The published net departmental budget rises from $7,548,456 in 2025 to $7,937,754 in 2026: an increase of $389,298, or 5.16%.
Blandford-Blenheim 2026 budget tables04Issues & decisionsBlandford-Blenheim
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The issue, explained
2025 plan → 2026 plan
+$389,298Change between the two plans
5.16%Calculated change
Ask the people in chargeWhich specific roads and public spaces improved, and which jobs moved into next year?
Net departmental budget, not gross spending or the change to a household bill. The official approved-budget link retains “Proposed” table headings.
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Public Works is budgeted at $4,731,584, including $4,358,839 for roads and $372,745 for winter control.
Blandford-Blenheim 2026 budget tablesCommunity Services has a net budget of $1,018,478. These departmental figures reflect revenues and costs; they are not gross spending totals.
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- Which specific roads and public spaces improved, and which jobs moved into next year?
- What service targets were attached to the increase, and were they met?
- Which changes were recurring costs and which were one-time investments?
Sources and corrections
- Blandford-Blenheim: approved budgets and Council responsibilityLive official page labels the linked 2026 document Approved Capital and Operation Budgets. Publication/adoption date not supplied on that page.
- Blandford-Blenheim 2026 budget tablesOfficial approved-budget link. PDF retains Proposed column headings. Page 1 is the net departmental summary; page 6 splits Public Works roads and winter control. Net budget amounts are not gross expenditure or a household tax-rate change.
- Blandford-Blenheim: what property taxes fundLive page separates upper-tier, lower-tier and education taxation; its linked tax-rate by-law list still starts with 2025.
Reviewed Oct 1, 2026. Original records may describe earlier events.
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2026 combined municipal levy by service
net levy including capital and reserve transfers · 2026$7,937,754Service budget context, not a dedicated allocation to this issue.2026 detailed service expenditure and funding schedules
gross service appropriation including capital/reserve transfers · 2026Not publishedService budget context, not a dedicated allocation to this issue.Separate records and funding scopes; amounts are not added together.
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Blandford-Blenheim · 2026
2026 combined municipal levy by service
net levy including capital and reserve transfers
$7,937,754Service financial context; not a dedicated allocation to every linked issue.
Blandford-Blenheim · 2026
2026 detailed service expenditure and funding schedules
gross service appropriation including capital/reserve transfers
Not establishedService financial context; not a dedicated allocation to every linked issue.
Blandford-Blenheim · 2026
2026 capital allocations embedded in service schedules
capital allocation subset of combined service budgets
Not establishedService financial context; not a dedicated allocation to every linked issue.
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