The local operating levy is $12,829,962, up $598,117 or 4.89% from the prior-year budget. That is levy growth, not each resident’s tax-rate increase.
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Zorra funded the work. Which projects are finished?
A capital plan promises physical improvements across the Township.
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The issue, explained
Local levy and project spending are different measures
+$598,117Change between the two plans
4.89%Calculated change
Ask the people in chargeWhich scheduled 2026 projects are complete and which have moved?
The operating levy and capital plan have different scopes and funding. Do not add them together. Levy growth is not the change to every household’s tax bill.
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The separate capital plan totals $8,532,761. It includes bridge work on 33rd Line, 25th Line and Cobble Hills Road, and rehabilitation on Road 92 and Road 25.
Zorra report 2025-130: 2026 budget summaryThe Township’s Spring 2026 magazine confirms the December 3 adoption and says the capital programme is funded from reserves, grants and donations.
Zorra Now Spring 2026: budget adoption confirmationThe choices on the table
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How we got here
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Council approved the 2026 budget
Adoption is confirmed in the Township’s Spring 2026 magazine.
Zorra Now Spring 2026: budget adoption confirmation
Questions that still deserve an explanation
- Which scheduled 2026 projects are complete and which have moved?
- What changed between the approved estimate, contract and final cost?
- For parks and trails, what usable and accessible improvement did residents receive?
Sources and corrections
- Zorra official 2026 budget recordLists reports and the December 3, 2025 budget by-law.
- Zorra report 2025-130: 2026 budget summary Dec 3, 2025Pages 1–3. Levy $12,829,962; prior-year levy $12,231,845; 4.89% increase. Capital plan $8,532,761 is separately funded and must not be added to the levy. The 3.08% tax-rate impact and $56 residential example were estimates at this December stage.
- Zorra Now Spring 2026: budget adoption confirmationSpring 2026 official magazine, printed pages 8–9. Confirms December 3, 2025 approval. Narrative bullets confuse levy/rate/combined-tax percentages; use the budget report for levy growth and clearly labelled example table for any household calculation.
Reviewed Oct 1, 2026. Original records may describe earlier events.
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2026 adopted net operating levy and detailed accounts
net levy · 2026$12,829,962Service budget context, not a dedicated allocation to this issue.2026 adopted capital project and funding register
capital allocation · 2026$8,532,761Service budget context, not a dedicated allocation to this issue.Separate records and funding scopes; amounts are not added together.
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Zorra · 2026
2026 adopted net operating levy and detailed accounts
net levy
$12,829,962Service financial context; not a dedicated allocation to every linked issue.
Zorra · 2026
2026 adopted capital project and funding register
capital allocation
$8,532,761Service financial context; not a dedicated allocation to every linked issue.
Zorra · 2026
2026 capital funding sources
capital financing
$8,532,761Service financial context; not a dedicated allocation to every linked issue.
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