-in and registered programs (except Flipside on the Go). Flipside members will get a 17 per cent discount on Flipside on the Go programs.
- For the Home Matters Program people with an annual income of up to 24,385 will now have an hourly fee rate of $14.93 per hour. Errands and Meal Preparation costs have also increased to $14.93 per hour.
- For the Zoomers Program, grocery trips in town will now have a $2 cost for a return trip. Social wellness trips to Red Deer will cost $5 for a return trip. Social wellness trips beyond Red Deer will be a $10 round trip plus the cost of the event ticket. Social wellness trips in town will be $3 for a round trip.
All of the updates were approved during the Town Council Meeting on Nov. 12.
For more information, people can view the bylaw on the Town of Sylvan Lake website, sylvanlake.ca/en/your-government/bylaws-and-policies.aspx.
