While most funding for cities and counties is raised through local taxes and fees what other revenue source makes up about a third of moe's municipal revenues

The municipal source of revenue presented by Moe is grant-in-lieu payments, which are grants based on tax notices, not actual payment of taxes. When these grant-in-lieu payments were slashed, the province coffers were short on 3.5 million in 2018. Now the premier plans to reinstate them, since he said that a urban municipality can't be operated with a zero balance.

State and federal funds

Explanation

Revenue is the states annual income from which public expenses are met. The government has various sources of income which includes excise duties, taxation among other sources. A part from local taxes and fees which are used to fund the counties and cities, state and federal funds as source of revenues  makes up about a third of most municipal revenues. A federal fund is an award of financial assistance from federal agency to a recipient to carry out public support  purposes as authorized by the states law.