The Council of the Corporation of the Town of Lincoln hereby gives Notice that it has commenced discussions to adopt the 2024 Budget for the Town of Lincoln and its associated Boards and Committees. As part of the Budget review process, Council will consider the 2024 Fees and Charges By-law and the establishment of the 2024 rates and fees for all Town programs and services which includes rates and fees for Planning & Building, Water and Wastewater.
- The building permit rates cover the expenditures to administer the Building Code Act by the Town of Lincoln to deliver these services.
- The water and wastewater rates provide for the treatment/distribution of water and the collection/treatment of wastewater and shall fund operating expenses and capital expenditures associated with the Town’s water and wastewater systems.
- The Fees and Charges By-law sets the rates for all user-pay services.
Upcoming Meetings:
The Council meeting on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. will include Budget ratification and consideration of all the 2024 rates and the 2024 Fees and Charges.
The public are invited to submit delegation requests and/or written comments related to items on the agenda to clerks@lincoln.ca no later than 9:00 a.m. on the Tuesday before the scheduled meetings. All delegation submissions will be provided to the Mayor and Council prior to the meeting and will form part of the public record.
Members of the public can watch the meeting proceedings on the Town of Lincoln’s YouTube Channel.
The Fees and Charges By-law will come forward at the Council meeting on Monday, January 15, 2024, for consideration and approval, with an effective date of February 1, 2024.
The Budget and Fees and Charges By-law may be approved in whole or in part at the above-noted Council Budget meeting or any subsequent Council Budget meeting. If the matter is considered at a subsequent Budget meeting of Council, no additional notice will be provided.
Should approval of the 2024 Rates or Fees and Charges (including Planning & Building or Water Wastewater) be deferred, no further notice is required if a public statement is made at the meetings of December 13, 2023, or January 15, 2024, that the matter has been deferred and the municipality now intends to adopt or amend the budget at a later Council meeting specified in the public statement.
~ Charlotte Tunikaitis | Director, Finance/Treasurer
First published on December 8, 2023