Budgets
A municipal budget is a detailed financial plan used by local governments to allocate resources, manage expenditures, and provide services. It is the County’s plan for the coming year, expressed in dollars.
Our budget is made up of three parts:
- Operating Budget: pays for the day-to-day operations of the County such as utilities, insurance, fuel, and salaries, and is funded primarily through property taxes and user fees, excluding water and sewer.
- Capital Budget: pays for new investments or projects and the maintenance or improvement of current assets. It is funded through a mix of property taxes, water and sewer fees, development charges, debt, grants and other reserve funds.
- Rate-Supported Budget (Water and Wastewater Budget): pays for the annual operations of water and wastewater services and funds the replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities. It is funded completely through user rates.
2025 Budget key dates
- December 5, 2024 – Rate-Supported Budget presented to Council
- January 30, 2025 – Capital Budget presented to Council
- February 27, 2025 – Operating Budget presented to Council
2024 Budget
Our 2024 Budget is focused heavily on enhancing municipal infrastructure with notable expenditures on roadway improvements and water and sewer facilities, technology enhancements, upgrades to existing public amenities and operating items.
The overall impact to the taxpayers is an increase of 4.43% or an average increase of $13.14 per month, per household.
Past budgets
Our budget documents may not be accessible to all users. If you require any of the above documents in a different format, please e-mail our Finance division.
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Finance
53 Thorburn Street South
Cayuga, Ontario
Canada, N0A 1E0
