Saskatoon City Budget

• Saskatoon city council settles budget with lower-than-expected 2025 tax hike

  Although the Mayor and council members are still adjusting to their new roles, they have agreed to limit the proposed property tax hike to 4.96 per cent.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2024
  
• Saskatoon city council approves 2022-23 property tax hike

  Ward 5 Coun. Randy Donauer had sought to reduce the overall property tax increase by half a percentage point.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2021
  
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• City of Saskatoon facing $5.7 million deficit: report

  Councillor Randy Donauer said climate change accounted for both the main costs and payments from and to the City of Saskatoon. The 2020 blizzard is a main cause of the deficit.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2021
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• Saskatoon committee holds special meeting ahead of budget talks

  Friday’s special meeting was a chance for Saskatoon city councillors to review reports on the city’s finances and to ask preliminary questions.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2021
• Committee holds off sending proposed property tax hike to Saskatoon city council

  Saskatoon’s governance and priorities committee said it is deferring its decision on the proposed tax hike until a later date as it considers options.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2021
• City of Saskatoon sets proposed property tax increases of more than 5% for 2022, 2023

  The city’s report shows in order to maintain current city services and the police service's budget, an increase of 4.82 per cent is needed for 2022 and 4.58 per cent for 2023.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2021
• Saskatoon police ask for extra $500K at city budget talks

  Saskatoon Police Chief Troy Cooper told city council the service needs $500,000 more than it was originally allocated during budget talks last year.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
• Adjusted 2021 city budget still sees Saskatoon property taxes increasing 3.87%

  The budget being considered shows revenue drops in multiple areas which is primarily a result of the pandemic.

  Politics

  Nov 25, 2020
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• Land purchased for new downtown Saskatoon library

  A chunk of land has been purchased where Saskatoon’s future downtown library will sit.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2020
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• Saskatoon gets poor grade for financial transparency

  The CD Howe Institute gave Saskatoon a D– for inconsistencies and delayed publication of financial documents.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2019