456YEGGuy
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So, if I read this properly, the cost of operations will go up by 65.5% for 2023. "External professional services" also increases by 90.4%. That's a massive increase.
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I believe it may be higher than 3.9% unless City Council dips into their reserves or delays projects. There are several unfunded profiles they have committed to that are on top of the 3.9%.Edmonton is debating a potential 3.9% tax increase (if I understood it right).
Calgary passed a 4.4% increase
Vancouver is debating a 5% increase
Wow - great job accumulating all that info.Approved budgets for 2023, with an average tax increase of 4.46%, include:
Proposed budgets for 2023, with average tax increase of 5.7%, include:
- Leduc County council approved its 2023 budget with a 3% tax increase.
- Parkland County council approved its 2023 budget with a 2.78% tax increase. “We are proud to approve the 2023 budget, which includes investments of over $50 million in strategic areas to attract investors, promote tourism, and improve quality of life for our residents,” said Mayor Allan Gamble.
- Stony Plain’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a tax increase of 4.84%, but that increased to 7.47% on Nov. 8 after council approved several additional funding requests. Council approved the amended budget on Nov. 28.
- Strathcona County council approved its 2023 budget with a 4.6% tax increase, down from the originally proposed 5.5% increase.
- Beaumont’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a tax increase of 7.4%. Council is expected to approve the budget on Dec. 13.
- Devon’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a tax increase of 4.19%. Council is expected to approve the budget on Dec. 5.
- Edmonton’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a tax increase of 3.9%. Council is expected to approve the budget by Dec. 16.
- Fort Saskatchewan’s proposed 2023 budget was amended by council on Nov. 24 and is expected to receive final approval on Dec. 13.
- The City of Leduc’s proposed 2023 budget forecasts a tax increase of 4.17%, about 2.97% of which is due to inflation, according to administration. Council is expected to approve the budget on Dec. 12.
- Morinville’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a 10% tax increase, which town councillors were quick to reject. While Coun. Ray White has called for a 4% tax increase, subsequent options put forward by administration ranged from 6% to 10%. Council is expected to approve the budget on Dec. 6.
- Spruce Grove’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a tax increase of 4.9%. Council is expected to approve the budget on Dec. 5.
- St. Albert’s proposed 2023 budget originally forecast a tax increase of 4.6%, but following the approval of the Edmonton Metropolitan Transit Services Commission (EMTSC)’s 2023 operating budget, that increased to 5.8%. Council is expected to approve the budget by Dec. 19.
- Sturgeon County council has trimmed the tax increase for its 2023 budget to 3.9%, down from the 6.5% initially proposed. Council is expected to approve the budget on Dec. 13.
Municipalities across Edmonton region face budget challenges for 2023
Councils across the Edmonton region have been hearing about the challenge of maintaining existing services in an environment of high inflation as they review and start approving their 2023 budgets.edmonton.taproot.news
Perhaps the majority of council wanted them to be unfunded.I'm a little confused by the proposed budget council is debating.
Comments that Coun. Salvador, Janz and Stevenson have made, for example, gave me the impression that they were disappointed, concerned and even surprised that several climate action initiatives including bike lane infrastructure were not funded in this proposed budget.
But in talking to city manager Andre Corbould, he said they were ordered by council to keep it unfunded.
"Many of the climate action packages we are ordered to deliver by Council were directed to be unfunded. They did this because I believe they wanted all of these things debated in public as they should be."
And I misreading things? Why are councillors so alarmed that certain things aren't currently funded in the budget when they know that is what admin was directed by them to do?
^That is also my thinking. There are mixed opinions online as to whether or not the City Manager was directed to fund more climate change iniatives. However they would still be on top of the proposed 3.9% budget increase.