Twin Rivers Community Safety Officer (CSO) 

The Twin Rivers Community Safety Officer (CSO) program provides municipalities the option to enhance existing community safety services through the employment of CSOs. CSOs deliver high priority/low risk to harm community safety services and provide communities with an additional uniformed presence.  

It is the intention of the RM to utilize the Twin Rivers CSO Program to enforce municipal bylaws and provincial legislations and act as the primary Bylaw Enforcement Officer, and enforce all municipal bylaws.

The RM of Rosthern partnered with the Towns of Rosthern, Duck Lake, Hepburn, and Waldheim on this join enforcement effort to ensure safer municipalities for our residents.

In addition, the CSO provide proactive policing through public educational opportunities, engagement with local stakeholders, and creating relationships with residents to encourage compliance for bylaws.

What Provincial Statues are enforced?

The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 The Mental Health Services Act
The All-Terrain Vehicles Act The Snowmobile Act
The Animal Protection Act The Summary Offences Procedure Act, 1990
The Cannabis Control (Saskatchewan) Act The Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act
The Municipalities Act The Traffic Safety Act
The Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 The Trespass to Property Act
The Highways and Transportation Act, 1997  

**Please note, the CSO has the authority to enforce certain sections of these statues.

What are a CSO's duties?

  • Maintain high visibility of protective services throughout the participating Twin River municipalities
  • Enforcement of Provincial statutes and municipal bylaws
  • Provide low-risk assistance to RCMP and neighbouring Police agencies
  • Assist in community and public events to provide awareness of enforcement
  • Assists in Twin Rivers EMO Committee and Fire and Rescue, when required

To Report an Infraction

Infractions related to the Provincial Statues or any RM bylaws, can be reported by:

  1. Submitting an Online Report 
  2. Calling Municipal Enforcement at (306) 232-4839 

If you are experiencing an emergency,  PLEASE CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY.

Bylaws

Current Bylaws

The following Bylaws are currently available on the website in Portable Documant Format (PDF). You will need a PDF reader to open and read the documents. If you need a PDF reader you can download a free PDF reader from Adobe.

 

Financial Statements

 

FAQ 

Assessments

2025 is a reassessment year. Please watch your mail in early spring for your assessment notice. Instructions to appeal your assessment will be included on the notice. 

Taxes

Taxes can impact the amount of taxes you, as a property owner, pay. During a reassessment, Council reviews its current tax policies and any other tax policy options available. Then Council decides which tax policies to adopt or may decide to continue with its current tax policy.

After the School Boards, Library Boards, the Organized Hamlets and the RM have determined their budgets in the spring, the RM uses the new mill rate (also known as a tax rate) and approved tax policies to calculate the amount of property taxes owing for your property. 

Base Tax

Under the provincial legislation, Saskatchewan municipalities can adopt a base tax as one of their tax policies.

In a base tax system, a dollar amount per living unit would be added to the municipal portion each tax bill, regardless of a property's assessment. A base tax can only be applied to municipal taxes; it does not change the calculation for the school and library portion of the tax bill.

Under a base tax option, the municipal tax calculation would be:

Base Tax + [(Taxable Assessment × Municipal Mill Rate × Mill Rate Factor) ÷ 1000]

Implementing a base tax increases the property tax paid on lower-assessed properties and decreases the property tax paid on higher-assessed properties. A base tax does not increase or decrease the total taxes collected by the RM.

Mill Rate Factors

A mill rate factor, also known as a tax rate, is a tax policy tool used to redistribute the amount of total taxes paid by each property class and subclass.

Changes to a mill rate factor will not increase or decrease the total amount of taxes collected annually. 

The RM Mill Rate Factors for 2024 are:

   Agriculture:  1.11

   Residential:  1.40

   Commercial:  2.05

Mill Rate

The tax per dollar of assessed value of property. The rate is expressed in "mills", where one mill is one-tenth of a cent ($0.001).  Mill rates are set by each taxing authority to raise the revenue required by their budget. 

The RM Mill Rate for 2024 is 5.8 mills 

Minimum Tax

Under the provincial legislation, Saskatchewan municipalities can adopt a minimum tax as one of their tax policies. This allows municipalities to establish a minimum amount of tax with respect to any property.

Minimum tax can only be applied to municipal taxes.

Under a minimum tax system, the municipal property tax calculation would be:

Municipal Taxes =   (Taxable Assessment × Municipal Mill Rate × Mill Rate Factor) /1,000  

If the above calculation is lower than the minimum tax, the minimum tax amount would be applied to the property. If the calculation is higher than the minimum tax, the calculated amount would be applied to the property.   

The RM Minimum Tax for 2024:

Agriculture: Base Tax $60.00 + $15.00 Hospital Levy = $75.00

Residential:  Minimum: On improvements  $1,000.00/Base Tax: $85.00 Hospital Levy 

Commercial: Minumum: On improvements $1,000.00

 Provincial Percentages

A provincial percentage is a factor set by the Province of Saskatchewan to adjust the amount of the assessed value assessment used as the basis for calculating property tax, as shown in the formula below.

Assesed Value Assessment X Provincial Percentage =  Taxable Assessment

Property classes and provincial percentages

Below is a chart listing the property classes and provincial percentages applicable to the RM.

Residential   80%  

Multi-unit residential   80%  

Commercial and industrial   100%  

Other Agricultural   55%  

Non-Arable    45%

Railway and pipeline   100%  

Resource   100%  

Sample calculations using the Provincial Percentage:

Single Family Residence Asssessed Value Assessment X Provincial Percentage (80%) = Taxable Assessment Example: 100,000 X 80% = 80,000

Sample calculation: Commercial  Assessed Value Assessment X Provincial Percentage (100%) = Taxable Assessment Example: 100,000 X 100% = 100,000