2025 Budget

UPDATE:

On Monday, February 10, 2025, City Council approved Stratford’s 2025 budget, which reflects a total tax levy of just over $86 million. That is an increase of nearly $6 million compared to 2024.

For an average home assessed at $350,000, the 2025 budget represents an estimated increase to residential property taxes of 5.46%.

Final budget documents and approved tax rates will be posted here, in the Documents section at right, as soon as they are available.

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The City of Stratford has begun its 2025 budget process, and we want to hear from you.

What municipal services are most important to you? How should the cost of those services be paid? How satisfied are you with the way in which your tax dollars are spent? (Try our new tax calculator tool to see how your tax dollars are spent)

Please take a few minutes to fill out our preliminary budget survey, which will be available until the end of the day on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Paper copies will also be available at the main floor desk at City Hall, and the Clerk’s Office on the ground floor, for those who need them.

Feedback from the budget survey will be provided to City Council, and will assist Councillors in making important budget decisions for our community.

Background information, including budget FAQs and videos, and a list of upcoming budget meeting dates, is available on the right side of this page. Draft budget documents will be added as they become available.

If you have a question about the draft budget, or would like to offer a comment, you can do that below.