Administration Fee - Credit Card

Credit card payments for Commercial, Multi Residential, Industrial and Large Industrial Property Taxes shall be subject to a four percent (4%) surcharge for all transactions, regardless of the transaction amount.

Credit card payments for Residential Property Taxes subject to a two point seven five percent (2.75%) surcharge shall be limited to current year property taxes for one (1) Residential Property.

Credit card payments for second and subsequent Residential Property Taxes shall be subject to a four percent (4%) surcharge for all transactions, regardless of the transaction amount.

Credit card payments for arrears Residential Property taxes shall be subject to a four percent (4%) surcharge for all transactions, regardless of the transaction amount.

Credit card payments for Municipal Services, other than property taxation, shall be subject to a two point seven five percent (2.75%) surcharge.

Airport Improvement Fee

2025 Fees (Including Taxes)

There shall be levied and collected upon such class of persons the fee of $23.04 per passenger for all passengers departing the Red Lake Airport via schedule flights be they regularly scheduled flights or air charter flights.

The fee is comprised as follows:

Passenger Departure Fee - $8.91

Airport Improvement Fee - $14.13

The fee becomes due and payable to the Airport Manager or his/her designate
immediately prior to boarding of the scheduled or charter flight by means of the purchase of a ticket from the automated parking machine or other form of purchase as determined by the Airport Manager or his/her designate.

The failure to pay such fee will result in a departing passenger not being allowed to
enplane or be subject to such other measures as deemed appropriate by the Airport Manager or his/her designate.

The definition of “departing passenger” shall be construed to mean only those
passengers who have a ticket indicating that departure is from Red Lake Airport and shall not be construed to mean a passenger whose departure originated elsewhere and who is continuing on the same flight to another destination.

The failure to report departing passengers by the 15th of the next month, will result in billing based on the aircraft passenger capacity.

General

The fees and charges set out on the attached Schedule shall be subject to taxes as applicable, unless otherwise stated.

DEFINITIONS

Arena Season - Arena Season shall be October 1st of each year to March 31st of the following year or as approved by the Recreation Supervisor.

Special Events - Special Events are events, which do not take place on a weekly basis; such as tournaments, figure skating carnivals, demonstrations, test days, skate-a-thons,, challenge cups, etc. All Special Events must be submitted prior to the commencement of the Regular Season, approved through the Recreation Department and confirmed ten (10) days prior to commencement.

Blocked Time - Blocked Time shall mean ice rental for events that take place on a weekly basis or predetermined times.  Blocked Time shall be for the Arena Season.

Tidy - Clean enough so that other patrons may use the facility without staff/patrons having to move items or clean between uses.

Cochenour Arena Rental Rates

The Corporation of the Municipality of Red Lake in the best interest of the community, reserves the right to refuse the rental for any individual or organization and the right to cancel the Rental Agreement at any time.

Memberships

Includes, squash, weight room and sauna. One day advance notice for cardiovascular machine booking

Book of Passes (10)

Daily Drop-In

Locker Rentals (Members Only) date to coincide with membership

Custom Works - Rental Rates

Rates include one operator and are quoted per hour, unless otherwise specified.

*Includes two operators

Custom Works - Labour Rates

Custom Work, for other than Municipal purposes, will only be performed after municipal requirements have been met. Scheduling will be at the convenience of the Municipality.

Custom Work will require prior approval of the Public Works Supervisor or their designate.

All mobile equipment shall be rented with operator. Equipment operators shall be municipal employees.

Current hourly labour rates are listed below. Special circumstances for labour charges will apply where necessary (i.e. minimum callout time, overtime meals, and equipment).

Custom work should only be undertaken if local contractors cannot perform the work or the service or special equipment is not available locally. Proof indicating local contractor is unavailable must be submitted to Municipality.

All rates are subject to HST and a 15% administration fee.

