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Council passes the Town of Huntsville’s 2024 budget

Without further comment, Huntsville Council passed the controversial 2024 budget with a tax rate increase of 10.68 per cent at its council meeting on Monday, January 29.

Following the meeting, the municipality issued a summary of spending priorities called for in the 2024 budget.

  • Maintaining Quality Services
    • The Town is making an operational investment of $3,780,000 in Community Services for 2024,
    • This division has seen an 11-100 % growth in users across various programs.
  • Investing in Human Capital
    • Investing in Human capital that supports and provides the services for the Community.
  • Serving the Growing Population
    • Huntsville’s population has grown by 11% (from 2014-2021), which impacts on such areas as parks, roads, sidewalks and emergency services.
    • This year, the Town is making an operational investment of over $8,000,000, for Operations & Protective Services.
    • Huntsville’s Operations Staff maintain approximately 400+ km of roads (of which 250+ km are paved) and 33,470m of sidewalks.
    • Capital Projects approved as part of the 2024 Budget include:
      • $7,000,000 for Roads Capital Projects, including works on: Meadow Park Drive, Minerva Street, Cora Street East, East Waseosa Lake Road, and South Waseosa Lake Road
      • $500,000 for two bridge reconstructions – Old North Bridge and East River/Williamsport Bridge
      • $1,750,000 for Parks projects including the following works: McCulley Robertson Park, Rivermill Park Washroom, Conroy Park Tennis Court, Utterson Park Tennis Court, and Port Sydney Hall Basketball Courts.
      • $1,425,000 for Fire Projects, including new vehicles and equipment.
  • Supporting Town & Community Infrastructure
    • The 2024 Budget includes an overall increase of $672,200 for Capital funding to support the Town’s infrastructure, to reduce the Asset Management Funding gap.
    • The five largest areas of investment for 2024 Capital Contributions are: $4,541,250 to Roads, $740,895 to Fleet, $548,500 to Parks, $459,050 to Facilities, and $331,100 to Fire; sixth largest Capital Contribution is to the Library at $125,325.
    • The Town’s 2024 Budget includes our ongoing commitment to the Hospital Local Share, in the amount of $230,000.

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  1. Bill Beatty says:

    The cost of home ownership in Huntsville just went up 16% in 2 years well over the national rate of inflation…Very disappointing. What does next year hold ?