Community engagement regarding the budget is based on the Strategic Plan. The annual engagement cycle occurs during the winter and includes input from most of the internal, external committees and includes direct consultation with union groups and the public.
Consultations with stakeholders, including the Indigenous Advisory Circle, begin in October of each year. The lens that the budget consultation applies to the discussion is centered explicitly around the district’s Strategic Plan. The Plan and related operational plans are shared and the process is explained. In order to ensure alignment, only suggestions that align with these plans are considered.
Once the province announces the budget in March, the district’s budget considerations are adapted and decisions are finalized and shared, again through the lens of the Strategic Plan.
Prior budget presentations can be found HERE.