Budget

Budget

As part of our Strategic Plan to ensure the long-term financial stability of the Town and to involve the community in the ongoing work of the municipality, every Fall, the municipality begins an extensive budgeting process. This process involves extensive consultation with Council, Staff and Public, ending with the adoption of a three-year operating budget and a five-year capital budget for the following year.

The Town’s budgeting goal is to ensure, through prudent fiscal planning, the long-term economic sustainability of our community.

2012 Draft Budget for Discussion Purposes

What Does the Proposed Budget Mean to You?

This draft is the first cut, as submitted by departments, and essentially represents a budget to provide “status quo” service levels for 2012. From here, and further to recent service delivery discussions at the committee level, the Town’s Standing Committees will review the departmental budgets relating to their mandate, with a view to making recommendations for service delivery change. At the same time, the CAO and Directors are also reviewing the budget with a view to making recommendations as to how the Town might meet the 2% increase target set by Council.
 
We have scheduled Committee of the Whole 2012 budget review sessions as follows:
 
November 30 – Capital Budget review
 
December 9 – Operating Budget review
 
December 14 or 16 – Final Budget Day
 
At the Committee of the Whole budget review sessions, scheduled for November 30 and December 9, we anticipate that Committee will receive both:
 
i)              the service delivery recommendations from Standing Committee chairs; and
ii)             budget change recommendations from the CAO and Directors.
 
At these sessions, Committee members can review and ask questions regarding all of the recommendations, and choose to either:
 
a)    reject the recommendation;
b)    accept the recommendation(s) and direct that their impact be incorporated into the 2012 draft budget;
c)    ask staff to provide further information prior to the December 16 Final Budget Day; or
d)    simply receive the recommendations and put off any decision until Final Budget Day.
 
Ideally, we will be in a position for Council to finalize the 2012 budget on December 16.

Get Involved

Your government is committed to delivering a budget and budget process which will maintain our current fiscal health. Our budget process calendar is noted below. We encourage you to attend upcoming meetings to understand what this year's budget means for you and to provide us with your feedback and ideas! 

Please check back regularly for updates on the Budget Review Process and scheduled Budget Review Meetings

Please see the downloadable documents on the right-hand-side of the page for more information.

Contacts

Serena Wilgress

Administrative Assistant
519-599-3131 x278
swilgress@thebluemountains.ca

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