Episode Details

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

• Alberta bill gives cabinet power to remove municipal councillors, change or repeal bylaws

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