Township Makes Additional Important Investments
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The Township of Langley Council has approved a 2025 budget that will provide for the continuation of services as well as enhancements to services which have been deemed to be a priority by Council. Some of those priorities are improved public safety and planning for future amenities within the rapidly growing Township community.
The 2025 budget includes maintaining the high level of services Township residents are used to, along with new investments to add capacity, including:
- 2 RCMP officers
- 2 Bylaw officers
- 11 Firefighters
- additional staffing to improve service levels for
- sidewalk snow and ice control
The budget and its investments are supported by a 4.50% increase to property taxes, of which (0.40%) is for core municipal services, 2.07% is for RCMP, 1.58% is for Fire, 0.33% is for Bylaws, and 0.92% is for Infrastructure Renewal.
"Local governments like the Township of Langley must balance their budgets, each year. We continue to get things done and expand public safety, while ensuring our property taxes remain among the lowest in the region - which they are again this year. We are finding that critical balance for property taxpayers, while getting big things done, and starting to take a lot better care of the existing, older facilities that we have,” said Township of Langley Mayor Eric Woodward
Council priorities were supported by feedback from community members in the recent budget 2025 public engagement survey where the top three most important issues facing our communities selected were Transportation and Streets, Crime/Policing, and Community Facilities.
This budget is presented in a time of continued uncertainty in the financial environment. While inflation is returning to anticipated rates, interest rates remain relatively high, and the Canadian dollar has declined. These factors impact the ongoing business of the Township and while there has been improvement, it is still a fiscally challenging environment which is expected to persist into the five-year plan.
Read full details and background information on the 2025 budget here.
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