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A clear, checkable guide to Front of Yonge's budget, taxes and council decisions. A township on the St. Lawrence River in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, with a mayor and four councillors; its office is in Mallorytown. Every figure links back to the public record.
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$570per home on council, 2025
Front of Yonge spent about $570 per home on council in 2025. The typical similar town spent $83. Only 1 of 28 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
$1,020,707capital assets bought in 2025, against a budget of $295,730
Capital spending is money spent on buildings, roads, vehicles and equipment that last for years. The statements show $1,020,707 of tangible capital assets bought in 2025, about 3.5 times the $295,730 budgeted (worked out by us). The largest item was $555,049 of vehicles, and the Township took out a new debenture (a long-term loan, here from Infrastructure Ontario) of $335,925 for a new fire tanker. Total debt rose from $864,985 to $1,109,699. Net financial assets, which is what the Township owns in cash and receivables less what it owes, fell from $264,526 to $59,942. Reserve funds fell from $1,013,133 to $960,326, with the fire equipment fund down from $235,288 to $140,496 and the roads fund from $125,142 to $46,880. In the same year the Township held $430,517 in cash and $935,716 in investment certificates and bond fund units (worked out by us from $699,585 and $236,131).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 6 sources
$296,438transportation spending above budget in 2025 (worked out by us)
Transportation covers roads, bridges and winter maintenance. The statements show it cost $1,156,879 in 2025 against a budget of $860,441, which is $296,438 more (worked out by us), and against $958,183 in 2024. It is the largest area of spending. General government also came in above budget ($804,314 against $663,354, $140,960 more, worked out by us), while recreation and culture came in $159,731 below ($278,825 against $438,556, worked out by us). Overall spending was $3,408,830 against $3,171,586, which is $237,244 more (worked out by us). The Township's budget leaves out amortization (the yearly wearing-out of assets, $488,590) and the accretion of asset retirement obligations ($36,081); the notes show spending before these items as $2,884,159 (worked out by us), which is $287,427 under the budget. So the over-spending in the statement is explained by non-cash items, but not the shift between services.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$4,364,527estimated costs to complete post-closure care, up from $2,402,322
A landfill has to be closed and looked after for years after it is full. The Township records this future cost as a liability (an asset retirement obligation). The statements estimate total closure costs of $747,764 (2024 $731,955) and costs to complete post-closure care of $4,364,527 (2024 $2,402,322), an increase of $1,962,205 (worked out by us), or 82%. The recorded liability, however, fell from $419,040 to $333,286, because most of the cost is counted only as the years go by (the statements show $4,249,270 still to be recognized in future). The estimated remaining life of the site changed from 35 years to 44 years in one year, even though 1,069 cubic meters of the 70,182 were used. The Township's landfill reserve fund is $489,469, up from $408,789, which is more than the recorded liability but a small share of the $5,112,291 total estimate (worked out by us from $747,764 plus $4,364,527).
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$2,172,700amount to be raised in taxes in the 2025 budget by-law
The finance page links a 2025 Budget By-law, which is three scanned pages: the tax rates, the amount to be raised by taxes ($2,172,700), and a one-page summary by department. It says the by-law adopts "the 2025 Township of Front of Yonge Current and Capital Budgets attached hereto". The statements say the 2025 operating budget was approved by Council on March 7, 2025 (By-law 08-25) and the by-law was passed on April 7, 2025. The attached summary is printed with the date March 31, 2025. We found no capital budget, no line-by-line budget and no 2026 budget on the page on October 10, 2026. The by-law's file address shows it was added to the website in June 2026, after the 2025 year had ended.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
+66%running the town office, 2019 to 2025
Front of Yonge spent $446K on running the town office in 2019 and $740K in 2025. Prices only went up about 21% in that time. Only 5 of 28 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
+65%water, sewers and garbage, 2019 to 2025
Front of Yonge spent $173K on water, sewers and garbage in 2019 and $284K in 2025. Prices only went up about 21% in that time.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$1.1Min savings at the end of 2025
Towns keep savings (called reserves) to pay for new trucks, roof repairs and surprises. Front of Yonge had $1.1M saved at the end of 2025, down from $1.2M in 2019. That is 38% of one year's spending. Only 4 of 28 similar towns had less, compared with what they spend.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$59,942net financial assets at the end of 2025, down from $264,526
Net financial assets are what a municipality holds in cash, investments and money owed to it, less everything it owes. A positive figure means it can pay its bills from what it has. Front of Yonge's fell from $264,526 to $59,942 in 2025, a fall of $204,584, after having been $1,189 at the end of 2023 (the opening figure for 2024). The Township holds guaranteed investment certificates and a bond fund of $935,716 (worked out by us), but owes $1,109,699 in debentures, $333,286 for landfill obligations and $85,380 in employee future benefits. In 2026 it must repay $128,105 of debt principal. The statements say its debt payments are within the Province's annual repayment limit.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$697,802provincial grants in 2025, up from $534,560
The Township's 2025 annual surplus was $203,456, against a budget of $383,936 and $91,416 in 2024. Provincial grants were $697,802, up from $534,560, which is $163,242 more (worked out by us), and about 19% of revenue (worked out by us). User charges (fees for services such as the waste site and recreation) were $334,960 against a budget of $442,574, which is $107,614 less (worked out by us). Investment income was $74,514 against $131,530 the year before, and gains on selling assets were $33,714.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
A property tax bill in Front of Yonge pays for three governments. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what Front of Yonge council controls.
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