Budgets

A municipal budget is a detailed financial plan used by local governments to allocate resources, manage expenditures, and provide services. It is Haldimand’s plan for the coming year, expressed in dollars.

Our budget is made up of three parts:

• Operating Budget: pays for county services such as winter control, recreation programming, garbage collection, as well as day-to-day expenses like utilities, fuel, salaries, insurance.
• Capital Budget: pays for major assets and long-term investments like infrastructure, roads, bridges, parks and public facilities (including libraries, arenas and community centres). 
• Rate-Supported Budget (Water and Wastewater Budget): pays for the annual operations of water and wastewater services and funds the replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities and assets. It is funded solely by users.