Under Strong Mayor Powers directive MDI-2025-01, the Mayor directed staff to prepare the 2026 budget and the budget deliberation process will commence on October 28, 2025 with the release of the Mayor’s proposed budget. As part of the Budget process, Council will consider the 2026 Fees and Charges By-law and the establishment of the 2026 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 fund operating 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:
Information regarding the 2026 budget process, including meeting dates, is available at SpeakUpLincoln.ca/2026budget.
The Budget Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. will be the public meeting for the consideration of all the 2026 Rates and the 2026 Fees and Charges.
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments on agenda items by emailing clerks@lincoln.ca, or to request to speak at the meeting by completing the online delegation form at lincoln.ca/delegations. 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 Thursday before the scheduled meeting. 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.
Council’s consideration and adoption of the 2026 Rates, User Fees and Charges is anticipated to occur at the Council meeting on Monday, November 17, 2025, with an effective date of January 1, 2026.
The Fees and Charges By-law may be approved in whole or in part at the above-noted Council meeting or any subsequent Council meeting. If the matter is considered at a subsequent meeting of Council, no additional notice will be provided.
Should approval of the 2026 Rates or Fees and Charges be deferred, no further notice is required if a public statement is made at the meetings of November 12, 2025, or November 17, 2025, that the matter has been deferred and the municipality now intends to adopt the 2026 Rates or Fees and Charges at a later Council meeting specified in the public statement.
~ Charlotte Tunikaitis | Director, Finance/Treasurer