The spring budget adjustment has been finalized, and the final tax increase council arrived at was quite a bit higher than expected.
Here are the relevant links for this episode:
Spring SOBA
- On the agenda: Potential tax increases, Windsor Park rezoning, supportive housing
- News Release: City Council finalizes 2024 spring budget adjustments
- Edmonton sets 8.9 per cent property tax hike for 2024
- Edmonton city council needs to have a 'firmer backbone' over budget: Tim Cartmell
- Erin Rutherford: Financial stewardship is more than keeping taxes low
- Opinion: Don't blame bike lanes for Edmonton's property tax hike
- Joint Letter - Spring 2024 Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment
Police recruitment
- Attrition is down. Recruitment is up.
- 'On an upswing': Edmonton police seeing fewer officers leaving the force, more recruits
- 2023: Edmonton Police Service sees jump in departing officers in 2022
Keren Tang
- Edmonton councillor at the centre of anonymous letter sent to province speaks out
- Alberta premier says 'anonymous letter' forwarded to Edmonton ethics commissioner
Bill 204
- New bill allows Alberta government to set conditions for national urban park decisions
- Regional Roundup: April 24, 2024
Bill 20
Rapid fire
- Redevelopment plans in question after historic Edmonton air hangar gutted by fire
- EPSB: April 30 - Special Board Meeting
- Hydrogen convention to bring world to region
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