The finance department inputs transactions daily to provide up-to-date information for residents, council and staff. Daily activities include taking payments and preparing dog licenses, business licenses, property taxes, and payroll for the municipality.
Municipal financial statements are prepared for audit by March 30 each year and a copy of the audited financial statements are included with each year's annual report. If you require further details regarding financial reporting, please contact the Finance Department.
News release: Township adopts 2022 budget and tax rate
2022 budget
2022 budget process overview
- Tax rate discussions and budget requests from departments
- Read our 2022 Municipal Finance and Budget Overview. Learn about:
- how the township uses and safeguards your tax dollars
- how the budget is drafted and opportunities for community input
- assessments and how they impact the taxes you pay
- how property taxes are calculated and options for tax relief
Important dates
- January 24: Council meeting—budget overview and challenges presentation to discuss understanding of council priorities and acceptable tax revenue increase
- February 7: Council meeting—core budget presentations by department heads to provide departmental objectives and achievements to council; early budget approvals
- March 15: Special council meeting—consideration of 2022–2026 requests to approve supplemental operating and capital requests subject to funding and tax increase envelope. See the discussion from the meeting.
- April 4: Council meeting—tax rate policy discussion; Director of Financial Services presents options for council to reach consensus on property tax rate policy/tax rates. See the reports and meeting discussion.
- April 25: Council meeting—first of three readings of financial plan and tax rate bylaws
- May 2: Council meeting—adoption of financial plan and tax rate bylaws. See the discussion from the meeting.
All meeting information will be posted on our Legistar site with council agenda information.
Find out how to provide input at meetings. Please note that you can contact council with budget feedback any time.