Monday, November 6, 2023

2024 Budget proposal to be revealed at Special Council session tonight


It's Budget Night in Prince Rupert, the annual delivery of the financial plan has been moved from its previous release period of the Spring, to its new time of the fall. 

As part of that shift to a fall presentation, tonight is the night that Chief Financial Officer Corinne Bomben reveals what's ahead for 2024 and beyond.

The first indication that the period of time towards consideration of the budget was to change came  in June, when  Report to Council outlined the reasoning behind the shift to a Fall release of the Budget plans.

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The budget consultation period for the 2024 Budget was outlined in mid October, it makes for  a quick timeline ahead from presentation to final decisions, which will see the process start with the Budget presented to Council (and streamed online) this evening at  7PM.

The next event is a Public Budget meeting on Thursday night at Coast Mountain College, that starts at 7 PM. The City has not indicated if that forum will be streamed live, or recorded for review for their YouTube channel for those who can't attend the session.

The Multi-Purpose Room at Coast Mountain College is the
venue on Thursday night at 7 PM for a Public session on the 2024 Municipal budget

One last public consultation will come on Tuesday, November 14th at the Regular Council Session, with the public comment period to commence prior to the session which will take place in Council Chambers.

Council members will then make their decisions towards the financial plan for 2024.

The Timeline for the Budget 2024 Process
for Prince Rupert City Council

Once released tonight, the documentation will be added to the City's Rupert Talks Engagement portal

That online resource will also host the City's Budget Simulation tool, which will debut once the proposed budget is delivered to Council.

You can keep up with all of the notes to follow on the budget process from our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.

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