Executive Summary
2012 Operating Budget
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The City of Edmonton delivers programs and services necessary to maintain and enhance our high standard of living.
Roads and public transit that move people; police, bylaws and fire rescue services to keep people safe; parks, waste management and drainage to keep our communities clean and healthy; social programs and leisure activities to make Edmonton a great place in which to live, work and visit. These core areas reflect Edmontonians’ top priorities.
The City Budget identifies the costs for these services and the sources of revenue to pay for the services, including property taxes and user fees.
The City of Edmonton received public input from a public hearing, budget public meetings and an online survey on programs and services that are important to Edmontonians.
The 2012 budget will require an average increase of 5.39% in municipal property taxes, which includes 3.89% for civic services and 1.5% to continue the Neighbourhood Renewal Program.
The City of Edmonton’s Operating Budget pays for the “operations” of civic services and programs. This includes the budget to pay staff for services such as transit, fire rescue, and police, as well as the gas that powers their fleet; for the lifeguards at pools and the cost to heat the water; and to pay for the tradespeople and the road materials to fix potholes. The 2012 Operating Budget was approved by City Council on December 13, 2011.
A separate budget, the 2012-14 Capital Budget, determines the investment in Edmonton’s hard infrastructure: the construction of buildings like recreation centres and libraries, transportation assets like LRT lines and bridges, and underground infrastructure like sewage systems. The three-year Capital Budget was approved by City Council on December 8, 2011.
The budgeting for operations and infrastructure is separate because they are delivered in different ways – daily operations, compared to longer-term projects – and have different funding sources. The presentations in Related Documents on the right side of this page show the factors considered in creating the draft budgets.
The proposed 2012 Utilities Budget was released on October 26 and approved by City Council on December 5, 2011.
2011 TOTAL | 2012 TOTAL | ANNUAL INCREASE | INCREASE PER MONTH | |
Municipal Services | $1,340 | $1,402 | $62 | $5.17 |
Police Service | 291 | 298 | 7 | 0.58 |
Neighbourhood Renewal | 69 | 91 | 22 | 1.83 |
Total Property Tax Bill1 | 1,700 | 1,791 | 91 | 7.58 |
Stormwater Drainage2 | 76 | 92 | 16 | 1.34 |
Sanitary Drainage (Collection & Transmission)3 | 185 | 233 | 48 | 4.03 |
Waste Management4 | 376 | 398 | 22 | 1.86 |
Total Utility Bill |
637 | 723 | 86 | 7.23 |
Total Municipal Services | $2,337 | $2,514 | $177 | $14.81 |
June 22, 2011
City Council sets 2012 budget guideline directing administration to prepare a draft budget limiting a tax increase to 3% for civic programs, boards and commissions, and 1.5% for the Neighbourhood Renewal Program.
Public consultation meetings and online survey to gather public input on services and City goals:
Title | Branch Manager, Financial Services |
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Telephone | 780-423-5342 |
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