Tag: London budget
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Josh Morgan’s plan to trim property tax hikes ‘damage control’: Expert
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Months after London city council approved a multi-year budget with record tax hikes, Mayor Josh Morgan is proposing a new committee to study cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures to soften the blow. Martin Horak, a professor with Western University’s local governance centre, questions how effective the committee will be given the city already works in the…
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Bid to use part of city’s $31M budget surplus for tax relief shot down
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A push to use a sliver of the city’s $31-million budget surplus to reduce a projected 8.8 per cent property tax increase next year fell flat Tuesday, with one councillor arguing it would become a “budget bomb.” Councillors debated a report from city staff about what to do with the city’s $31 million budget surplus,…
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The city has finalized its tax increase over four years and Turner-Watt has crunched the numbers coming to the realization it is higher than she believed, and she wants to let others know what is in s
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Now that she has the final, true total of her municipal property tax increase, Tracy Turner-Watt says she’s terrified.
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The LFP Podcast, ep. 162: Examining the big London police budget
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Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP city hall reporter Jack Moulton about the 28% year-over-year increase proposed for the 2024 London police budget and the pushback from some taxpayers
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One last run at $168M police spending looms at final city budget debate
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Barring a mayoral veto, the month-long multi-year municipal budget debates will end when city politicians have one final meeting on Thursday. LFP’s Jack Moulton takes a look at where the process has led to, and what is next. Where the city budget sits now Following the last public input session, on Tuesday night, there is…
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Londoners rip ballooning police spending at final public meeting on city budget
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Dozens of residents protested outside city hall Tuesday, then packed the public gallery and three overflow rooms as city council held the final public-input session before approving London’s 2024-27 municipal budget. There was a particular focus on the massive London police budget and LFP reporter Jack Moulton has full coverage from the hours-long session: WHAT…