Budget 2025 Balances Operations, Community Connection and Growth

Beaumont Council approved the City’s 2025 budget Tuesday, December 10, prioritizing sustainable municipal services, safe neighborhoods, stronger community connections and responsible growth to meet the needs of residents.

“This budget reflects our commitment to managing growth responsibly, keeping taxes affordable, and investing in services that make Beaumont a thriving, inclusive community,” said Mayor Bill Daneluik. “Beaumont is the third-fastest growing community in Western Canada and this puts pressure on City services. The budget for 2025 is a significant step towards meeting those challenges and addressing needs identified by community groups and residents.”

Highlights for the 2025 budget include:

• Strengthening connections with a resource to support volunteer organizations towards self-sufficiency and community development initiatives, and funding a strategy to keep festivals and events relevant and inclusive.
• Establishing a three-year grant program to attract needed healthcare services in a growing community.
• Enhancing parks and outdoor spaces, including a small ball diamond at the J.E. Lapointe school field, safety netting for ball diamonds, a football coaching tower at Four Seasons Park, design and site selection for pickle ball courts, and construction of a cenotaph to honour local veterans.
• Upgrading under-utilized banquet space in the Ken Nichol Regional Recreation Centre to provide community groups with more locations for events and activities.
• Allocating resources for permit and bylaw enforcement to strengthen the safe and
  orderly development of Beaumont’s neighbourhoods.
• Investing in the renewal and upkeep of existing infrastructure and facilities, and replacing aging equipment.
• Supporting safe neighbourhoods with sidewalk and road renewal and crosswalk enhancements, along with continued investment in RCMP, fire services, and municipal enforcement.

The approved tax levy increase includes 3.13 per cent for municipal operations and the Beaumont Library – largely reflecting inflation and resources to address growth pressures in areas like planning, development and community services – and 1.88 per cent for the City’s contract with RCMP.

The owner of a home assessed at $471,000 will pay $161.77 more – $13.48 per month – for municipal property taxes in 2025. Utilities for the same household will be $6.87 more per month. Franchise fees for electricity and natural gas remain unchanged.

Building and development fees will increase in 2025, reflecting the cost of providing these services. Transit fares will also increase January 1, with a single ride fare going to $5 from $4.50.

Despite allocating resources to pressures related to growth, the budget also detailed areas where funding has not kept up, such as operating costs for snow clearing and maintaining outdoor spaces in new neighbourhoods. Administration will review service levels in 2025 and examine revenue options, including increased offsite levies for development, so the City’s finances are sustainable into the future.

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