Municipal Budget - Weyburn, Saskatchewan

City services impact your life every day. Each time you visit a recreation centre, borrow a book from the library, have your garbage or recycling picked up, drink clean water from the tap – you are using a City of Weyburn service.

The annual budget is a financial plan that describes how much money the City will raise and spend. It determines the level of service provided to Weyburn residents and guides decisions on what City infrastructure will be built and repaired.

2023 Budget Presentation

Building the Budget

Every year City Council, the City Manager and City staff work together to develop an annual budget. The budget serves as an outline for how money that comes into the City should be spent to maintain and improve the city.

As the City is limited by the amount of resources available, the budget helps in determining which objectives have the highest priority and will produce the greatest positive impact in the community. 

Balanced Budget

The City Weyburn develops a yearly balanced Operating and Capital Budget to provide growth and sustainability today and into the future. A balanced budget means money spent must equal money raised. To balance the budget, the City can either increase its revenues (property taxes and fees) or through reducing expenses and costs of services.

Operating Budget

The operating budget covers day-to-day spending on services such as recreation programs, garbage collection, parks maintenance, snow removal and emergency services. The operating budget also includes yearly projects to improve City owned infrastructure to help make Weyburn a safe, convenient, and livable community.

Capital Budget

The capital budget is the City’s plan to purchase, build, maintain, repair, and replace assets including fleet, roads, water and wastewater systems and public buildings such as recreation facilities, public works facilities, fire station, police Station, and parks.

Funding for Municipalities

There are several main sources of funding for municipalities. Budgeted initiatives can receive funding from a single source, but the majority are funded through multiple sources. The following are funding sources:

Property taxes, rates, fees
Grants
Development charges
Internal Reserves
Debt (External Loans)

2023 Budget Timeline

Oct. 24, 2022: Preliminary budget presented to Weyburn City Council at the regularly scheduled Council meeting held in Council Chambers.
Oct. 25 – Nov. 18: Opportunity for public input.
Nov. 28 – Further budget discussions at the scheduled Council meeting. Delegations may appear before City Council at this meeting and public input will be discussed.
Dec. 12 – Final budget approval by City Council at the scheduled Council meeting.

Public Engagement

The City of Weyburn is inviting residents to provide input on the 2023 annual budget, to help shape the vision of the City’s budget.

An open budget process offers citizens an opportunity to learn about the municipal budget process and provide input on priorities. Transparent and inclusive budgeting facilitates citizen understanding of issues and government processes, ensures transparency and accountability, improves the quality of decisions made and increases support for the decisions made.

Public input is open from Oct. 25 – Nov. 18, 2022. Residents can provide feedback on the City of Weyburn website (weyburn.ca/engage) or by emailing budget@weyburn.ca.

Individuals and/or organizations requesting an opportunity to appear as a delegation before Council regarding budget, must submit request to the City Clerks Office by Nov. 18, 2022.

Input received from the public will be provided to Council at the Nov. 28, 2022 Council meeting.

Printable Documents

2023 Preliminary Budget Report to Council

Past Budgets