Have Your Say Hastings Highlands
Welcome to Have Your Say Hastings Highlands, the Municipality’s online community engagement site. Share your ideas to help shape municipal decisions on projects, policies and initiatives that are important to you. We invite you to visit this site regularly to learn more about our current engagement activities and how you can participate.
2026 Draft Operating Budget
Each year staff put forward two (2) preliminary budgets to Council, an Operating Budget and a Capital Budget. These budgets are important as they set collective goals for Hastings Highlands. The Operating Budget determines the financial plan of how much money the Municipality will raise and spend annually. The Operating Budget is a key planning document that provides a foundation to deliver municipal services and plan to implement goals, priorities, and provide a method to control income and expenses throughout the year. It determines and supports the level of service provided to residents and guides decisions about services, programs, and infrastructure within Hastings Highlands.
Draft Operating Budget
To review the 2026 Draft Operating Budget, links have been provided below to key documents outlining the proposed tax rate, implications, changes from prior year’s budget (i.e. operating issues), the departmental plan and other details.
- 2026 Draft Operating Budget Account Legend
- 2026 Draft Operating Budget Financial Information Return Changes (Issues)
- 2026 Draft Operating Budget Presentation
- 2026 Draft Operating Budget Summary
- Special Council Meeting Agenda – 2026 Operating Budget – February 25, 2026
- Minutes from the Special Council Meeting - 2026 Operating Budget - February 25, 2026
To participate in the 2026 Operating Budget Have Your Say, please use the link below:
https://forms.hastingshighlands.ca/Have-Your-Say-2026-Draft-Operating-Budget