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2024 Provisional BudgetThe 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.

Budget Process

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.

The District proposes a budget and collects community feedback prior to Council consideration and approval. 

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Visit the Budget 2025 page to see the lifecycle, including important dates, meetings and documents of this year’s budget.

Operating Budget

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

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

Similar to most Canadian municipalities, taxation is the District of Sechelt's largest source of revenue.

For 2024:

Taxation and Other Levies 40%

Capital Grants & Contributions 26%

Fees, Rates & Sales 11%

Sewer Fees 11%

Government Grants 4%

Development Cost Charges(DCC) 3%

Sewer Parcel Taxes 3%

Interest and Penalties 2%

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Where the money goes

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 2024:

General Government 20%

Police Services 14%

Public Works 14%

Sewer Operation 14%

Community Services 11%

Planning and Community Development 9%

Solid Waste 8%

Pinciple on Debt 5%

Facilities 4%

Interest on Debt 1%

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Previous budgets

Previous budgets become a part of our 5 Year Financial Plans.

2024 Provisional Budget

To view previous budgets, please visit our Financial Plan and Reports page. 

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