Surrey Budget

• Surrey to use provincial infrastructure cash to slash planned 17.5% property tax hike: Mayor

  More than half of the proposed tax hike, 9.5 per cent, is earmarked for costs associated with scrapping the city's transition to a municipal police force.

  Politics

  Mar 6, 2023
  
• Surrey, B.C. to hold public meeting on potential 17.5% property tax hike

  “I was floored. I see all these new buildings around me and I thought the city should be floating in money,” a Surrey resident said.

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2023
  
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• Public still hasn’t seen Surrey’s 2022 budget, but mayor pledges to keep tax hike under 3%

  There is grumbling in Surrey over a delay in releasing the city's draft budget, but the mayor says it's on the way and will include a property tax hike of under three per cent.

  News

  Dec 9, 2021
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• ‘We’re not going away’: Group plans rally as Surrey council prepares to adopt divisive budget

  The city's 2020 budget, which includes no money for new police officers or firefighters, is set to be formally adopted on Monday.

  Dec 14, 2019
• Surrey’s top cop says divisive new budget will have ‘detrimental effect’ on policing

  "This may necessitate the redeployment of personnel from proactive and community based programs ... to our essential service, frontline policing," said Asst. Comm. Dwayne McDonald.

  Dec 3, 2019
• Surrey approves divisive budget after charged public meeting

  Surrey city council has approved a divisive budget that does not include funding for any new police officers or firefighters.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2019
• Public safety in spotlight as Surrey signs off on budget with RCMP hiring freeze

  Surrey's new mayor says the RCMP do not need to hire new officers, but the city's top cop has taken a different stance.

  Crime

  Dec 19, 2018
• Surrey draft budget includes 2.9 per cent tax increase, mayor says

  Doug McCallum said the proposed plan would put the city in a better fiscal situation and allow it "to be more flexible in the future."

  Dec 4, 2018
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• Surrey’s draft budget calls for postponement of several major projects

  The draft budget proposed by Surrey city council seeks to put a hold on projects like the Cloverdale Ice Complex and the Grandview Heights Community Centre.

  Politics

  Dec 4, 2018