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Mayor Siscoe releases 2024-26 Multi-Year Budget; 1.49% increase to City portion of the tax levy

January 4, 2024 – Mayor Mat Siscoe has released his 2024-26 Multi-Year Budget, which includes a 1.49% City tax levy increase for 2024, starting the 30-day amendment period for Council under the new Strong Mayor legislation. The amendment period allows City Council the opportunity to make changes to the budget and propose service level changes that could further impact the City portion of the levy.

Mayor Siscoe pointed out that, while the new system for the Budget is different from the process...

Read All About It: Mayor Siscoe Launching an Annual Reading Challenge

St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe and the St. Catharines Public Library (SCPL) are teaming up for an annual, year-round reading challenge, to help people of all ages fall in love with reading, beginning January 1st, 2024.

“I am a lifelong reader and I firmly believe that readers are leaders. The importance of reading cannot go unnoticed. It gets your mind working across different areas, boosts communication skills, diversifies our knowledge set, enhances creativity, and most importantly –...

Statement from Mayor Mat Siscoe regarding 25 YMCA Drive Property

December 5, 2023 -

With the ongoing budget deliberations, questions have been asked about the status of the former YMCA building located at 25 YMCA Drive, and the City’s possible involvement in running programming through the facility.

City staff, on the direction of Council, engaged with property owner Atria Development about the possible use of the YMCA building to allow for City recreational programming, specifically with respect to the pool space.

After several months of back-and-forth, Atria...

Mayor Siscoe’s SCORE Golf Tournament Raises More Than $110,000 for Local Charities

St. Catharines, ON – Mayor Mat Siscoe is thrilled to announce the total funds raised and local charity recipients from the Mayor’s Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament, through his SCORE (St. Catharines OutReach & Engagement) Fund.

The Mayor’s Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament, which took place at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club on Monday July 31, was an outstanding success. The event raised a remarkable amount of over $110,000 for local charitable organizations that are making a...

Statement on release of third-party building assessment of 25 YMCA Dr. property

At the March 17, 2025 meeting of St. Catharines City Council, direction was provided to staff to release the third-party building assessment of the former YMCA property located at 25 YMCA Dr.

Given the community interest in this property, combined with the future development potential of the property, Council deemed it important to release the assessment to residents. 

While many of us on Council had hoped for a continued community use of the property as a recreational hub of some form, the...