Budget 2024-2027: Investing in Today. Empowering Tomorrow.

Chatham-Kent's Municipal budget is the blueprint for how your tax dollars will be spent.

It shows how the Municipality will balance revenue with expenditures to fund services it effectively and efficiently provides to the residents of Chatham-Kent.

This year the Municipality is developing it's first multi-year budget, covering 2024 to 2027, to provide strategic financial planning over the term of Council.

Linking Councils strategic priorities to the departmental business plans and subsequently the adoption of a 4-year budget creates an integrated, long-term approach aligning Council’s strategic priorities to funding plans for implementation. The implementation of multi-year budgets is not a one-time exercise, but one that must reviewed and adopted annually through the annual budget updates. Switching to a multi-year budget provides the residents of Chatham-Kent with greater certainty of their future taxes along with the implementation timelines of Councils strategic plan. For details on Chatham-Kent's implementation of a multi-year budget please see the Multi-Year Budget presentation and the Report to Council in the Additional Information section on the right.

This spring, we have released the first phase of budget engagement through an initial survey, followed by a second survey later in the summer.

The second phase is the budget presentation to Council on November 15th (6pm) which will also be aired live on YourTV, shared on Facebook and YouTube. The draft budget will be available at that time on the Municipality of Chatham-Kent website. We’ll also be hosting live Q&A Community Open House sessions on Facebook November 22nd (12pm) and 23rd (7pm).

The third phase will involve Council deliberations on the budget, which will be aired live on YourTV, as well as shared on Facebook and YouTube, starting November 28th (6pm), followed by meetings on the 29th and 30th. If needed, further contingency meetings are scheduled for December 5th and 6th, also at 6pm.

Use the interactive section below to submit your budget questions and share your ideas regarding the Municipal Budget 2024-2027.