The government of B.C. will be distributing $18.2 million in compensation for municipal property taxes to 63 communities throughout the province, including several here in the Okanagan.

Grants-in-lieu of property taxes are distributed annually as a way to reimburse municipalities for services that have benefited government properties, such as sewers, roads and fire protection.

A grant-in-lieu is payable on land owned by the provincial government – for example, courthouses, provincial government office buildings, ambulance stations and warehouses.

Only five areas of the Okanagan Valley are listed:

Kelowna $ 323,061.15

Oliver $ 3,653.04

Penticton $ 80,394.75

Vernon $10,2427.89

Lumby $3,650.12

All of the above have Regional or General Hospitals. Lumby however – is a mystery.