Budget - Office of the Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Commissioner
The Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Department is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering the policies, programs, and projects that plan and build our community in a sustainable way. The department includes the following Divisions: Planning, Development and Urban Design; Building Services; Asset Management and Capital Planning; and Engineering and Capital Works; Economic Development (new in 2025). This Department uses data-driven approaches to inform evidence-based decision-making to ensure that the necessary infrastructure is planned and built to support a diverse range of land uses that foster a vibrant and prosperous community. Core functions range from stewarding the vision established by the Official Plan and administering land-use planning approvals and building permits to overseeing the capital planning and delivery of major infrastructure projects required to support the needs of our growing community.
The Office of the Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Commissioner leads and oversees the Department in the planning and delivery of essential policy frameworks and infrastructure services that our citizens rely on every day with a focus of managing growth in a sustainable way; including roads, sidewalks, parking facilities, stormwater facilities, sanitary systems, building permits and land use applications.
This Division includes the Commissioner, Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management, the Administrative Assistant to
the Commissioner and Infrastructure Business Analyst positions.
The decrease in the budget for 2025 is due to increased recoveries from capital projects and other revenues.
Divisions of the Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management Department
- Asset Management and Capital Planning
- Building Services
- Economic Development (new in 2025)
- Engineering and Capital Works
- Planning, Development and Urban Design
The Commissioner provides strategic leadership to the works of all Divisions within the Department and is the liaison with Council.
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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Peterborough, ON
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