Civil Marriage Service Fees - 2025

The following fees for Civil Marriage Services will apply, with a percentage of the fees paid to
the Marriage Commissioner:

Civil Ceremonies

$ 312.00 – (plus H.S.T.) – Monday to Friday during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
$ 364.00 – (plus H.S.T) – Monday to Friday – after regular business hours, Saturday and Sunday (within Municipal boundaries)
$ 465.75 – (plus H.S.T.) Monday to Sunday (outside Municipal boundaries or on a boat)

Renewal of Vows

$ 250.00 (plus H.S.T) – Monday to Friday – during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.)
$ 300.00 (plus H.S.T.) – Monday to Friday – after regular business hours, Saturday and Sunday (within Municipal boundaries)
$ 350.00 (plus H.S.T.) Monday to Sunday (outside Municipal boundaries or on a boat)

Other Fees

$ 75.00 (plus H.S.T.) – Council Chambers rental and ceremony set-up (dependent on availability and not available after regular business hours or on weekends or holidays)

$ 140.00 - (no tax) – Marriage License Fee

$50.00 (plus H.S.T.) - Additional Fee for Civil Ceremony that falls on a holiday (excluding Saturdays)

Cancellations & Refunds

Cancellations made less than 30 days before the date of the original ceremony will result in a full penalty - no refund, no exceptions.

Cancellations made 31-120 days before the date of the original ceremony will receive at 50% refund.

Cancellations made 121 days or more before the date of the original ceremony will receive a full refund of their ceremony fees minus a $50 administration fee.

No refund will be issued if you fail to attend the ceremony.

2025 Planning Fees

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

MTO Rate: Fees are based on rates set by the Ministry of Transportation.

Hazardous Materials Spills: to recover actual costs for consumable materials, in addition to
the hourly cost of the fire department's response for any response involving the containment or
clean-up of a hazardous materials spill. The cost will be billed to the person having control of
the pollutant.

Illicit Drug Labs and/or Marijuana Grow Operations: to recover actual costs for consumable
materials, in addition to the hourly cost of the fire dept response for any response involving an
illicit drug lab and/or marijuana grow operation.

Inspections on Request: this fee applies to all fire prevention inspections that are initiated at
the request of the property owner or agent. These inspection requests may be for the purpose
of a property sale, accreditation, licensing, at the request of an insurance company, to obtain
compliance with other regulations (long term care, day care etc.) or for any other purpose
where the inspection is requested and not initiated by the fire department.

Other Fire Department Cost Recoveries: a *property owner may be responsible for the costs
required to retain a private contractor or rental of specialized equipment in order to protect
persons and property and/or in order to preserve property and/or evidence and/or eliminate an
emergency or risk; further a *property owner may be responsible for the costs incurred
associated with an insured peril, fire and or other property related incidents, these costs may
also be recovered as part of this by-law such as the current MTO rate per vehicle per hour, plus
personnel costs, the use of firefighting foam, dry chemical extinguishing devices plus any
additional costs for each and every incident.

*Property Owner means the registered owner of property or any person, firm, corporation,
partnership or society and their heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives,
including a property manager, tenant, occupant, mortgagee in possession, receiver, manager,
trustee or trustee in bankruptcy or any other person having use, occupation, charge or control
over the property or any portion thereof.

Preventable False Alarm Response: this fee is chargeable to the owner of the property at
which the fire alarm was activated, as defined in Section 1 of the Ontario Fire Code, O. Reg.
213/07 as amended, for every third and subsequent occurrence in a 12 month period, where
fire department vehicles are dispatched, and it's determined by the fire department that the
response was due to a Preventable Fire Alarm or the failure to notify the department that the
system was being tested or worked on.

Response to Natural Gas Emergencies: for Fire Dept response to a natural gas incident and
determines that the incident was caused directly by a person or company who has failed to take
reasonable precautions including getting a utility locate and/or following proper guidelines
regarding digging around utility services.

Response to Open Air Fires: for Fire Dept response to any unauthorized open-air fire or an
open-fire that is being conducted in contravention of the guidelines for conducting a controlled
open-air burn.

Smoke, Carbon Monoxide, and Combination Alarms: Not for retail sale. Alarms can be
installed at the discretion of the Fire Chief or Incident Commander to ensure the occupancy is
compliant with Sections 2.13 and 2.16 of the Ontario Fire Code.

Standby Charges: requests may include, but not limited to, providing coverage at special
events, providing standby services to a business or providing coverage where fire supression
and/or rescue services is mandated to be present.

All cost recovery fees are subject to a 15% administration fee.

