Tag: London budget
2025 city budget: Politicians OK $300K to fund downtown clean-up efforts
Downtown London’s business district will get some extra money for street cleaning and graffiti removal, but not for property damage or enhancing security
The LFP Podcast, ep. 192: Examining London’s 2025 municipal budget
Rachel Gilbert spoke with Jack Moulton about city council getting ready to put the finishing touches on London’s $1.4B budget for 2025.
In budget talks, city politicians find $947K to save 60 winter shelter beds
City politicians voted unanimously Wednesday to give some overnight shelter beds for the homeless a financial lifeline until new federal funding can be arranged.
Opposition building to proposed cut to community grants: ‘Vital services’
Dozens of London’s largest non-profits are pushing back against a bid to ease a tax increase, driven by the police budget, by cutting grants to small community organizations.
Ark Aid lifeline part of budget talks, again
A London agency may get a lifeline from the city for shelter beds on the verge of closing in the middle of winter.
City budget: Program that helps tenants stay housed gets second look
A number of local agencies for London’s vulnerable residents are going to bat for a cleaning program cut from the latest budget.
City budget: Don’t expect fights for more cash from London Transit, library
The 2025 city budget update process is now underway. After the tense four-year (2024-27) budget discussions last winter where only London police walked away with everything they wanted â how are London’s other biggest agencies faring with what they got? Reporter Jack Moulton takes a look. LONDON PUBLIC LIBRARY During last winter’s multi-year budget talks, […]
City budget: Londoners’ 2025 property tax pain eased â a little bit
Londoners will face a slightly smaller property tax hike in 2025 than initially expected.
Politicians push back against how city-funded boards use taxpayer money
Amid public backlash to the London police board spending more than $100,000 for advice on how to sell its record-setting budget request, two city councillors want a new guideline on the use of taxpayers’ money for budget pitches. The police board paid Navigator, a Toronto-based crisis communications firm with a history of representing high-profile clients, […]