This document provides an overview of the Financial Plan which outlines the services provided by the City and the financial implications thereof.
2025 Budget Highlights and Investments from Taxes
Learn about the 2025 Budget priorities, how tax funds are invested, and more!
2025-2029 Financial Plan Update
At the regular Council meeting on April 8, 2025 the 2025-2029 Financial Plan Bylaw 8019-2025 was approved. The plan incorporates the 2025-2029 operating budget, 2025–2029 capital program, one-time decision packages approved in December 2024, previously approved capital projects currently underway, and ongoing decision packages from the December 2024 business planning session.
Refer to the April 8, 2025 Regular Council Meeting Agenda and Staff Report for details.
A 2025-2029 Financial Plan Summary is currently being finalized and will be published later in spring.
Learn more about the 2025 budget, planning process, and community engagement opportunities at Engage.MapleRidge.ca/Budget2025.
The City's Financial Plan, more commonly known as the “Budget”, is the outcome of a robust Business Planning process that sees each department develop a business plan aligned with Council's strategic direction.
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A key part of that Business Planning process includes presentations to Council. The annual process is adapted each year to fit the circumstances. Typically later in a Council's mandate the presentations are shorter as Council is more familiar with the City's operations. In the interest of openness and accountability, all of the budget deliberations and business plan presentations occur at meetings open to the public and live streamed.
This report begins with a discussion of the legislative framework that we operate in, as well as the process that we go through in developing the Financial Plan. It then discusses the key cost drivers and financial strategies that are built into the plan. The impact of the Financial Plan to the average home is also highlighted.