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Today City Council voted to approve my motion of an overall average two percent tax decrease for business and no additional increase in property tax for homeowners, which will result in an average zero percent increase for residential properties. I want to stress that the final property tax bill for individual properties will fluctuate, but… Read More
Earlier last week, I launched my Five Point Plan for Budget 2018. In it, I stressed the need to show how serious we are about our economic resilience and commitment to keeping taxes reasonable while we deliver core services to Edmontonians. However, as demand for city services increase, and our growth continues up and out,… Read More
As City Council heads towards our budget debates later this fall, we get another opportunity to show how serious we are about our economic resilience and our commitment to keeping taxes reasonable while we serve Edmontonians. I’ve thought long and hard about this and I’m happy to share my plan to keep Edmonton on a… Read More
Recently, the City of Edmonton announced that the 2017 tax increase would be even lower than we expected. After final adjustments the residential tax rate is targeted at 2.7%, the lowest increase in over a decade. I’m pleased with the work administration has done to find greater efficiency in our operations, allowing Council more flexibility… Read More
UPDATE: Thank you all for your insightful feedback on the blog post below! As a follow up to this proposed motion, I received a letter of support from Hockey Canada for the Coliseum repurposing. You can read the letter here: Hockey Canada letter. Tomorrow, City Council will be discussing a series of proposals from Northlands to re-imagine… Read More