Your town, in plain words
A clear, checkable guide to Elizabethtown-Kitley's budget, taxes and council decisions. A rural township in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, with a mayor and six councillors elected at large. Every figure links back to the public record.
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$2.9Min savings at the end of 2024
Towns keep savings (called reserves) to pay for new trucks, roof repairs and surprises. Elizabethtown-Kitley had $2.9M saved at the end of 2024, down from $5.4M in 2019. That is 32% of one year's spending. Only 2 of 93 similar towns had less, compared with what they spend.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
7.58%increase to the Township's part of the 2026 levy, against 4.97% for the whole levy
The tax levy is the total amount the Township asks property owners to pay. A tax bill has three parts: the Township's, the County's and the school boards'. The Township says the approved 2026 budget raises the total levy by 4.97%. The County part rises 2.46% and the school part does not rise, so the total is lower than the Township's own part, which rises 7.58%. For a home assessed at $202,000, the Township says the 2026 increase is $133.13.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$1,180,091fall in reserves and reserve funds in 2024 (worked out by us from $4,036,162 and $2,856,071)
Reserves are savings that council sets aside for a purpose, such as replacing fire trucks or roads. The audited statements show the Township's reserves and reserve funds at $4,036,162 at the end of 2023 and $2,856,071 at the end of 2024. That is a drop of $1,180,091, about 29% (worked out by us). A February 2026 staff report gives the balance at the end of 2025 as $2,799,913.03.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$439,691net financial assets at December 31, 2024, down from $1,802,751
Net financial assets is what the Township has in cash, taxes owed to it and similar assets, minus what it owes. It was $1,802,751 at the end of 2023 and $439,691 at the end of 2024. Its long-term debt at the end of 2024 was $1,925,725, in two loans from Ontario Infrastructure Projects Corporation.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
+75%running the town office, 2019 to 2024
Elizabethtown-Kitley spent $936K on running the town office in 2019 and $1.6M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 11 of 93 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
$1.7Mowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2024
At the end of 2024, $1.7M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 11% of everything billed. Only 16 of 93 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $1.4M.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
An Integrity Commissioner is an independent person who looks into whether a council member broke the council's code of conduct. At a special council meeting on August 20, 2026, council voted on a motion to publish a commissioner's report on the Township's website. The Township says two members voted for, two against and one abstained, and that the Mayor first broke what was treated as a tie in favour. Its procedural by-law counts an abstention as a vote against, so the motion should have been declared defeated. The Township says it will not publish the report on its website or set up an online register of such reports, and that it will correct the official record at the next regular meeting.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 1 source
The latest audited statements on the Township's budget and finance page are for 2024. KPMG LLP gave a clean opinion ("present fairly") dated June 23, 2025. We did not find the 2025 statements on that page on October 5, 2026, and did not find 2022 either. A February 2026 staff report says staff intend to ask for bids (an RFP) for audit services after the 2025 audit is done.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
Since May 1, 2025 the Mayor has strong-mayor powers, which let the Mayor propose the budget and veto council's changes to it. After council passed the 2026 budget on February 23, 2026, there is a set period in which the Mayor may veto. On February 25, 2026 the Mayor decided to shorten that period from 10 days to 2 days, ending that same day, and not to veto anything. The budget took effect on February 25.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
2024 tax year · Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario
Enter your home's assessed value to see roughly what you pay in property tax each year, who gets it, and what Elizabethtown-Kitley's share pays for.
Ontario still uses property values from January 1, 2016 for tax, so your assessed value is probably well below what your home would sell for today.
It is on your property assessment notice from MPAC, and on your tax bill. We filled in the typical value in Elizabethtown-Kitley.
a year in property tax, at 2024 rates
Elizabethtown-Kitley council sets only its own share. County or region sets its share, the Province sets the school rate.
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Elizabethtown-Kitley's share by what each service cost in 2024 after its own fees and grants (for example, water bills pay for much of a water system). Real bills also depend on your property class, local charges and any rebates.
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