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Alberta Municipalities wants province to rethink property tax
Alberta Municipalities wants the provincial government to fund more infrastructure in its 2026 budget before municipalities must make "critical" changes due to a nosedive in support over the last 15 years.
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Knack talks plans to include more voices, bikes, and regional collaboration
Mayor Andrew Knack told Taproot he plans to work with council to develop a strategic plan, hopes to re-establish regional collaboration, and aims to finish building out Edmonton's bike plan.
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Noted: A vision for council, new districts for the province
All has changed, but little is new at city hall, the co-hosts of Episode 330 of Speaking Municipally found as they ventured to the building to watch the new mayor and council be sworn in on Oct. 29, holding the mic as they went.
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Edmonton's new city council starts work by identifying priorities
Edmonton's new mayor and city council were sworn in at a ceremony on Oct. 29.
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Noted: Low turnout, slow count, mandate
The low voter turnout, the long and challenging vote count, and whether the next council has a clear mandate were all discussed on the latest Taproot Exchange by Taproot co-founders Karen Unland and Mack Male, plus managing editor Tim Querengesser and curator/reporter Stephanie Swensrude.
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On the agenda: Inaugural city council meeting
Edmonton's newly elected city councillors will spend much of the next month training for the job, meeting with stakeholders, and preparing for the upcoming term.
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Where Edmonton's new council stands on taxes, infill, provincial jurisdiction
Though many pundits predicted voters would endorse change, the 2025 to 2029 city council that Edmonton elected looks nearly identical to the one it will succeed. It will also be led by a mayor who said during the campaign that the city was generally on the right track.
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Andrew Knack: 'Edmonton chose independent leadership'
Andrew Knack is set to become Edmonton's 37th mayor, leading a council that will have many of the same people he served with previously, as well as a few members of the Better Edmonton party. "Edmonton chose independent leadership with real solutions that will lead us to a stronger city together," Knack said in a victory speech on Oct. 21.
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Edmonton votes 2025: What we know so far
What Taproot knows about Edmonton's 2025 election so far is that voter turnout was just more than 30%, the lowest since 2007, that some voters waited until after 10pm to cast their ballots, and that as of 1:20am on Oct. 21, about 50,000 votes had come through.
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