Budget
It is the Township’s responsibility to prepare a budget that meets the needs of the community and ensures that all of our initiatives and priorities are addressed. The Township adopted a Budget Development and Control Policy on October 27, 2021 to serve as a guideline for the development and control of the Township’s annual budgets.
2025 Budget
2025 Budget Documents
The budget timeline is as follows:
| October 9, 2024 | Proposed User Fees and Charges Bylaw Public Information Meeting |
| October 17, 2024 | Road and Facility Tour with Department Heads and Council |
| October 23, 2024 | Present proposed Capital Budget and Ten (10) year forecast to Council including Capital Budget sheets |
| November 6, 2024 | Adoption of User Fees and Charges Bylaw |
| November 20, 2024 | Present Proposed Base Operating Budget to Council |
| November 20, 2024 | Grant applications and amounts requested under the Grant Application Program |
| January 15. 2025 | Updated Capital and Operating Budget based on Council’s direction |
| January 22, 2025 | Proposed Budget Public Information Meeting |
| February 12, 2025 | Final Budget Approval |
2024 Budget
2024 Budget Documents
- 2024 Budget Media Release
- BL2024-005 – 2024 Budget By-law
- FIN-2024-006 – 2024 Budget Final
- FIN-2024-005 – Ontario-Regulation 284-09-2024 Budget
- FIN-2024-004 – Balances in Discretionary and Restricted Reserves
- FIN-2024-003 – 2023 Completed Capital Projects
- 2024 Proposed Budget Public Information Meeting Agenda
- FIN-2024-002 – 2024 Capital and Operating Budget Update
- FIN-2023-036 – 2024 Proposed Operating Budget
- FIN-2023-033 – 2024 Grant Application Program
- BL2023-042 – User Fees and Charges By-law
- FIN-2023-032-2024 – User Fees and Charges By-law
- FIN-2023-031-2024 – Proposed Capital Budget
- 2024 Proposed User Fees and Charges Presentation
The budget timeline is as follows:
| September 27, 2023 | Proposed User Fees and Charges Bylaw Public Information Meeting |
| October 19, 2023 | Road and Facility Tour with Department Heads and Council |
| October 25, 2023 | Present proposed Capital Budget and Ten (10) year forecast to Council including Capital Budget sheets |
| November 29, 2023 | Adoption of User Fees and Charges Bylaw |
| December 13, 2023 | Present Proposed Base Operating Budget to Council |
| December 13, 2023 | Grant applications and amounts requested under the Grant Application Program |
| January 10, 2024 | Updated Capital and Operating Budget based on Council’s direction |
| January 17, 2024 | Proposed Budget Public Information Meeting |
| February 7, 2024 | Final Budget Approval |
2023 Budget
2023 Budget Documents
- 2023 Budget Media Release
- BL2023-009 – 2023 Budget By-Law
- FIN-2023-004 – Balances in Discretionary and Restricted Reserves
- FIN‐2023‐006 – 2023 Budget ‐ Final
- FIN‐2023‐005 – Ontario Regulation 284/09 – 2023 Budget
- FIN‐2023‐003 – 2022 Completed Capital Projects
- 2023 Proposed Budget Public Information Meeting
- FIN-2023-001- 2023 Capital and Operating Budget Update
- FIN-2022-040- 2023 Proposed Operating Budget
- FIN-2022-037- 2023 Grant Application Program
- FIN-2022-035- 2023 Proposed Capital Budget
- FIN-2022-031- 2023 User Fees and Charges Bylaw
- 2023 Proposed User Fees and Charges Presentation
The budget timeline is as follows:
| September 28, 2022 | Proposed User Fees and Charges Bylaw Public Information Meeting |
| October 19, 2022 | Adoption of User Fees and Charges Bylaw |
| November 30, 2022 | Road and Facility Tour with Department Heads and Council |
| December 7, 2022 | Present proposed Capital Budget and Ten (10) year forecast to Council including Capital Budget sheets |
| December 21, 2022 | Grant applications and amounts requested under the Grant Application Program |
| January 5, 2023 | Present proposed base Operating Budget to Council |
| January 18, 2023 | Updated Capital and Operating Budget based on Council’s direction |
| January 25, 2023 | Proposed Budget Public Information Meeting |
| February 8, 2023 | Final Budget Approval |
2022 Budget
2022 Budget Documents
- 2022 Budget Media Release
- BL2022-006 – 2022 Budget By-law
- FIN-2022-009 – 2022 Budget – Final
- FIN-2022-008 – Ontario Regulation 284-09 – 2022 Budget
- FIN-2022-007 – Balances in Discretionary and Restricted Reserves
- FIN-2022-006 – 2021 Completed Capital Projects
- 2022 Proposed Budget Public Information Meeting
- FIN-2022-002 – 2022 Capital and Operating Budget Update
- FIN-2022-001 – Budget Development and Control Policy – Final
- FIN-2021-039 – 2022 Grant Application Program
- FIN-2021-036 – 2022 Proposed Operating Budget
- FIN-2021-035 – Budget Development and Control Policy
- FIN-2021-034 – 2022 Proposed Capital Budget
- BL2021-052 – User Fees and Charges By-law and to repeal 059-2020
- FIN-2021-033 – 2022 User Fees and Charges By-law
- ADM-2021-043 – 2021 Budget Review Process Looking Forward
- 2022 Proposed User Fees and Charges Presentation
The budget timeline is as follows:
| June 29, 2021 | Budget Review and Looking Forward to 2022 |
| September 22, 2021 | Public Information Meeting for Proposed 2022 User Fees and Charges (7:00 pm) |
| October 27, 2021 | Capital Budget (9:00 am) |
| November 17, 2021 | Operating Budget (10:00 am) |
| January 13, 2022 | Capital and Operating Budget (10:00 am) |
| January 19, 2022 | Public Information Meeting for Proposed 2022 Budget (7:00 pm) |
| February 9, 2022 | Final 2022 Budget Approval (10:00 am) |
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