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Council Highlights
2024 Operating Budget
The City of Quesnel held a public engagement session on February 27th to present an overview of the budget process and the Preliminary Budget Estimates for 2024 and, to allow residents a further opportunity to participate and provide feedback on the 2024 Operating budget.
If you were unable to attend and would still like a chance to contribute, you can do so by emailing budget@quesnel.ca.
The 2024 Operating Budget will come forward on the March 5, 2024 Regular meeting of Council for final discussion and approval.
- The draft operating budget has total taxation of $20,437,700. This is a 5.6% total tax levy increase over 2023.
- At this point, the increase to the average residence for municipal taxes would be $64.73 or $18.25 per $100,000. The increase for commercial would be $86.40 per $100,000.
- Residential Assessments were fairly flat in 2024, increasing only 2.6%. Revised Assessments will be received in mid March that will determine the final taxation rates that will be built into the tax rate bylaw.
More details and a copy of the budget presentation can be found at https://letsconnectquesnel.ca/budget-2024