How much should you be paying in municipal taxes?
Posted Nov 25, 2019 09:03:44 AM.
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – That will be the big question at City Hall Monday as council looks at ways to make up for a funding shortfall.
Three councillors last week said there should be no increase in residential property taxes.
Joe Magliocca, Sean Chu, and Jeromy Farkas all believe there are more cuts that could be made to city spending.
At least three scenarios will be brought forward including the three per cent increase already agreed to earlier this year.
The other options will be a 1.5 per cent increase and a zero per cent increase in 2020.
Ward 3 Councilor Jyoti Gondek is arguing there is too much of a burden on business in this city, noting the businesses shutting their doors because if increases in taxes.
She believes a shift away from the current structure.
“That needs to happen. The other thing we need to do, in my opinion, is really focus on what the services that we need to offer should be at this time. We can’t be everything to everyone.”
All of us are seeking ways to bring down the budget. My colleagues are proposing cuts across the board while I prefer to look at identifying core service lines that we can afford to deliver well. My focus on the proportional share needing to change is not advocacy for tax hikes.
— Jyoti Gondek (@JyotiGondek) November 25, 2019