Mapleton OMPF funding continues to fall in 2015

Mapleton Township is one of four Wellington municipalities, including the county itself, which will experience a reduction in unconditional Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund (OMPF) grants in 2015.

Four of the county’s seven lower tier municipalities will see increases, a change from 2014, when only two lower tier municipalities received more funding than the previous year.

The OMPF was introduced in 2005 to replace the Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF) as the province’s main funding model for municipalities.

The total amount distributed to Ontario municipalities through the OMPF program has been cut from $650 million in 2010 to $515 in 2015 (down from $550 million in 2014).

Mapleton Township’s 2015 allocation fell by $210,100 to $840,500.

The allocation is the equivalent of 20 per cent of property tax revenue.

Centre Wellington and Guelph-Eramosa will also receive smaller OMPF allocations for 2015, while Erin, Minto, Puslinch and Wellington North will get more.

In 2014, Mapleton received $189,000 less through the program than in 2013.