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Houston, BC
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Budget Planning
Municipal Budget 2023
The District of Houston wants to hear your thoughts on the Municipal Budget for 2023!Stay tuned for budget planning meetings in February 2023! The District of Houston released a budget survey between October 31, 2022 - November 30, 2022.
Click here to see the Budget Survey Results Summary
Click here to see the Budget Survey Questions and Responses
Click here to see the Budget Survey Staff Report
See below the 2022 Budget Information:
First Reading - Five Year (2022-2026) Financial Plan Bylaw No. 1159
2022 Operating Budget Presentation
2022 Capital Budget Presentation
Written submissions can be emailed to doh@houston.ca or addressed to the Corporate Officer and dropped off at the District Office. Don't forget you are welcome to join the budget meetings in-person and virtually through Microsoft Teams!
We appreciate your feedback!
Municipal Budget Planning
Financial budgeting is a planning tool that enhances local government accountability and service delivery, and sets out their legal expenditure authority. The legislation establishes requirements and deadlines for the adoption of financial plans, and a local government may amend its plan during the year for unexpected expenditures.
Legislative Requirements
Local governments must annually adopt a financial plan in accordance with the Local Government Act and the Community Charter. The planning period for the financial plan must include the current fiscal year and the next four fiscal years (five-year plan). At a minimum, the plan must include:
- Proposed expenditures (operating, capital, interest, and principal payment on debt), funding sources (for example, taxes, fees, grants, new borrowing, and debenture debt), and transfers to and from reserve funds and surplus
- Objectives and policies for the fiscal year regarding the distribution of funding sources, the distribution of property taxes amongst various property classes, and the use of any permissive tax exemptions
A local government must not budget for a deficit (planned expenditures and transfers to funds cannot exceed planned revenues, transfers from funds, and other cash contributions). However, if actual expenditures and net transfers from the previous year exceed that year's revenues and contributions, the resulting deficiency must be carried forward to the current year's financial plan as an expenditure.
Municipalities must adopt their financial plans before they adopt their annual tax rate bylaws (which must be adopted before May 15 each year).
2021 Budget Survey Results Report
For an overview of the results analysis of our survey see our 2021 Budget Survey Response Summary or for a summary of each question view the 2021 Budget Survey Question Data.
How to get involved?
The District welcomes budget feedback from the community at all times throughout the year. To get involved with the budget planning process you can:
Submit your feedback to: doh@houston.ca
Budget Planning Process
September - October:
- Municipal Staff Prepare Draft Budgets for their Department
November - December:
- Preliminary Community Consultation, including Budget Surveys, Education, & More
- Review of Departmental Budgets by the Director of Finance
- Drafting of Operational, Equipment, and Supplementary Project Budgets
- Draft Operating Budget Presented for Council Discussion
January-February:
- Draft Supplementary Project Budget Presented for Council Discussion
- Supplementary Project Budget undergoes Council approvals, cuts, or deferrals
March-May:
- First Presentation of Consolidated 2021-2025 Financial Plan
- Review of Revised Assessment Roll & Establishment of Tax Rates
- Adoption of Financial Plan and Tax Rates Bylaw
Current Budget Planning Documents
2021-2025 Base Budget Estimates
2021-2025 Proposed Project Sheets
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