Annual Report and Financial Statements

Council’s Strategic Priorities were updated for 2020 to 2022, and the 2019 Priorities do not entirely reflect Council’s present goals and objectives.

For Council’s most up to date direction, please visit our Strategic Priorities web page at westkelownacity.ca/strategicpriorities.

The requirements of annual reporting are set out in Part 4, Division 5, Sections 98 and 99 of the Community Charter. The Annual Report must include:

• The local government's audited annual financial statements for the previous year;
• A list of the permissive tax exemptions that the municipal council has authorised and the amount of property tax that would have been imposed during the previous year for each exemption had it not been granted;
• A report on the local government's programs, services and operations for the previous year;
• Progress on the local government's performance relating to its established objectives and measures;
• A statement of objectives and measures that will create a baseline for the municipality's performance during its current year and next operating years; and,
• Details of any declarations of disqualification made against individual council members during the previous year.
• Any other information that a council deems appropriate for annual reporting purposes.

Once completed, the municipality must ensure the Annual Report is available for public viewing, questions and feedback for a minimum of 14 days before Council holds a meeting to finally consider the report.

The report is to be made available for public viewing before June 30 each year. An exception was made in 2020, due to COVID-19, with this date moved to August 31.