The 2021 budget has been approved in the Town of Caledon.
Earlier the week, councillors supported an overall 1.13% increase, including Region of Peel and school board tax impacts, for homeowners.
This represents an approximate $59 property tax increase per typical household and is less than what was originally proposed.
Mayor Allan Thompson says the best thing they can do for residents and businesses is maintain service levels and keep our infrastructure in a state of good repair during the recovery.
Some key investments include:
-$30.0 million for the Roads Capital Program and $1.8 million for the Bridge Capital Program. This will include work such as road reconstruction or rehabilitation, asphalt roads maintenance, surface treatment, design and environmental assessments of various roads.
Facilities – on-going growth and expansion to serve the needs of the community
-Continuation of the Caledon East Community Centre expansion as a multi-year project to include a pool, Library, additional meeting spaces, a new gym, fitness center, walking track and community rooms.
-Continuation of the term of Council project to expand the Caledon Senior’s Centre, Rotary Place, in Bolton, which will include additional programming and large group gathering spaces
-$3.1 million for various Park improvements including Playground Improvements, Rehabilitation of Caledon Trailway Bridges, Hardball Diamond Construction at Emil Kolb Parkway and Duffy’s Lane and John Clarkson Ice Track Construction
-5 new full-time firefighters for the Valleywood Fire Station as recommended in the Council approved Fire Master Plan update
$0.8 million funding for the multi-year project to expand Palgrave, Mono Mills and Alton Fire Stations
-Enhancing the Automatic Speed Enforcement program by installing a second camera
