Budget

COVID-19 Community Response

For full details on the City of West Kelowna’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit www.westkelownacity.ca/covid-19.

COVID-19 Financial Measures

The City of West Kelowna has taken the following financial steps to lower operational costs and provide financial relief to residents and businesses:

• Reducing the 2020 tax increase by two per cent, from 4.8 to 2.8;
  • The remaining 2.8 per cent is a carry over from 2019 to pay for the full-year costs of eight full time firefighters who were hired part way through 2019.
• Keeping the tax deadline as July 2, but delaying the 10 per cent interest penalty on late payments to October 1; please pay by September 30 if you must delay your payment this year, in order to avoid the late penalty; please pay by July 2 if you can afford to do so.
• Waiving the one per cent late payment interest on utility bills for the remainder of 2020.
• Keeping municipal costs down by:
  • Reducing non-essential service levels
  • Discontinuing casual staff assignments
  • Limiting recruiting to only essential positions
  • Reassigning qualified staff to high priority work and essential services
  • Purchasing locally and supporting local businesses
• Creating financial security for essential municipal operations
  • Obtaining temporary borrowing approval of up to $6 million to help cover costs if needed.

• 2020 - 2024 Financial Plan (full document - 37MB)
• 2020 - 2024 Financial Plan Bylaw (consolidated bylaw)
• 2020 - 2024 Tax Rate Bylaw
• 2020 Capital Projects
• Consultation
• Grants in Aid
• Revenues and Spending
• Taxes