The Village of Cumberland is moving ahead with a 2026 financial plan that emphasizes long-term stability, asset renewal, and the ongoing maintenance of roads and utilities, while keeping tax increases below 4-percent.

Under the plan, residents and businesses can expect continued investment in existing infrastructure as the Village responds to aging assets, rising service costs, population growth, climate impacts, housing needs, and broader economic uncertainty.

“The Financial Plan reflects how we put our vision into action and responds to the pressures we face: aging infrastructure, rising costs for core services, rapid population growth, climate impacts and extreme weather, housing needs, and the broader economic uncertainty affecting us all” says Mayor Vickey Brown.

“Our goal, as always, is to maintain or improve service levels, invest in asset renewal, strengthen reserves for long-term stability, and keep tax increases as reasonable as possible.”

The financial plan adopted by Council in January was developed around Council’s priorities of sustainable service delivery and asset management, community planning, and a diverse and healthy community. 

A moderate municipal tax increase is included to help cover inflationary pressures and recently approved contract costs.

The financial plan is built around priorities that include sustainable service delivery and asset management, community planning, and supporting a diverse and healthy community.

Village officials say the goal is to maintain or improve service levels, strengthen financial reserves, and manage tax increases as responsibly as possible.

Several major capital projects are scheduled for 2026.

They include the reconstruction of First Street between Windermere Avenue and Penrith Avenue, and Penrith Avenue between First and Fourth Streets.

Both projects will involve upgrades to underground water, storm, and sewer utilities, along with new sidewalks, boulevard greenspace, and formalized street parking.

Other projects include the construction of a new sidewalk along Ulverston Avenue from Fifth Street to Tenth Street, identified as a priority safe school route.

The Village also plans to install new underground sewer collection lines to separate storm and sanitary systems in selected alleys south of Maryport Avenue and Windermere Avenue, reducing stormwater flows into the new wastewater treatment plant.

More information on the 2026–2030 Financial Plan is available at Village of Cumberland.