Public Notice: Good Friday and Easter Monday Schedule

Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21, 2025

The Municipal office will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025, for Good Friday, and Monday, April 21, 2025, for Easter Monday. The office will re-open on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. with normal business hours.

Parks & Recreation 

The North Kawartha Community and Fitness Centre will be open with weekend hours from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2025, and closed for Monday, April 21, 2025, for Easter Monday.

Garbage & Recycling 

The Haultain and Anstruther Transfer Stations will open with normal business hours on Friday, April 18, 2025, and open with Sunday hours from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025, per the winter schedule.

Curbside Garbage and Recycling collection will operate as normal on Monday, April 21, 2025.  Please have your material out at the curbside by 7:00 am.

For missed curbside garbage collection, please call Waste Connections at 705-742-4268 and for missed recycling collection, please call Emterra at 1-888-597-1541.

Flooding Resources

Flooding Resources
Links Crowe Valley Conservation Authority Flood Warnings/Watch, Otonabee Conservation Authority and Trent Severn Waterway are available on our Ice Storm Update page.
Sand and Sand bags are available to the public just inside the sand dome located at the The Township of North Kawartha Roads Garage 10230 Highway 28. Bring a shovel!

If flooding is imminent and there is threat to person or property call 9-1-1

Public Notice: Reduced Load Restrictions in Effect Starting March 10, 2025

Starting March 10, 2025, reduced load restrictions will be in effect for all Township of North Kawartha roads.

Reduced load restrictions are applied each spring during the thaw when the road network is most vulnerable to help prevent permanent damages to pavement and surface treated roads.

While in the reduced load restrictions are in place, vehicles are restricted to load limits of 5 tonnes per axle.

Your cooperation and understanding are greatly appreciated.

Budget

What is a Municipal Budget?

As per the Municipal Act, Ontario municipalities are required to prepare an annual budget that is adopted by Council. The budgeting process allows municipalities to prioritize projects, programs, and service levels based on anticipated revenue and expenses. A municipality’s annual budget routinely consists of 2 components:

  1. the operating budget which plans for day-to-day expenditures such as garbage removal, snow removal, road maintenance, and fire services
  2. the capital budget which plans for the purchase or financing of assets, or improvement of existing infrastructure such as building and upgrading our municipal buildings, roads, and equipment.

The 2025 Municipal Budget includes a 6.9% increase in dollar to dollar over the 2024 Budget, which resulted in a 5.69% increase in the municipal tax rate (municipal tax rate x residential assessment = municipal portion of taxes). Some of the 2025 increases are due to increased Insurance costs, Human Resources (additional positions), Policing contract increases, Equipment and Vehicle Maintenance costs, and Computer Hardware and Software expenses.

 

2025 Municipal Net Budget Apportionment Bar Graph

 

2025 Municipal Net Budget Apportionment
Department Percentage %
Building and By-Law 2.3
Conservation Authority 1.4
Emergency Planning 0.1
Fire 8.4
General Government 20.9
Health 0.1
Library 4.5
Parks & Recreation 13.5
Planning 3.6
Police Services 13.3
Roads 23.7
Waste 8.2

The 2025 summary budget information can be found below:

Budget Summary Overview

 

By Department:

Building & By-Law Enforcement Budget Summary

Conservation Authority Budget Summary

Emergency Planning Budget Summary

Fire Department Budget Summary

General Government Budget Summary

Health Department Budget Summary

Library Budget Summary

Parks and Recreation Budget Summary

Planning & Zoning Budget Summary

Police Services Budget Summary

Public Works Budget Summary

Waste Department Budget Summary

The majority of the capital projects are funded in part or totally by annual grants including the Ontario Municipal Partnership Funding (OMPF), the Canada Community Building Fund (Gas Tax), and the Annual Ontario Community Infrastructure Funding (OCIF).

 

The 2025 projects/items below are funded by one-time grants:

  • Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) for partial funding of the Health Centre Renovations project
  • 2019 Modernization Efficiency funding for the partial funding of the Health Centre Renovations project
  • EV Charge ON program for electric vehicle chargers
  • Fire Protection Grant for bunker gear and balaclavas for the Fire Department
  • 2019 Modernization/Efficiency funding for the Business Continuity Plan

The 2024 capital expenditures include the following:

Building

No Building capital programs or projects at this time.

 

Fire

 

General Government

 

Parks & Recreation

 

Public Works

 

Township Facilites

 

Waste

For more information on financial matters, please email the Treasurer.

Judy Everett
Treasurer
The Township of North Kawartha
280 Burleigh Street
P.O. Box 550
Apsley, Ontario
K0L 1A0

T. 705-656-5178
T. 705-656-4445 ext. 238
Toll Free: 1-800-755-6931 ext. 238
F. 705-656-4446
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