Draft 2023 Budget Highlights

The Draft 2023 Budget will be discussed at the February 16, 2023 Committee of the Whole meeting starting at 9 am. If you’d like to participate via Zoom, click on the participation link on the meeting on our Events calendar.

We’ve now posted these documents under Documents:

• 2023 Draft Budget
• 2023 Budget Day PowerPoint presentation
• 2023 Capital Budget List and Detailed Worksheets
• 2023 Long Range Financial Plan presentation (see link in Documents pane)

Draft Budget Highlights

• 2023 budget: $37,407,420
• Total operating budget of $25,428,671
• Total capital budget of $11,978,750
• $448,341 overall Township levy increase being proposed
• This represents a 2.62% increase to the average taxpayer (Township portion only) or $43.91 a year
• Assessment growth is 1.45% or $308,397

A few things to note:

• At the February 16 Committee of the Whole meeting, Council and staff will review the full draft budget document which has significant variances highlighted at the bottom of each departmental section.
• The Capital Budget List outlines the list of proposed capital projects
• The final budget will be presented to Council in March with any recommended changes and for final approval

If you have comments or feedback you’d like to share and can’t attend the Feb 16 meeting, please feel free to post a comment on this page.