Budgets

Each year the Town undertakes an extensive budgeting process.

It begins in the fall with each Manager reviewing their department’s operating budgets and determining their basic operational needs for the upcoming year.  Special projects are identified, reviewed and if accepted by Council, included in the operational budget.  Once the operational budgets have been determined, management reviews the potential capital projects for the upcoming year to determine which projects to recommend to Council.

These draft capital budgets, along with base operational budgets are then reviewed by the Corporate Services Committee and Council for final determination of the year’s budget.   These meetings are open to the public.  An annual Open House is also held to gather input from the public on the draft budget being proposed.

This process culminates in the creation of the Five-Year Financial Plan and the Tax Rate Bylaws, both of which must be adopted by Council and then submitted to the Ministry of Community and Rural Development by May 15th of each year.

2011 Budget Process:
For information on the 2011 budget process, please see  2011 Budget Presentation

Bylaw 1143, 2011 5-year Financial Plan

Contact Information:

Accounting Clerk
Sheri Spence
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Director of Finance
Ian Poole, CA
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Assistant Treasurer
Lorraine Coughlin
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Phone: 604.886.2274
Fax: 604.886.9735

Location and Mailing Address

474 South Fletcher Road
Box 340
Gibsons, BC  V0N 1V0

Business Hours
8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays).