The final Ottawa city council meeting of 2022 will take place today and next year’s budget is high on the agenda.
City staff have recommended drafting the 2023 budget with a maximum 2.5 per cent property tax increase, the top-end of what Mayor Mark Sutcliffe promised in his election campaign.
However, city council is looking at ways to fulfill some of Sutcliffe’s campaign promises despite budgetary pressures. Motions were moved last week to freeze transit fares in 2023—a late campaign promise from Sutcliffe—and to cut youth recreational programming costs by 20 per cent. Final approval must come from council, and there is already an indication that at least one thing could change.
Chairs of each standing committee and the transit commission sit on the city’s powerful Finance and Corporate Services Committee., such as drinking straws and stir sticks. It would also direct staff to work on ways to reduce plastic waste.
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