Proposed budget document is out - they are still misleading with some of their numbers

By Pepper Parr

September 19, 2024

BURLINGTON, ON

City hall released the Draft Summary of the proposed 2025 budget document.  It’s 28 pages long – loads of data.

The red boxed line is what Burlington is spending. The city misleads when they include all three levels – the one that counts is the city number – that is how much more the city wants from you this year over last year.

The City collects tax for the Boards of Education, the Regional government (which includes the police services) and the city.

The Draft Summary of the proposed 2025 budget was released just a little after 2:30 this afternoon.

They mislead the public when they use that 5.25% number.

What really matters to the citizens of Burlington is the amount that the city portion has increased.  THAT amount is 8.04% and is expected to increase when the public learns how much more money is going to be needed for flood prevention issues.

That information won’t be available until sometime mid October.

Link to the document is HERE