Earlier this year, Leduc residents shared their thoughts through our Budget Planning & Citizen Satisfaction Survey. Thank you to everyone who participated. Your input plays an important role in helping Council understand what matters most as we prepare for budget discussions later this year.
Quality of life: a strong foundation
The results confirm something many of us already feel—Leduc continues to be a great place to live. An overwhelming 92 per cent of residents rated their quality of life as good, very good, or excellent, significantly higher than the provincial benchmark of 68 per cent.
Overwhelmingly, residents said that quality of life is shaped by the things they experience everyday: our parks, multi-ways, recreation amenities, and sense of community. That’s something we can all take pride in. This reinforces the importance of continuing to invest in spaces that make Leduc such a vibrant and connected community.
Satisfaction with services: strong, with room to improve
Overall, satisfaction with municipal service is strong and higher than the provincial benchmark. Satisfaction is highest with fire response, maintenance of parks, playgrounds and green spaces, arena operations and aquatics services. At the same time, residents were clear about where they see opportunities for improvement: transit, LATS, outdoor ice and road maintenance.
Balancing different perspectives on taxes
Although residents expressed a strong desire to keep taxes as low as possible while maintaining the services they rely on, there is no single viewpoint on how to balance these priorities.
Forty-six per cent of residents favour service cuts to reducing or maintaining taxes, while 41 per cent support increasing taxes to maintain or improve services. That divide in perspectives reflects the complexity of the decisions ahead.
Our responsibility is to balance these perspectives thoughtfully. That means protecting the core services residents rely on every day and being selective when considering new or expanded services respecting the financial realities many households are facing.
Council has not made any final decisions about the 2027 budget. We take resident input seriously and it will help guide priorities, service improvements, and future planning
The proposed budget will be shared this Fall and deliberated by Council in November during a series of meetings that are open to the public. I hope to hear from you or see you there.
Mayor Lars Hansen
