Budget - Legal Services
Legal Services manages a varied caseload, dealing with a broad range of legal issues faced by a single-tier municipality and relating to provincial and federal jurisdiction. The Legal Services Division provides a range of legal services to the Corporation, City Council, the CAO, and City staff on issues related to planning and land development; real estate transactions; real property agreements; by-law drafting; labour and employment; social services including housing; legislative interpretation, contracts and advocacy before administrative tribunals and the courts. Legal Services staff work closely with the Insurance and Risk Management Coordinator involving litigation and insurance coverage for contractual and other risk management documents. Legal Service's caseload is determined by the needs and projects of Council and City Departments.
The 2025 budget includes increased costs for approved salary and benefits, and inflationary increases in other expenditures. A portion of Legal Services expenses are recovered from other divisions where third-party funding or fees are in place. In 2025 budget, these recoveries increased and offset the expense increases resulting in a decreased net requirement.
The Legal Services Division has requested a new staff position not included in the budget. This request can be found in Section 4 Staffing Requests not included in the Draft 2025 Budget.
Realty Services
The Realty Services Division is responsible for the management of the City’s real property interests including acquisitions, dispositions, leases, licences, easements, encroachments and other agreements, appraisal services, real estate consulting, marketing, procurement, negotiations, and the management of inventories of the City’s real property interests with a view to maximizing returns for the City.
The division is responsible for leading in the area of municipal Real Property Management including developing and brokering innovative solutions to complex real estate matters and functioning as a corporate resource on Real Property Management requirements of various capital initiatives across the organization. The division develops, implements, and monitors compliance to corporate policies and procedures related to Real Property Management.
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.
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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