The 2022 Budget Has Been Passed

The Municipality of Marmora and Lake passed its 2022 budget at the March 1st Special Budget Meeting.

Overall, the budget is geared towards delivering excellent service to our residents, with a focus on infrastructure.

Council approved a municipal levy increase of 1.88%. Currently, the County levy has not been set, and the education levy is remaining the same as last year.

Highlights From the 2022 Budget

Roads/Parks and Recreation Department

  • New Backhoe

  • New Tandem Plow Truck (purchased before budget passed as per council resolution)

  • New Grader (we will keep the current grader so that more work can be done in-house)

  • Pickup Truck

  • Marble Point Road Resurfacing Project

  • High Shore, Booster Park, and Lakeshore Road Resurfacing Project

  • Sand Dome Replacement

Environmental Department

  • GAC tank repairs

  • $32,500 towards track loader replacement

  • Gas monitoring and additional monitoring wells at landfill

  • Site prep work for the approved landfill ECA

Facilities

  • $25,000 towards the Memorial Building roof repair project

  • $15,000 towards the Curling Club and Arena fire alarm panel

Economic Development

  • Marmora and Lake will become an honorary member of the Madoc Chamber of Commerce

Service Ontario

  • Marmora and Lake will not renew the contract with Service Ontario

Software Improvements

  • Questica Budget Software

  • Voyent Alert System

  • Cloudpermit Planning Module

Council deliberated for approximately seven hours trying to balance the needs of the municipality while keeping costs low. The budget was passed unanimously and everyone is looking forward to completing some much needed work for Marmora and Lake.

Jennifer Bennett