Tag: taxes

Budget 2011: 3.85%, With 3.4% For Infrastructure

Finally had a moment to post this old news: Yesterday City Council finalized our budget for next year. It is fairly consistent with administration’s proposal which I outlined in a previous post, with a couple of significant changes. The 2% dedicated levy for neighbourhood reconstruction and maintenance was lowered to 1.5% for 2011 out to… Read More

Budget Forecast: 2011

The following ran in last week’s Edmonton Examiner as part of our monthly ‘Councillor Connection’ column. It is reproduced here for reference. Last week Council established 2011 budget guidelines for City Administration to work towards. As with last year, Council set a target for an overall tax increase of 5% for 2011. I recognize that… Read More