2022 and 2023 City Budget: Get to Know the Budget Basics

How to Navigate the Budget Website

Workshop: Money Talk: Making Cents of the Municipal Budget

Budget Glossary

Municipal budgets can be difficult to read and understand. The following phrases, definitions and examples will help you to navigate Guelph’s budget.

Table of Contents

2022 and 2023 City budget

• About Guelph
  • Annual financial reporting
  • City organizational chart
  • Guelph Council and structure
  • History of Guelph
• Budget basics
  • Budget glossary
• Budget board
• Budget strategy summaries
  • 100% Renewable Energy (100RE) Strategy
  • City Building Investment Strategy
  • Contaminated Sites Strategy
  • COVID-19 impacts on 2022 budget and beyond
  • Debt Strategy
  • Designing and delivering better City services
  • Economic overview
  • Growth Strategy
  • Infrastructure Renewal Strategy
  • Long-term financial planning
  • Positions by Strategic Plan priority
  • Reserves and reserve funds
  • Revenue sources
• Council reports
• Executive summary
• Get involved
  • How to address Council
• Rates, fees and charges guide
• Strategic priorities
  • Powering our future
  • Sustaining our future
  • Navigating our future
  • Working together for our future
  • Building our future
• Watch and listen