Municipal Budgets

The Municipal Budget

The budget is more than just dollars and cents – it impacts you through the programs and services you receive and is one of the Township's most important strategic documents, serving as a guide for everything we do. Each time you enjoy a local park or beach, have your garbage and recycling collected, or use a recently plowed or repaired road, you are seeing your tax dollars at work.

It is South Frontenac's goal to provide a balance of services that improve the quality of life for our residents, while also ensuring we have the organizational capacity to deliver cost-effective services in a changing world.

The annual budget operationalizes the Township's Strategic Plan. It reflects:

What the community values,
What it wants to get done, and
Where it wants to be in the future.

2023 Budget

On March 7, 2023, Council approved the 2023 budget of $37.4 million. The budget represents a 2.62 per cent tax increase or $43.91 a year for the average taxpayer for the Township portion*. You can read the full budget here on our engagefrontenac budget project page.

Budget Highlights

Total operating budget of $25,428,671 and capital budget of $11,978,750
Assessment growth of 1.45%
$8.37 million for roads projects in 2023, with major road projects including sections of Sunbury Road, Alton Road, and North Shore Road, funds allocated for updating gravel roads, and culvert replacements at Wilmer Road and Opinicon Road
$575,000 to purchase a new tanker for South Frontenac Fire and Rescue
$120,000 to resurface Glendower courts and $124,000 for new playground equipment in Harrowsmith and Inverary
$100,000 towards climate change strategy and initiatives
$120,000 towards Highway 38 preliminary design (Kingston Rd to Murton Rd)
Strategic Plan update for the Township
Townhall expansion design

You can read the final budget document here and other documents including the results of the budget survey on our engagefrontenac.ca budget project page.

Past Budgets

2022 Municipal Budget

The 2022 Municipal Budget is in line with Council’s long-range financial plan which considers the Township’s ability to fund capital and operations over a 10-year period while observing strategic priorities and maintaining tax rate targets and reserve balances.

Here are some of the initiatives outlined in the budget:

Gravel roads and asset management
Affordable housing
Short-term rentals
Shoreline protection
By-law enforcement
Enhanced recreation, parks & leisure
Continued organizational capacity-building

More information about the 2022 Budget, as well as updates, can be found on the Township's CivicWeb portal.

2021 Municipal Budget

At its regular meeting on January 26, 2021, South Frontenac Council approved its 2021 operating and capital budgets for the Township, adopting a financial plan for the year that maintains or enhances existing services, funds numerous capital projects and advances a number of priorities from Council’s 2019-2022 Strategic Plan – all while delivering an average tax payer increase of 1.5%.

In keeping with its vision of being “Natural, Vibrant and Growing – a Progressive Rural Leader”, the 2021 budget continues the Township’s focus on modernizing its operations, investing in its infrastructure, addressing emerging needs such as housing and climate change, and showing regional leadership by offering new or enhanced services for our residents.

The final budget represents $36,700,009 in operating and capital expenditures and reserve transfers, requiring $20,615,543 to be raised from taxation. As a result, a property with the average assessed value of $271,013 will see an increase of $24.40 (1.5%) on their 2021 Township tax bill.