Winnipeg council approves 2025 operating budget in 11-5 vote
Winnipeg city councillors approved the 2025 budget after a divisive debate.
The operating budget passed in an 11-5 vote, while the capital budget passed 10-6. It was the closest budget vote of Mayor Scott Gillingham’s term in office.
The budget raises property taxes by 5.95 per cent, the highest increase since 1990.
Coun. Sherri Rollins had already announced her intention to vote against the budget. The Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry councillor, who resigned from her position as property and development chair last week, said the budget lacks crucial details, including a forthcoming report on water and sewer rates.
St. Vital Coun. Brian Mayes also voted against the budget, saying no one from the mayor’s office reached out to him for input on his priorities.
The mayor pushed back on those complaints, saying water and sewer rates are always dealt with separately from the budget, and the report will be released publicly when it is ready.
He also said councillors have already identified their key objectives through the Strategic Priorities Action Plan, which all councillors compiled in early 2023.
The draft 2025 budget, which was released in December, had already gone through some changes.
Public backlash pushed councillors to scrap a proposed pilot project to raise the threshold for snow plowing in the city. The proposed pilot would have seen the city wait for 15 centimetres of snow to fall on residential streets before plowing begins, instead of the current threshold of 10 centimetres.
And last week, the executive policy committee added $23 million to demolish the Arlington Bridge and begin designing a replacement this year.
The city faces the prospect of needing to find nearly $11 million in savings this year to cover a shortfall from last year, after draining its reserve fund.
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