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Budget

The Township provides programs and services to residents based on an annual Operating and Capital budget.

Operating budget

The Operating budget outlines our spending plan for the upcoming year. This includes the day-to-day cost of running:

the Township
fire services
facilities such as arenas and libraries
parks and recreation programs
leisure services and programming
road maintenance and repair
snow removal
by-law enforcement

Capital budget

The Capital budget outline's the Township's plan for long-term projects. It includes infrastructure related work like:

road reconstruction
sidewalk maintenance
water
sewer
parks
fire stations
arenas
libraries
parking lots
fleet replacement
building projects

Council reviews the budget to ensure the goals and priorities they have set are reflected in the budget. Once Council is satisfied with the budget it is approved. Depending on the size of the project funds may be spent in one year or spread over several years.

View more information about our current and past budgets:

Financial Statements

View the following annual audited financial statements for the Township of Woolwich:

Performance Measures

As required by the Ontario Government through the Financial Information Return (FIR) the Township must report certain performance data concerning Township services.

The Township reports the following core service areas:

building
sewer
water
roads
fire
general government
land-use planning
parks and recreation

As a lower-tier municipality Woolwich is required to report on only those services produced or delivered by the Township. The following services are reported by the upper-tire, in this case Region of Waterloo:

police
transit
solid waste
library services

The measures and formulas used to determine the efficiency and effectiveness are established by the Province.

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