Introduction

By July 2025, Asset Management Planning legislation requires municipalities to determine current and future levels of service, the costs associated with that level of service and a plan to fund it. The legislation will, in essence, require municipalities to "live within their own means" by setting levels that are affordable and attainable long term. Not being compliant with this requirement will affect Municipal transfer funding. As well, capital funding programs have been shifting to take into account a Municipality's strategy in closing the asset gap and current state of funding their assets (i.e. the more the Municipality is addressing the deficit, the more likely a funding is to be approved. The less a Municipality is working to close the gap, the less likely they are to be approved for funding).

Council directed staff to undertake Service Delivery Reviews on all Municipal services. The Service Delivery Review (SDR) is an evaluation process in which a specific municipal service is systematically reviewed to determine the most appropriate way to provide it. The SDR process focuses on setting priorities and, where possible, reducing the cost of delivery (to the Municipality) while maintaining or improving services and service levels. At times, service levels may have to be cut.

These reviews will be completed and presented to Council over the next several months. Residents are asked to participate in these reviews through quarterly surveys so that your opinions can be incorporated into the SDRs.

During the seventh round of SDRs (Q1 2025), we are asking for feedback on Airports, Waste Management, and Storm Water Management.

The online survey closes at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 6, 2025.

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* 1. Are you a resident or tax payer in the Municipality of Greenstone?

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