Budget 2011
30
2010
Council’s formal budget discussions are underway, running through early December. Based on Council’s recommendations from earlier this year, the City’s Administration presented an operating budget that would increase taxes by 3% for operations plus 2% for our designated Neighbourhood Renewal Program, which provides a fund for much-needed upgrades to roads, sidewalks and streetlights in aging neighbourhoods. As Council debates the proposed budget over the coming weeks, we will be bringing constituents’ issues to the table and proposing amendments to ensure that Edmontonians’ needs are met.
The City's budget documents are available here. The Executive Summary provides some helpful charts that demonstrate where your property tax dollars are spent -- they fund public transit, police service, fire rescue, public libraries, roads, parks, community services, city governance and more -- as well as the challenges faced by Council as it distributes funds using only 4% of the total taxes you pay to all orders of government (federal and provincial governments collect 68% and 28%, respectively, of your taxes).
As budget discussions continue, I will update you on major amendments passed by Council.
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