Preparation of the Municipality of Port Hope's budget is among the most important tasks for Council each year. The process is a lengthy one as the budget provides a foundation to meet the public service needs of our residents and to make decisions on municipal infrastructure. The goal is to provide quality service while maintaining property taxes at a reasonable and affordable level.
Current Status: Final 2025 Budget Approved
The draft budget was reviewed by Council during a Special Budget meeting on November 19, 2024 and was approval by Council at their regular meeting on November 26, 2024.
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2025 Budget Highlights
Your budget at work: here are some of the important project highlights for 2025
Investments for rural roads and Walton Street Phase 3.
Advancing projects from previous years' master plans, such as the Waterfront and Fire projects.
Including: Snowplow replacements, Police Cruiser and HVAC and Humidity Control for Jack Burger Sports Complex
Spotlight on upcoming 2025 projects
Our annual operating and capital budgets are an estimate of expenses and revenues. These expenses and revenues are associated with the services provided to our community. This interactive map pinpoints the Capital projects in the 2025 budget. You can click on each project to learn more about its cost, details and your budget at work. Please note this tool works best on desktop devices.
| Understanding the budget process |
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The Municipality considered various budget items at various meetings throughout October and November and passed the upcoming year’s budget in November. This culminated in the full-day Budget Meeting on November 19, 2024. Passing the budget is a requirement of the Municipal Act. Watch our short video to learn about how the Municipal budget is developed by staff each year: The Budget meetings are open to the public, advertised on our website, and through our social media channels. You can view previous Budget meetings as early as 2016 on YouTube. You can also view the Agendas and Minutes through our Council Portal. Recordings of the 2024 Budget meetings are below: We held the Budget meeting on November 19, 2024 and the Approval of the 2025 Budget by Council at their regular meeting on November 26, 2024
Contact the Finance Office for questions about the budget or budget process. |
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Every year, we engage the public on the budget development process and budget spending priorities for the year ahead. We communicate this on our social media channels, through the public notice section of our website, on posters, at in-person community engagement sessions, and though our other communications channels, like our e-Newsletters. Submitting FeedbackThe draft documents are uploaded to our community engagement webpage at myporthope.ca. This page allows members of the public to review the draft documents submit feedback to their Councillors, if desired. Additionally, members of the public can attend the Budget Meeting and engage Council. |
Questions?
We have compiled a list of questions about the 2025 budget. We may not have anticipated all of your questions, but we will continue to add to this list when additional frequently asked questions arise. For further questions contact the Finance Office.
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