Your town, in plain words
A clear, checkable guide to Admaston-Bromley's budget, taxes and council decisions. A township in Renfrew County, in eastern Ontario, with a mayor and four other members of council. Every figure links back to the public record.
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$867Kin savings at the end of 2025
Towns keep savings (called reserves) to pay for new trucks, roof repairs and surprises. Admaston-Bromley had $867K saved at the end of 2025, up from $643K in 2019. That is 22% of one year's spending. Only 1 of 28 similar towns had less, compared with what they spend.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$60,452.50"Growth / (In Year Adj.)" that brings the 2026 levy increase to 0.00%
The levy is the part of the budget that property taxes must pay. The 2026 budget booklet says the Township needs $3,733,333, up $60,453 from 2025, and then subtracts an "in year adjustment" of the same amount to reach "0.00%" levy increase. The booklet also shows the costs rising by $563,824.75 (15.10 percent of the levy), and says new debt of $705,000 and a transfer from reserves of $534,359.16 cover most of that. The adjustment of $60,452.50 is exactly the gap left once those are counted: $563,824.75 less $503,372.25 (worked out by us). The booklet's slides do not say what it is.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$3,000,000fire hall expansion loan shown for 2030 in the "Future Consideration Analysis"
Ontario gives each municipality a yearly limit on how much of its income can go to loan payments. The Township's 2026 budget booklet has two tables on this. The first, built on loans it has taken or plans to take for 2026, leaves room under the limit in every year to 2036 (for example $194,845.91 in 2030). The second, called "Future Consideration Analysis", adds later loans for public works and fire vehicles and a $3,000,000 fire hall expansion loan in 2030. It shows the room under the limit going below zero in 2030, at (43,243.23), and to (295,639.14) in 2031, shaded red.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$102,501.06estimated working fund at the end of 2026, against a target limit of $500,000
A reserve is money a council sets aside for a purpose. The working fund is the general-purpose one, kept for cash needs and surprises. The 2026 budget booklet estimates it at $210,993.27 at the end of 2025, takes out $126,852.21 in 2026 and adds $18,360, leaving $102,501.06. The booklet's own target for it is $500,000. Every other reserve is also far under its target: the roads reserve is planned to reach $185,171.96 against a target of $3,600,000. The audited statements show total reserves rose in 2025, from $598,303 to $866,802.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$1,075,329cash at the end of 2025, against $1,223,480 of reserves and restricted funds (worked out by us)
At the end of 2025 the Township had $1,075,329 in cash, down from $1,354,610. It also reports reserves of $866,802, restricted grant money of $336,828 (grants it must spend on set projects) and general deferred revenue of $19,850. Together those come to $1,223,480, which is $148,151 more than its cash (worked out by us). It also owed $526,834 to suppliers. Money owed to the Township, mostly taxes and bills, was $771,477 (worked out by us: $373,381 plus $398,096).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
+93%running the town office, 2019 to 2025
Admaston-Bromley spent $424K on running the town office in 2019 and $819K in 2025. Prices only went up about 21% in that time. Only 4 of 28 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
$1,346,313amortization in 2025 that the budget column leaves out
Side by side, the audited statements show the Township spending $1,135,788 more than its 2025 budget (worked out by us). Most of that is one accounting item. Amortization is the yearly cost of roads, buildings and vehicles wearing out. The budget column has nothing in it for amortization, and the actual column has $1,346,313. Without it, actual spending was $3,915,389 (the segmented schedule prints this total), which is $210,525 below the budget (worked out by us). The same is true of roads: transportation spending reads $2,804,199 against a budget of $1,647,332, but $1,244,390 of the actual is amortization. The planned surplus of $1,438,837 and the actual $415,084 are not on the same footing either.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$156,000building cost not yet financed at the end of 2025, with a loan arranged after year end
The accumulated surplus note shows "Unfinanced building" of (156,000), a negative amount, at the end of 2025. A note says that after year end the Township got a loan of $156,000 from Infrastructure Ontario "to finance the building", due in 2041, paid in half-yearly instalments of $5,200 plus interest at 4.21 percent. The statements do not say which building. The 2026 budget booklet's debt table has a loan of 156,000 for the "Stone Rd Sand/Salt Shed", with a bylaw number not yet filled in ("2026-XX"). Buildings were the second-largest purchase of 2025: $508,564.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$139,602user charges in 2025, against a budget of $70,124
User charges are fees paid by people who use a Township service. The 2025 budget expected $70,124. The statements show $139,602, almost exactly double, and close to the $133,596 of 2024. The line "Fees, service charges, donations and miscellaneous" is also well above its budget: $124,126 against $65,296. Total revenue came in $112,035 above budget (worked out by us). Spending before amortization came in under its budget too (see the first question about amortization).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 1 source
$433per home on snow ploughing, 2025
Admaston-Bromley spent about $433 per home on snow ploughing in 2025. The typical similar town spent $150. Only 2 of 28 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
A property tax bill in Admaston-Bromley pays for three governments. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what Admaston-Bromley council controls.
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