2024 Budget
Consultation has concluded
The City engages with residents to gather ideas and feedback as it drafts the budget each year for City Council’s consideration.
The City consults with the community throughout the budget process – at the beginning when setting the guidelines for the drafting of the budget, when the draft budget is released, and before Council considers approving the budget.
Each year, Council considers the needs of the community, expected service levels, and legislated responsibilities as it sets the operating and capital budgets for the City of Peterborough.
As part of the community engagement, Council holds casual drop-in-style meetings where residents can talk to Council members and City staff about budget priorities ahead of setting the guidelines for drafting the next year's budget. This year, for the first time, Council will also be holding drop-in style meetings after the draft budget is prepared to provide an opportunity for more casual conversations about what's in the draft budget as an alternative to the more formal Council meetings where residents can also appear as delegations to Council.
The City started the 2024 Budget process in March with community consultation, including a survey and public meetings. Council held Finance Committee meetings in May and June to review information and consider input from the community. In August, Council held meetings to hear detailed breakdowns of budget implications for services and capital projects before setting a guideline for putting together the Draft 2024 Budget..
Visit peterborough.ca/budget to explore budget information, including information on revenue and how the City spends money on infrastructure and services. For the capital budget, the City provides an interactive map to explore the various capital projects happening around the City.
We'll continue to update this project page throughout the 2024 Budget process. Check back for updates and details on other opportunities to engage throughout the budget process.
Thank you for joining the conversation on the 2024 Budget.
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2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Familiarity with the budget
Share 2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Familiarity with the budget on Facebook Share 2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Familiarity with the budget on Twitter Share 2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Familiarity with the budget on Linkedin Email 2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Familiarity with the budget linkParticipants were asked a series of voluntary questions about their knowledge of the budget process, how they found out about the budget consultation, how they prefer to get information about the budget, and demographic information to help inform how the City engages with the community about the budget.
We would like to understand how familiar the community is with the budget; this way we can work to provide the information people want and need.
We would like to understand how familiar the community is with the budget; this way we can work to provide the information people want and need.
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How familiar are you with how the City develops the annual budget? 61 228 121 How familiar are you with how the City makes decisions about spending on programs and infrastructure each year? 70 214 123 How familiar are you with the services and programs funded by the City of Peterborough annual budget? 107 240 62 -
2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Interest in the budget process
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How closely do you follow/how interested are you in the creation and approval of the City's annual budget? (Scale of 1-5 with 1 being "Not at all" and 5 being "Extremely closely/extremely interested")
How closely do you follow/how interested are you in the creation and approval of the City's annual budget? (Scale of 1-5 with 1 being "Not at all" and 5 being "Extremely closely/extremely interested")
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Percentage of responses
5 - Extremely closely/extremely interested 75 18.3% 4 162 39.6% 3 113 27.6% 2 43 10.5% 1 - Not at all 16 3.9% -
2024 Budget Survey - What We Heard - Ways to engage with residents
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What ways would you like to be able to share comments, feedback and ideas about the City's annual budget? (please select up to three options)
What ways would you like to be able to share comments, feedback and ideas about the City's annual budget? (please select up to three options)
Responses
Anonymous online survey 305 Provide feedback/ask questions on a web-based discussion forum 188 Attend public meetings or open houses 171 Contact via email 136 Random telephone survey 36 Other 11
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Treasurer and Commissioner of Corporate and Legislative Services
City of Peterborough
