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Edmonton passes budget with 0% tax increase: ‘It wasn’t easy… We did our best’
Proposed Edmonton budget includes $64M in reductions but 0% tax levy increaseThe difficult budget debate wrapped late Friday morning.“These are challenging times,” Councillor Bev Esslinger said. “Reduced revenue and increased expenses and this budget reflects that.“We’re not going make everyone happy with this budget but we did our best.“It wasn’t easy,” she added, thanking all the branches, including the library, that tightened their budgets.“We all came together to make this budget possible.