Council will vote on the final 2025 City of Ottawa budget on Wednesday and residents can expect to pay more in taxes next year.
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Ottawa is facing significant budgetary strains, prompting Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to launch a "Fairness for Ottawa" campaign this year to appeal for more funding from higher levels of government while sticking to a campaign promise to keep property taxes low. In addition to increases to fares and the transit levy, the budget includes $36 million in "expected funding from senior levels of government," which has not been confirmed.
Councillors and city staff have grappled with how to balance the books in the transit budget. As it stands, the budget will see across the board fare increases of five per cent but monthly discount passes will be impacted the most. The transit budget includes $21.3 million in capital efficiencies and deferrals and $12.4 million in operating efficiencies. OC Transpo ridership is projected to be 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in 2025.Ottawa police will be asking taxpayers for an extra $16 million next year to hire more officers and launch new services, including a new downtown mounted unit and the CORE project in the ByWard Market., with a $388.7 million net spending plan going $16.
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