04Issues & decisionsBlandford-Blenheim

Blandford-Blenheim · Explain yourself

$389,298 more. What improved in your village?

The Township’s net departmental budget rose 5.16%. Show Bright, Drumbo, Plattsville, Princeton and rural residents what that bought.

01 / The fact

+$389,298Increase in the net departmental budget$7,548,456 in 2025 to $7,937,754 in 2026. The 5.16% change is not the increase in every household’s full tax bill.
7,548,456 CAD2025 net departmental budget
7,937,754 CAD2026 net departmental budget
4,731,584 CAD2026 Public Works net budget
Township approved budgets and Council responsibility

02 / The power

Who can decide?

Blandford-Blenheim Council decides the Township budget; staff deliver and report on services. County and education charges are separate parts of the property-tax bill.

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Township approved budgets and Council responsibility

03 / The choice

What is the trade-off?

  1. Proposal: maintain services with a delivery reportKeeping service standards may require further funding as costs rise. Show the cost drivers.
  2. Proposal: move money to priority workName the service or project that loses funding and the effect on residents.
  3. Proposal: change a service standardA saving can mean slower response, less access or deferred maintenance; quantify the consequence first.

04 / A follow-up worth asking

What work was completed in each village and on rural roads, what did it actually cost, and what remains unfinished?

Holding office means explaining the choice.

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05 / Your move

Keep the question alive.

Put the approved allocations beside the latest spending and delivery report. Ask Council to explain the next budget trade-offs before voting on them.

I want an answer

By the people. For the people.

Who else should see this?

See the decision.

Net departmental budget · same basis, two years
2025 net departmental budget$7,548,456
2026 net departmental budget$7,937,754
Bars start at zero. CAD.
2026 budget · departmental summary and Public Works

Pick a plan. Explain the trade-off.

What would you choose?

Choices to question · not a public vote or a list of approved projects.

Proposal: maintain services with a delivery report

What it could achieveConnect approved funding to road work, winter service and recreation residents can check.

The trade-offKeeping service standards may require further funding as costs rise. Show the cost drivers.

Make the case for this choice

Proposal: move money to priority work

What it could achieveExplain which village or rural needs should come first within available funding.

The trade-offName the service or project that loses funding and the effect on residents.

Make the case for this choice

Proposal: change a service standard

What it could achieveMake the cost of a higher or lower standard explicit before the next budget.

The trade-offA saving can mean slower response, less access or deferred maintenance; quantify the consequence first.

Make the case for this choice

Same issue. Same opportunity to explain.

Where do they stand?

Which measurable road, winter-maintenance and recreation improvements did Blandford-Blenheim buy with its 2026 budget increase?

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An absent public answer is not a refusal. Delivery and responses are recorded on the public question.

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Open public question

Put the question to them.

Which measurable road, winter-maintenance and recreation improvements did Blandford-Blenheim buy with its 2026 budget increase?

The record stays here

What happened. What happens next.

Next to watch

Put the approved allocations beside the latest spending and delivery report. Ask Council to explain the next budget trade-offs before voting on them.

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Open the documentsTownship approved budgets and Council responsibility2026 budget · departmental summary and Public WorksWhat property taxes fundThe full issue recordCorrect this page or add a source

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Who’s actually in charge?
01

Blandford-Blenheim council

Municipal services, local roads, recreation, zoning and the local budget.

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Oxford County

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