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OSOYOOS TIMES-July 8, 2009 By Laurena Weninger and Paul Everest – Osoyoos Times Head south...

Roughly 130 property owners living along the northwest shore of Osoyoos Lake could be back on the hook for part of the cost of the planned Northwest Sewer Project.
Georgia Laine Developments, the developers of the Willow Beach Resort slated for the head of the lake, had finalized an agreement earlier this year with the Town of Osoyoos to contribute more than $18 million towards the $23 million extension of the Town’s sewage system to the northwest shore.

Roughly 130 property owners living along the northwest shore of Osoyoos Lake could be back on the hook for part of the cost of the planned Northwest Sewer Project.
Georgia Laine Developments, the developers of the Willow Beach Resort slated for the head of the lake, had finalized an agreement earlier this year with the Town of Osoyoos to contribute more than $18 million towards the $23 million extension of the Town’s sewage system to the northwest shore.

This year, 241 Osoyoos property owners didn’t pay their taxes on time.
“We collected 93.24 per cent of the total taxes,” said Jim Zakall, Osoyoos’s finance director, on July 3, the day after the municipal tax deadline.
That is up .17 per cent over those paid on time last year, but a .84 per cent decrease of the average calculated over the last five years.

This year, 241 Osoyoos property owners didn’t pay their taxes on time.
“We collected 93.24 per cent of the total taxes,” said Jim Zakall, Osoyoos’s finance director, on July 3, the day after the municipal tax deadline.
That is up .17 per cent over those paid on time last year, but a .84 per cent decrease of the average calculated over the last five years.