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The budget is the City’s plan for where we will get money (revenues) and how we will spend it (expenditures) for the next 4 years. It maps out how tax dollars and other funding will be invested to provide the services Edmontonians count on as well as to build and maintain roads, bridges, attractions, recreation centres and other important City facilities.
Administration is proposing a new 4-year budget to Council this fall. Here’s the process to finalize it:
Released: October 20, 2022
Budget Presentation at Council: October 31, 2022
(Council Agenda, item 7.1 Proposed 2023-2026 Capital Budget)
Full report posted on November 24, 2022.
Attachments:
Released: November 3, 2022
Budget Presentation at Council: November 14, 2022
(Council Agenda, item 7.1 Proposed 2023-2026 Operating Budget)
Full report posted on December 1, 2022.
Attachments:
Released: November 3, 2022
Budget Presentation at Council: November 14, 2022
(Council Agenda, item 7.2 2023-2026 Carbon Budget)
Full report posted on November 29, 2022.
Attachment:
Released: November 10, 2022
Budget Presentation at Council: November 25, 2022
(Council Agenda, item 7.1 Proposed Blatchford Utility Budget and Rate Filing)
Released: November 10, 2022
Budget Presentation to Council: November 25, 2022
(Council Agenda, item 7.3 Proposed Waste Services Utility Budget and Rate Filing)
Posted: November 24, 2022
Non-Statutory Public Hearing: November 28 and 29, 2022
Budget Deliberations: Start December 1, scheduled until December 16, 2022
The City asked Edmontonians for their input on the budget this summer. Details on how we listened, who we heard from and what we learned can be found in the What We Heard Report.
In 2022, Edmonton posted one of the lowest tax increases among major Canadian cities at 1.9%.
Changes to the approved tax increase for each year of the multi-year budget cycle, through the supplemental budget adjustment process.
Tax-Supported Operating Budget |
Approval Date |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Adjustment Fall 2021 Supplemental Adjustment |
Dec 17, 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.9% |
| 2021 Adjustment Spring 2021 Supplemental Adjustment |
April 19, 2021 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.8% |
| 2021 Adjustment Fall 2020 Supplemental Adjustment |
Dec 11, 2020 | n/a | n/a | 0% | 1.8% |
| 2020 COVID Adjustment Spring 2020 Supplemental Adjustment |
Apr 27, 2020 | n/a | 1.3% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| 2020 Adjustment Fall 2019 Supplemental Adjustment |
Dec 13, 2019 | n/a | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| 2020 Adjustment 2019 Spring Supplemental Adjustment |
April 30, 2019 | n/a | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| 2019-2022 Operating Budget Original Approved Budget |
Dec 14, 2018 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
For every $100K of assessed property tax value, the typical homeowner would pay $714 a year in property taxes, an increase of $14 per $100K compared to last year.
|
|
2020 Budget |
2021 Budget |
2022 Budget |
Annual Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Services | $447 | $450 | $459 | $9 |
| Police Services | $150 | $157 | $160 | $3 |
| Alley Renewal | $65 | $69 | $70 | $1 |
| Valley Line LRT | $20 | $24 | $25 | $1 |
| Per $100K of assessment value, residential | $682 | $700 | $714 | $14 |
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal Services | 0.8 | (0.5) | (1.8) | 1.4 | |
| Police Services | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
| Alley Renewal | - | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Valley Line LRT | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
| 2.6 | 1.3 | (0.3) | 1.9 |
Following the citywide distribution of carts, single unit customers were transitioned to cart-based rates effective October 2021.
Type of Service |
2021 Actual Monthly Rate
|
2022 Approved Monthly Rate |
Approved Monthly Rate Increase |
Annual Increase |
|
Curbside 120L Garbage Cart |
$43.32 |
$43.32 |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Curbside 240L Garbage Cart |
$48.32 |
$48.32 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Curbside 360L Garbage Cart | $58.32 | $58.32 | $0 | $0 |
| Multi-Unit | $30.69 | $30.69 | $0 | $0 |
Spring Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment
Presented to Council on April 19, 2022
Fall Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment
Presented to Council on November 29, 2021
COVID-19 2022 Financial Impacts and Funding Strategy
Presented to Council on November 29, 2021
Edmontonians’ perspectives on taxation levels and service expectations. The results were shared with City Council to support their budget deliberations.
Includes 2020 - Fall Supplemental Adjustment
Approved by City Council on Dec 9 and 11, 2020
2019-2022 Operating Budget (Original)
Approved by City Council on December 14, 2018
Supplemental Adjustments
2020 - Spring (COVID)
Approved by City Council on Apr 27, 20202019 - Fall
Approved by City Council on Dec 13, 20192019 - Spring
Approved by City Council on Apr 30, 2019
Spring Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustment
Presented to Council on June 7, 2022
Fall Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustment
Presented to Council on November 29, 2021
Includes 2020 - Fall Supplemental Adjustment
2019-2022 Capital Budget (Original)
Approved by City Council on December 14, 2018
Capital Profiles
Information about the different capital projects that the City builds.
2020 Fall - Summary of Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustments
Approved by City Council on Dec 9 and 11, 2020
Approved by City Council in December 2021
Includes 2020 - Fall Supplemental Adjustment
Approved by City Council on December 9 and 11, 2020
2019-2022 Waste Services (Original)
Approved by City Council on December 5, 2018
2019-2022 Waste Services Business Plan
Approved by City Council in December 2021
2021 Waste Services Rate Filing
Approved by City Council in December 2021
2021 Blatchford Utility Annual Rate Filing
