Budget - City Clerk's Office
The Office of the City Clerk provides a variety of services and functions for the public and staff across the corporation through electronic and in person interactions. Statutory functions related to provincial regulations include, but are not limited to, the Marriage Act, the Vital Statistics Act, the Municipal Act, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Municipal Elections Act. Secretariat services are provided to Council and involve the creation of meeting agendas, the administration of electronic voting and the recording of motions. The Clerk's Office administers licensing programs, such as the licensing of driving services.
Interactive Budget
Explore the City's budget using the interactive OpenBook feature, including expenses by department and division as well as a breakdown of what a typical residential property taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment.
The full budget information is available in the Draft 2025 Budget book.
Highlights
Work continues to evolve in the Records Management Program in the area of electronic records and Data Governance. Records are being moved from common drives across the corporation to SharePoint, where they will be more efficiently stored and retrieved. The licensing program expanded in 2024 with the addition of the regulation of taxi cabs, limos and ride shares. Efficiencies in the administration of business licensing, request for records and road closures applications continue to be reviewed. The volume of requests for records under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act continue to increase. The allocation of appropriate resources and efficient processes to administer this service are necessary to ensure compliance with the timely issuance of records.
Municipalities are required to conduct an election every four years as per the Municipal Elections Act. The expense to conduct the election is the responsibility of municipality. An annual transfer to reserves creates the funds for the election and any by-elections. The contribution to the Reserve for 2025 is $175,000. The next municipal election will be held in 2026. The Election expenses included in the 2025 budget total $249,000 and include the hiring of temporary election staff and the securing of service contracts.
The increase in the 2025 budget is primarily due to Election work commencing in 2025 as well as approved salary and benefit increases.
OpenBook Budget tool instructions
Use our interactive OpenBook budget tool to view a breakdown of what a residential taxpayer pays for each municipal services.
The Where Your Tax Dollars Go feature shows how much a residential taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment. It starts at the City Department level then you can click on each department to view the cost for services within that department. For example:
- Click on Municipal Operations and it goes to the service/division level, where you can see the typical residential taxpayer pays $85.41 per $100,000 of assessment, or 5.22% of the municipal tax dollar for that service
- Click on Outside Organizations at the top level of the tool and it breaks it down to individual outside organizations that receive City funding, showing that the typical residential taxpayer pays $300.42 per $100,000 of assessment, or 18.36% of the municipal tax dollar for that service
See where your municipal tax dollar goes for municipal services. Explore the OpenBook budget tool.
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Peterborough, ON
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