2026-2030 Financial Plan

ACRD Five-Year Financial Plan

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) Board of Directors is required to adopt, by bylaw, a five-year financial plan by March 31 of each year, as per Section 374 of the Local Government Act.

You can now view the 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan.

The presentation on the 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan can be found HERE

The Process

The financial planning included various budget deliberation meetings with ACRD Committees and the Board of Directors between January and March of 2026.

All of these meetings are open to the public and the agendas, minutes, and recordings of the meeting will be shared on this page when they are available.

There were several ways for the public to participate including the following ACRD meetings.

Committee of the Whole Presentation of 'Proposed Initiative Cases' (PICs)	December 10 10 am
Regional Hospital District Board of Directors First Reading of Regional Hospital District 2026-2030 Annual Budget	February 11, 2026 10 am
Committee of the Whole Presentation of ACRD 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan	February 12 9 am
West Coast Committee (location TBD) Discussion regarding services with West Coast participants	February 18 10 am
Alberni Valley & Bamfield Area Committee Discussion regarding services with Alberni Valley & Bamfield participants	February 19 10 am
Electoral Area Directors Committee Discussion regarding services with Electoral Area participants	February 19 1:30 pm
Public Open House - Sproat Lake Community Hall Public engagement session on ACRD 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan	February 23 6:30-8:30 pm
Board of Directors Summarized presentation of 2026-2030 Financial Plan	February 25 1:30 pm
Public Open House - Alberni Valley Rescue Hall Public engagement session on ACRD 2026-2030 Financial Plan with presentation at 6:30pm	February 26 6-8 pm
Committee of the Whole Discussion regarding services with Region-wide participants	March 4 1:30 pm
Beaufort/Beaver Creek Town Hall - Beaver Creek Community Hall Public engagement presentation of 2026-2030 Financial Plan	March 8 2-4 pm
Committee of the Whole Further 2026-2030 Financial Plan discussions (if necessary)	March 11 10 am
Board of Directors First reading of 2026-2030 Financial Plan	March 11 1:30 pm
Regional Hospital District Board of Directors Adoption of Regional Hospital District 2026-2030 Annual Budget	March 11 Immediately following Board meeting
Committee of the Whole Further 2026-2030 Financial Plan discussions (if necessary)	March 18 1:30 pm
Board of Directors Adoption of ACRD 2026-2030 Financial Plan	March 25 1:30 pm

Questions/Comments - ACRD Five-Year Financial Plan:

If you have any questions/comments on the 2025 - 2029 five-year Financial Plan, you can email budget@acrd.bc.ca. Regional District staff will respond to your email in a timely manner. We welcome your input.