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The City's 2025 budget surveys are closed. Feedback received through the surveys is summarized below and will be shared with City Council during the 2025 Business Plan and Budget deliberations. Full results & comments are available in the Documents section of this page.
Subject to Council's discussions, the City Services portion of the 2025 Business Plan & Budget is scheduled to be approved on December 11, 2024. Service Partner 2025 budgets are scheduled to be approved February 12, 2025.
City Services Survey Results
A breakdown of the specific City service area results and comments follows:
Totals might not equal 100% due to rounding.
Department
Increase spending 5%
Maintain current spending
Decrease spending 5%
Barrie Fire
47%
43%
10%
Development Services
24%
48%
28%
Economic and Creative Development
18%
50%
32%
Information Technology
14%
60%
27%
Parks and Forestry
Operations
42%
46%
12%
Recreation and Culture
37%
44%
20%
Roads, Fleet, Stormwater and Technical Operations
48%
44%
9%
Transit
30%
37%
33%
Waste Management and Environmental Sustainability
11%
74%
15%
Service Partner Survey Results
A breakdown of the specific service partner area results and comments follows:
Totals might not equal 100% due to rounding.
Service Partner
Increase spending 5%
Maintain current spending
Decrease spending 5%
Barrie Police Service
32%
28%
40%
Barrie Public Library
45%
32%
23%
Phone survey: The City of Barrie worked with Oraclepoll Research to conduct a statistically valid phone survey of residents to gather feedback on key questions related to the 2025 Business Plan & Budget. Results will be shared with Council as part of the 2025 Business Plan & Budget deliberations. All individual responses will be kept confidential.
Want to learn how the City invested your 2024 tax dollars? Barrie homeowners can use the Property Tax Calculator to get a personalized breakdown of how their money was used to fund City and partner services.
The City's 2025 budget surveys are closed. Feedback received through the surveys is summarized below and will be shared with City Council during the 2025 Business Plan and Budget deliberations. Full results & comments are available in the Documents section of this page.
Subject to Council's discussions, the City Services portion of the 2025 Business Plan & Budget is scheduled to be approved on December 11, 2024. Service Partner 2025 budgets are scheduled to be approved February 12, 2025.
City Services Survey Results
A breakdown of the specific City service area results and comments follows:
Totals might not equal 100% due to rounding.
Department
Increase spending 5%
Maintain current spending
Decrease spending 5%
Barrie Fire
47%
43%
10%
Development Services
24%
48%
28%
Economic and Creative Development
18%
50%
32%
Information Technology
14%
60%
27%
Parks and Forestry
Operations
42%
46%
12%
Recreation and Culture
37%
44%
20%
Roads, Fleet, Stormwater and Technical Operations
48%
44%
9%
Transit
30%
37%
33%
Waste Management and Environmental Sustainability
11%
74%
15%
Service Partner Survey Results
A breakdown of the specific service partner area results and comments follows:
Totals might not equal 100% due to rounding.
Service Partner
Increase spending 5%
Maintain current spending
Decrease spending 5%
Barrie Police Service
32%
28%
40%
Barrie Public Library
45%
32%
23%
Phone survey: The City of Barrie worked with Oraclepoll Research to conduct a statistically valid phone survey of residents to gather feedback on key questions related to the 2025 Business Plan & Budget. Results will be shared with Council as part of the 2025 Business Plan & Budget deliberations. All individual responses will be kept confidential.
Want to learn how the City invested your 2024 tax dollars? Barrie homeowners can use the Property Tax Calculator to get a personalized breakdown of how their money was used to fund City and partner services.
