2027 Budget Survey

Municipalities fund services and infrastructure through a combination of own-source revenues and grants from other levels of government. Own-source revenues include taxation, reserves, borrowing, and user fees. Reserves represent taxes collected in previous years, current taxation uses revenues collected today, and borrowing relies on future taxation to repay debt. 

While grants from other levels of government contribute to municipal budgets, increases in this funding cannot be assumed.

Many of the services provided by Frontenac County are subject to legislated requirements, minimum service levels, or existing agreements, which limit the County's ability to make changes. This survey focuses on the areas where the County has flexibility and where your input can make a difference, including the services we provide, the level of service we deliver, and how those services are funded.