Whereas the Local Government Act requires the sale of a property, where delinquent taxes are unpaid, to occur on the last Monday of September; And whereas the property owner currently has until the start of the sale of the tax sale auction the opportunity to redeem the property from a tax sale, which often does occur, thus inconveniencing bidders who have taken time off work or who have brought cash, certified checks or bank drafts to bid on a property that may no longer be in tax sale status: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM lobby the Province to establish the tax redemption deadline date to be no later than the Friday prior to the tax sale date in September, so that the bidders and local government staff are dealing with a listing of tax sale properties available for tax sale that is final.
