2020 Budget Approved
On Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, Burlington City Council approved the city’s 2020 budget with a 3.99 per cent increase in the City’s portion of property taxes.
Combined with the tax increase from Halton Region and the boards of education, the overall tax increase is 2.44 per cent or $19.34 per $100,000 of a home’s current value assessment. E.g. The total annual increase to property taxes for a home assessed at $500,000 is $96.70
A copy of the approved 2020 budget book will be available soon.
- View an infographic that highlights some of the investments to City services made in the approved 2020 budget
- Watch video of the City Council meeting where the 2020 budget was approved
- Read the media release about the approved 2020 budget
City of Burlington Budget
Each year, the City of Burlington undergoes an annual budget process to create budgets that support city operations and deliver the programs and services required to maintain the high quality of life we enjoy in our community.
Through the budget process, choices are made to ensure the City services provided to residents align with the priorities in Burlington’s 2018-2022 strategic work plan, Vision to Focus.
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On Monday, July 8, 2019, the 2020 Budget Framework report (F-28-19) was presented to Burlington City Council at a meeting of the Committee of the Whole. The report provides an understanding of the parameters upon which staff will prepare the 2020 Budget. It highlights the budget drivers that impact the 2020 Budget and outlines the principles that have been recognized by Council as important policy decisions. |
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| 2020 Budget: Key Meeting Dates | ||||||||
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| 2020 Budget: Public Engagement | ||||||||
Telephone Town Hall, Nov. 19, 2019Thank you to everyone who called in to listen and participate in the 2020 Budget telephone town hall on Tuesday, Nov. 19, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., with host Mayor Marianne Meed Ward. Below is audio and a transcript of the live, call-in telephone town hall.
View telephone town hall transcript To learn more about the public engagement for the 2020 budget, visit www.getinvolvedburlington.ca |
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