Budget
District of Sechelt Council, management, and staff work together to develop an annual budget. The budget serves as an outline for how money that comes into the District should be spent to maintain and improve the city. Two important parts of the budget include the operating and capital budget.
Each year, Council sets the taxation requirement after reviewing the Financial Plan to determine which projects to fund and which projects to defer or cancel.
In the District of Sechelt, the budget process starts in the summer, with each department planning for the next year on finding efficiencies and improving or expanding services to achieve our strategic goals. We ask our residents and business owners to contribute to.
The budget process is extensive and takes months to complete. Visit the Budget 2024 page to see the lifecycle, including important dates, meetings and documents of this year’s budget.
2024 Provisional Budget - Version 1
Please see version 2 of the 2024 Provisional Budget. Most, if not all pages have been replaced in the version 2. All Committee of the Whole recommendations are included in the Draft 2024 Provisional Budget Version 2 including an 8.48% Property Tax increase a 12.5% increase to Solid Waste fees and 3.69% increase to Sewer User fees and Septage charges.
The 2024 Additional Operating Requests and 2024 Capital Budget requests have been reduced to the approved amount at the Committee of the Whole.
2024 Provisional Budget - Version 2
Operating Budget |
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The operating budget is like your regular household bills e.g. bank charges, building maintenance, internet, gas, and electricity. The Districts Operating Budget includes services like: Corporate administration, financial services, planning services, development services, engineering services, bylaw enforcement, garbage pickup, road maintenance, parks maintenance and police services. |
Capital Budget |
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The District's capital budget includes things like upgrades to sewer collection, upgrades to buildings, sidewalk and walkways, and more. |
Where the money comes from |
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Similar to most Canadian municipalities, taxation is the District of Sechelt's largest source of revenue. For 2023: Taxation and Other Levies 70% Capital Grants & Contributions 0% Development Cost Charges(DCC) 0% Interest and Penalties 4% Fees, rates and sale of services 20% Grants and Donations 6% |
Where the money goes |
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The District provides services to the community by incurring operating and capital costs. For each service, the capital costs of equipment, infrastructure, and facilities needed to deliver the service must be considered, in addition to the ongoing operational and labour costs of providing that service. For 2023: General Government 24% Planning and Community Development 10% Community Services 14% Engineering and Operations 16% Facilities 5% Protective Services 18% Solid Waste 11% Interest on Debt 1% |
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Previous budgets |
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Previous budgets become a part of our 5 Year Financial Plans. To view previous budgets, please visit our Financial Plan and Reports page. |