Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you Read by hand. We read Plympton-Wyoming's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.
A clear, checkable guide to Plympton-Wyoming's budget, taxes and council decisions. A town in Lambton County, in southwestern Ontario, with a mayor, a deputy mayor and five councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
$259,057actual legal fees in 2023, against a budget of $50,000
Each year's budget has a line for legal fees in the town's general government costs, separate from a second line for planning appeals. For 2023 the budget was $50,000 and the town's own actual figure is $259,057. In 2024 the budget was $75,000 and the actual figure is $99,602. The 2025 budget is $125,000, up from $40,000 for 2022. By our arithmetic (worked out by us), the 2023 actual was $209,057 over budget. The budget books do not say what the legal work was.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$1,499,569short-term interest earned in 2023, against a budget of $350,000
The Town earns interest on the cash it holds. Its budget put the 2022 interest at $125,000, and the actual figure was $604,901. For 2023 the budget was $350,000 and the actual was $1,499,569. For 2024 the budget was $1,000,000 and the actual was $1,451,429. By our arithmetic (worked out by us), the 2023 actual was $1,149,569 above budget and the 2024 actual was $451,429 above. The 2025 budget is $981,550.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$537,044difference between the 2025 budget total in the 2025 book and in the 2026 book (worked out by us)
The 2025 budget book prints a 2025 total of $31,983,006 for expenses. The 2026 budget book prints a 2025 budget column that totals $32,520,050. The two differ by exactly $537,044 (worked out by us). That is also the figure the 2026 book shows in its 2025 "General Surplus/Deficit" line, which the 2025 book shows as a dash. In the infrastructure reserve transfer line, the 2025 column also goes from $1,714,097 to $2,251,141, which is $537,044 higher (worked out by us). The Town does not say in either book that these changes are linked.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$2,143,084actual 2024 cost on the "New Land Purchase" line, with no 2024 budget
The 2026 budget book shows an actual 2024 cost of $2,143,084 on a line called "New Land Purchase", where the 2024 budget shows a dash. The 2025 book shows dashes on that line for every budgeted year through 2025. Separately, every year's budget sets aside $1,100,000 on a line called "New Public Works Department", and the 2023 and 2024 actuals on that line are dashes. The Town said in March 2025 that its budget includes money to reserves for a future Public Works Facility. The books do not say what the land is for.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$7,268,619grants in the 2025 budget, up from $2,845,727 in the 2022 budget
In the 2025 budget book, total municipal expenses rise from $23,429,919 (2022 budget) to $31,983,006 (2025 budget). That is about 36.5% more (worked out by us). Taxes from the tax rate go from $8,751,252 to $10,681,928, about 22.1% more (worked out by us). Grants budgeted go from $2,845,727 in 2022 to $7,268,619 in 2025. Two of the 2025 grants are named lines: a Housing Enabling Core Services Grant of $1,250,000 and a Housing Enabling Water System Fund of $2,663,040. The Town said in 2025 that it set a 3% tax rate increase.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
On the day we read it, the Town's Financial Services page linked yearly financial statements for 2017 to 2023 and no 2024 statements. The 2022 and 2023 files hold no searchable text, so a reader cannot search them or copy figures from them. The 2026 budget book labels its 2024 actual figures "audited". We did not find a council remuneration and expenses statement on the Town's website. The meeting portal asks automated readers to stay out, so it may be there.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 1 source
An estimate. It uses the residential tax rate, and splits Plympton-Wyoming'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.
How Plympton-Wyoming's share of the bill compares with similar towns
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