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Edmonton 'still not ready' as 2024 population growth exceeded even breakneck forecast: Knack
Edmonton's population grew even more than expected in 2024, new numbers from the provincial government show.
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On the agenda: Fall budget adjustment
This week, council will debate the fall operating and capital budget adjustments, a process that will determine the city's tax increase in 2025.
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Calls for public engagement: 99 Street rezoning, derelict property taxes
Here are opportunities to inform municipal decisions about rezoning, problem properties, neighbourhood renewal, and more. Please only answer surveys from the municipality where you live.
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On the agenda: Ellerslie Road LRT crossing, cuts to reduce tax levy, Integrity Office
This week, council returns to meetings to discuss how Ellerslie Road will cross the future Capital Line LRT extension, potential ways to reduce the property tax levy, and the Integrity Office's annual report.
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On the agenda: Transit fare gates, affordable housing, tax forgiveness
This week, councillors are set to attend committee meetings and discuss fare gates at select transit stations, grants for affordable housing, and the city's tax forgiveness policy.
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Podcasters consider councillor conduct and new revenue ideas
The confrontation between councillors Tim Cartmell and Aaron Paquette at last week's utility committee meeting caught the ear of the co-hosts of Episode 275 of Speaking Municipally, Taproot's municipal affairs podcast. But it wasn't so much the tension itself as what could potentially be fuelling it that made the exchange so intriguing for the co-hosts.
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On the agenda: Compost capacity, new risks, city manager
This week, city councillors return for committee meetings and private council meetings to discuss a proposed composting facility, the city auditor's findings, and recruitment for a city manager.
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Podcasters taxed by administration's non-residential tax report
A new administration report shows the percentage of taxes the city collects from non-residential properties is smaller than that same percentage across the region. Given non-residential taxes from businesses net a municipality far more than residential ones, the report poses a problem that the co-hosts were keen to discuss in Episode 269 of Speaking Municipally.
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On the agenda: Edmonton's shrinking share of non-residential taxes, infill damage, construction impact
This week, council committees will meet to discuss options to attract non-residential investment, programs to compensate homeowners negatively affected by infill construction, and grants for business owners near major city construction.
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