For more information contact
Bill McKennan, Director of Corporate Services
87 Cornwallis St.
PO Box 100
Kentville, NS B4N 3W3
(902) 690-6130
(902) 847-3051 (toll free from Kingston/Greenwood)
Email: budget@county.kings.ns.ca
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Budget Documents available for Download
The entire budget document is available for download here. |
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Budget Presentations
Materials provided at Budget meetings available to the public |
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Kings County residents are invited to participate in the process. Comments can be emailed to budget@county.kings.ns.ca. County staff will ensure that all submissions, whether in person, in writing or by email are brought forward to the attention of Council to be considered as part of their budget deliberations.
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Council will meet as Committee of the Whole several times over the coming weeks to receive citizen input and debate 2009/10 funding decisions.
All meetings will take place at the County Offices - Council Chambers at 7:00 PM, the dates are as follows:
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| Monday, March 30, 2009 |
Operating and Capital Budget released
Inform key stakeholders – Villages, Chamber of Commerce, Media, Unions and Ratepayers
Overview of Operating & Capital Budget |
| Monday, April 6, 2009 |
Public input
Responses to questions raised to-date.
Decision Packages - Presentations. |
| Monday, April 20, 2009 |
Responses to outstanding questions.
Decision Packages - Deliberations.
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| Monday, April 27, 2009 |
Responses to outstanding issues.
Captial Budget - Deliberations.
Sewer Rate - Deliberations. |
| Tuesday, May 5, 2009 @ 6:00 pm |
Recommended Budget to Council |
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Media Release
For Release: Friday April 02, 2009
Kings County Approves 2009/10 Operating & Capital Budgets
At its meeting held this past Tuesday May 5th, 2009, County Municipal Council approved a $37.7 million operating budget and a $12.1 million capital budget for a total of about $49.8 million, which resulted in a 1.9 cent increase on the current residential rate of $..834 per $100 of assessment, resulting in a new residential rate of $.853 per $100 of assessment. Residential property taxes will increase by $19.00 per year for home assessed at $100,000.
"This year's budget balances what we need to spend with what we can realistically afford to spend," said Warden Fred Whalen. "County staff and Council pulled together and worked out numerous solutions to protect core services and keep the property tax increase as low as possible. The recommended budget will allow us to maintain our services and invest in the needs of the community to encourage growth and make our community a better place to work, grow and live”.
Warden Whalen explained that this year has been a unique one for Council, in terms of the number of Special Initiatives to be included in the budget debate. “We are seeing a number of organizations turning to Kings County for support to improve facilities in our communities, facilities that are working hard to deliver needed services in our community”.
Council's goal was to have a budget that is reasonable and responsible; that protects County services and directs funding to where it is most needed. Moving forward, the County is working on a long-term financial forecast to help plan for the future needs of County residents and to address the challenges of both growth and aging County infrastructure.
"Nobody likes to see taxes go up," noted the Warden. "But we recognize that residents really value the quality of life and the services they currently receive in the County and we're pleased that this modest increase will allow the County to further enhance the services it provides."
Council and staff have been working diligently to leverage funding from the Provincial and Federal Programs that have been announced to respond to the current economic climate. The County has been successful in obtaining $4.6 million to support infrastructure upgrades to protect the health and safety of our residents and support the local economy.
The approved budgets implement a number of new initiatives including:
• Improved funding for youth recreation
• Full year funding of additional police officers (two)
• Financial contributions to the Your Hospital, Your Hospice Capital Campaign
• Financial contributions to the Fundy Inter-Church Foodbank permanent facility
• Significant acceleration of infrastructure renewal over approximately $12.1 million
• Funding for the construction of new sidewalks to enhance active transportation and community safety
For More Information:
Warden Fred Whalen: 679-7941
Bill McKennan, Director of Corporate Services: 690-6130 |
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