Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz said he still hopes to deliver another a property-tax freeze this year but continued to leave the door open a crack for the first hike since the late ’90s.
Speaking to reporters after an executive policy committee meeting, Katz repeated his 2010 election campaign pledge to make a property-tax increase a last resort when he and his colleagues develop the 2011 operating budget.
But the mayor also continued to describe a tax freeze as a goal, as opposed to a certainty.
The City of Winnipeg balanced its last two operating budgets without increasing property taxes through methods that included one-time transfers from other accounts, the elimination of middle-management positions and also by expecting to settle disputes with the province over ambulance funding and Manitoba Hydro taxes.
Pulling off the same trick this year will be difficult considering the rising cost of police, firefighter and other salaries. Every one of the city’s unions is either renegotiating its collective bargaining agreement or about to do so later this year.
The city’s operating budget will be tabled in February. The city’s capital budget, which covers infrastructure improvements and equipment purchases, will likely be tabled at the end of next week, Katz said.
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