Over the past month, the Senior Management Committee (SMC) made up of the SAO and the four directors have met to identify financial needs for the coming year.
Through those meetings, the attached budget has been developed for Council’s consideration. During the budget meets, the SMC considered historic information, projected needs for forced growth and the direction provided by Council through the adoption of the Strategic Plan, Organizational Review and budget priorities.
At Council’s direction, the SMC has been able to present a General Operating Budget with a required increase in tax revenue of 3.5%, a Utility Operating Fund Budget with no projected increase and an Environmental Operating Fund with a 2.4% increase.
On January 20th, Mayor and Council approved the 2026 General Operating Fund Operations and Maintenance Budget of $14,402,852; Utility Operating Fund Operations and Maintenance Budget of $2,842,000 and the Environmental Operating Fund Operations and Maintenance Budget of $833,857.