Budget 2025 Annual Update

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 undertaking it's first annual update as part of the multi-year budget, covering 2024 to 2027, to maintain strategic financial planning over this term of Council.

Linking Council's 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 fall, we have released the first phase of budget engagement through our budget survey.

The second phase is the budget presentation to Council on November 13th (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 20th (12pm) and 21st (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 26th (6pm), followed by a second meeting on the 27th (6pm). If needed, further contingency meetings are scheduled for November 28th, December 3rd and 4th, also at 6pm.

Use the interactive section below to submit your budget questions and share your ideas regarding the 2025 annual update of the Municipal Budget 2024-2027.