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Finance Minister Greg Selinger has announced that Manitoba municipalities outside Winnipeg will receive $36.6 million in income tax-sharing payments from the province's Building Manitoba Fund. Payments were made July 31. "The Building Manitoba Fund is just one component of the province's overall support to municipalities," said Selinger. "This fund is part of the province's promise to provide growth revenues for roads, transit and other municipal infrastructure." The new Building Manitoba Fund will provide municipalities with a share of the province's corporate and personal income taxes, revenue equivalent to that shared under the former Provincial Municipal Tax Sharing (PMTS) arrangement. In addition, starting in 2005, previously flat transit and road grants have increased and been converted to a share of provincial fuel tax revenues Ñ two cents for gasoline and one cent for diesel. Manitoba is the only province to share a portion of its corporate and personal income taxes with municipalities. In addition to a share of income taxes and fuel taxes, municipalities will benefit from a share of VLT revenues. Through the Building Manitoba Fund and other support, municipalities will receive an eight-per-cent overall funding increase in 2005. "The Building Manitoba Fund provides municipalities with a share of corporate and income taxes and converts flat transit and road grants to new fuel tax sharing," said Selinger. "This move will further enhance Manitoba's position as the second most generous supporter of municipalities." The 2005 Building Manitoba Fund is divided into the categories of Rural Municipalities, Villages, Towns, Cities and Government Districts. Here is the list of the Towns and Cities and the funds they received under this program: Towns Altona 470,523.93 Arborg 131,401.41 Beausejour 379,817.22 Birtle 24,492.18 Boissevain 204,843.70 Carberry 207,310.05 Carman 387,901.36 Churchill 32,987.37 Deloraine 140,581.70 Emerson 22,436.89 Erickson 15,346.15 Gilbert Plains 103,723.53 Gillam 161,408.62 Gladstone 116,192.28 Grand Rapids 12,160.45 Grandview 111,533.63 Gretna 19,285.45 Hamiota 117,562.47 Hartney 15,277.64 Killarney 304,319.64 Lac du Bonnet 149,213.91 Leaf Rapids 44,839.53 Lynn Lake 23,944.11 Manitou 106,189.88 Melita 152,228.33 Minitonas 18,429.08 Minnedosa 332,408.58 Morden 841,571.93 Morris 229,233.12 Neepawa 455,588.84 Niverville 263,213.88 Oak Lake 12,297.47 Pilot Mound 23,156.24 Powerview-Pine Falls 169,561.26 Plum Coulee 24,834.73 Rapid City 14,524.04 Rivers 153,324.48 Roblin 249,100.91 Rossburn 19,456.73 Russell 217,449.47 Ste. Anne 207,310.05 Ste. Rose du Lac 143,459.10 Shoal Lake 109,752.38 Snow Lake 165,382.17 Souris 230,603.31 Stonewall 549,721.03 Swan River 552,461.41 Teulon 144,966.31 The Pas 794,026.26 Treherne 22,060.09 Virden 425,992.69 Winnipeg Beach 109,752.38 Cities Brandon 5,441,848.26 Dauphin 1,107,800.23 Flin Flon 822,115.20 Portage la Prairie 1,777,961.14 Selkirk 1,336,211.24 Steinbach 1,264,276.16 Thompson 1,816,326.52 Winkler 1,088,343.513/8/05