2025 WATER SERVICE RATES

PART I - FIXED FEES AND CHARGES

 In this Part, the owner of each separately assessed parcel of land that is on a municipal water supply line shall pay the distribution and infrastructure renewal fees set out in the table below that are applicable to such parcel of land, regardless of the amount of water services used, if any, by the owner and/or other occupiers of such lands. 

PART II – CONSUMPTION FEES AND CHARGES

In addition to the fees and charges set out under Parts I and III to this Schedule, the following consumption fees and charges shall apply to all municipal water customers.

Customers with Metered Services:

Customers with metered services shall pay a meter rate as set forth in the table below.

Customers with metered services, where the meter is not registering will be charged a minimum consumption based on the average consumption of the last 3 months.

Customers with Non-metered Services:

Customers with non-metered services shall pay a flat fee of $565.00 per quarter ($2,260 per annum) plus the Distribution and Infrastructure Renewal fees.

PART III – OTHER FEES AND CHARGES

Connections and Inspections

The fees listed below shall be paid prior to the completion of any inspection, connection or disconnection.

After Hours Call Out

* After Hours Call Out applies to services rendered after Regular Business Hours.  Regular Business Hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays (subject to change).  All other times are deemed After Hours

PART IV – WATER METER AND RELATED CHARGES

PART V – GENERAL

1. Water Services Rates will be billed quarterly and shall be paid by the due date stated in such bill, failing which the interest and other charges set out in this by-law shall be applied.
2. Where for any reason the consumption of water on premises has not been recorded, the meter fails to register or where in the opinion of the Treasurer the consumption of water has been wrongly recorded, the Municipality shall apply the “Customers with Non-metered Services” fees in Part II and the owner shall be liable to pay the amount applied.
3. Water and/or Waste Water (Sewage) Accounts in arrears over 90 days may be subject to termination of water and waste water (sewage) services. Municipality personnel shall terminate such services by turning the curb stops off.  Services terminated for non-payment of accounts shall be subject to the applicable reinstatement fee, plus a security deposit in the amount of the customer’s charges for the two billing periods immediately prior to the termination of such services for both water and waste water (sewage) services.
4. In the event that the water and/or waste water (sewage) services have been terminated by request of the customer or by the Municipality, the customer shall continue to be subject to the distribution and infrastructure renewal fees referred to in Part I above, billed quarterly.
5. Customers disregarding two (2) requests to contact Public Works Department shall have services terminated by turning the curb stops off and shall be subject to reinstatement fees.

2025 WASTE WATER (SEWAGE) SERVICE RATES

PART I - FIXED FEES AND CHARGES

(Regardless of amount of waste water (sewage) used, if any)

In this Part, the owner of each separately assessed parcel of land that is on a municipal water supply line shall pay the distribution and infrastructure renewal fees set out in the table below that are applicable to such parcel of land, regardless of the amount of waste water (sewage) services used, if any, by the owner and/or other occupiers of such lands. 

PART II – CONSUMPTION FEES AND CHARGES

In addition to the fees and charges set out under Parts I and III to this Schedule, the following consumption fees and charges shall apply to all municipal waste water (sewage) customers.

Customers with Metered Services:

Customers with metered services shall pay a meter rate as set forth in the table below.

Customers with metered services, where the meter is not registering will be charged a minimum consumption based on the average consumption of the last 3 months.

Customers with Non-metered Services:

Customers with non-metered services shall pay a flat fee of $556.00 per quarter ($2,260 per annum) plus the Distribution and Infrastructure Renewal fees.

PART III – OTHER FEES AND CHARGES

Connections and Inspections

The fees listed below shall be paid prior to the completion of any inspection, connection or disconnection.

After Hours Call Out

* After Hours Call Out applies to services rendered after Regular Business Hours.  Regular Business Hours are 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays (subject to change).  All other times are deemed After Hours

2024 Cemetery Rates

2025 Cemetery Rates

2025 Transfer Station Fees

Account Service Charges:

Except in the case of a written agreement which provides otherwise, interest charges shall be added to all or any portion of any fees and charges that are due and payable at the rate of 2.25 percent per month (30.61% per annum compounded monthly) on the first day of default, and every thirty days thereafter on all amounts owing during such time as the default continues and such interest charges shall form part of the fees or charges owning.

Annual License Fees

Pound Fees