Municipal finance threatens to limit quick action from region’s new mayors, experts say
Here is a key question now for all the victors in the Oct. 15 municipal elections: What is the plan for paying for all the campaign promises you made?
Funding – other then grants from other levels of government – usually comes from moving it from another service, and that For cities like Vancouver, most of the revenue comes from property taxes and fees. Vancouver’s 2022 budget lists 58 per cent of its operating revenue as coming from property taxes. Another 20 per cent comes from utility fees, and licence fees , parking and program fees , which, combined with property taxes, account for 90 per cent of the city’s revenue.
“When people have a full-slate vote – where you have Sim, Sim’s councillors, Sim’s park board and Sim’s school board – people are going to expect action,” said Tupper, who is a widely published researcher on Canadian public policy, government and comparative public management. “He’s not in a situation where he can say, ‘We need an immediate X-per-cent increase
of Public Safety Marco Mendicino days after the municipal election, tweeting that he “appreciate[s] the partnership” that Sim’s administration is building with Ottawa.
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