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3 days ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Tax increase, integrity commissioner, sidewalk improvements
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This week, council will meet to finalize the 2025 property tax increase, hear from the integrity commissioner, and vote on spending money to improve sidewalks in Overlanders. There is a city council meeting scheduled on April 22 and 23.
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2 months ago | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser
A council committee's decision to endorse closing several intersections to drivers in Edmonton's west end to accelerate construction of the $2.6-billion Valley Line West LRT is a sign of a changing city, the co-hosts of Episode 295 Speaking Municipally said.
"This is just a really big change for Edmonton," said co-host Mack Male. "I can't think of a time when we've done something quite like this."
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser |Mariam Ibrahim |Eric Rice |Debbi Serafinchon
Why Edmonton's work on Indigenous-led housing remains complex
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On Nov. 27, Edmonton city council's executive committee endorsed investing $8.3 million from the city's Indigenous Housing Grant into three Indigenous-led housing projects from NiGiNan Housing Ventures, Yellowhead Tribal Council, and Métis Capital Housing Corporation.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser
On Nov. 27, Edmonton city council's executive committee endorsed investing $8.3 million from the city's Indigenous Housing Grant into three Indigenous-led housing projects from NiGiNan Housing Ventures, Yellowhead Tribal Council, and Métis Capital Housing Corporation. If approved at a future city council meeting, the projects will add a total of 93 new housing units in the Elmwood Park, Calder, and Belvedere neighbourhoods.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mack D. Male |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Fall budget adjustment
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This week, council will debate the fall operating and capital budget adjustments, a process that will determine the city's tax increase in 2025.
Administration has proposed an 8.1% tax increase in 2025 as the city faces an estimated $34 million deficit and a rising cost to deliver municipal services. The proposed budget will mostly result in static service levels, despite the tax rate increase.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser
The recent United Conservative Party government decision to cut the province's contributions to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board has created uncertainties that the region's 13 municipalities will be forced to solve, Mack Male said on Episode 287 of Speaking Municipally.
The board, created in 2017 but with roots in collaborative regional boards that date back to the 1940s, requires local statutory plans to align with its overall growth plan.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Migrant plan, neighbourhood renewal, ArtsCommon 118
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This week, council returns from a short break to talk about a proposed migrant action plan, neighbourhood renewal budgets, and the ArtsCommon 118 development.
There is a community and public services committee meeting scheduled on Nov. 25 and an urban planning committee meeting scheduled on Nov. 26. There is an executive committee meeting scheduled on Nov.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser
The financial strategies that Bill 20 incentivizes for Edmonton's October 2025 municipal election were on full display last week when Coun. Tim Cartmell launched his campaign for mayor, and added that he's creating a party, Speaking Municipally co-host Troy Pavlek said.
"The only reason he's not doing a slate (of like-minded candidates) is because he gets more money if he launches a party," Pavlek said.
Bill 20 is written in a way that financially discourages slates, Pavlek said.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Stephanie Swensrude |Mariam Ibrahim |Tim Querengesser |Debbi Serafinchon
On the agenda: Fall budget adjustment, carbon emissions, Clareview tower
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This week, council will debate a proposed tax increase for 2025, consider changes to the zoning bylaw, and discuss a proposed tower near Clareview Transit Centre.
There is a public hearing scheduled for Nov. 12 and a city council meeting scheduled for Nov. 13.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
edmonton.taproot.news | Tim Querengesser
Door designs for the year-old Valley Line Southeast, which date back to the project's planning stage more than a decade ago, did not account for a rise in social disorder seen in 2024, the head of Edmonton Transit Service told Taproot.
