Budget
The City's municipal budget is approved by City Council and outlines how the city will raise and spend funds over the next three years to:
- Deliver programs and services in the community
- Build and maintain facilities and infrastructure to meet our current needs and future growth
Leduc Budget 2024 – Responsible. Accountable. Sustainable.
2024 Budget Timeline and Updates:
- Apr. 29, 2024 – Leduc City Council passed the 2024 Property Tax Rate Bylaw, setting an average municipal tax increase of 4.5% for residents.
- Dec. 11, 2023 – Leduc City Council voted to approve the 2024 municipal operating and capital budgets.
- Oct. 16, 2023 – Grants to Organization presentations
- Oct. 30, 2023 – Public budget deliberations (City Manager, Corporate Services and Finance)
- Nov. 6, 2023 – Public budget deliberations (Infrastructure and Planning)
- Nov. 20, 2023 – Public budget deliberations (Community and Protective Services)
- Nov. 27, 2023 – Flagged items
For a quick recap of the proposed 2024 municipal budget, please view the City of Leduc 2024 Proposed Budget Highlights Summary.
2025 Budget Planning Survey
The 2025 Budget Planning Survey is now running and will be open until May 31, 2024. Residents’ feedback will help to inform priorities in the City of Leduc’s 2025 municipal budget.
Options to participate:
- Watch your mailbox for the budget survey postcard (being delivered May 1st), or
- Answer the phone if you get a call from Advanis.
Residents can also complete the online Budget Stakeholders Survey before May 31, 2024. Results of this survey are not included with statistically representative Budget Planning Survey findings, but will be compiled as raw data and provided to City leadership.
Survey results will be shared here when they are available. Thank you for your input!
Here are some of the highlights you shared with us in the 2024 Budget Planning Survey compared to previous years:
Survey results for Budget 2024
- 503 respondents
- 69% indicated good, very good or excellent value for tax dollars
- 42% were opposed to decreasing service levels to minimize tax increase
- 44% supported cutting services to maintain or reduce taxes
- Most important priority: to lower or maintain property taxes in the future (32%)
- Top three areas to increase variable spending:
- Fire and Ambulance
- Family and Community Support
- Police
- Top three areas to decrease variable spending:
- Public Transit
- Community Development
- Library
Survey results for Budget 2023
- 475 respondents
- 70% indicated good, very good or excellent value for tax dollars
- 45% were opposed to decreasing service levels to minimize tax increase
- 45% supported increasing taxes to maintain or increase services
- Most important priorities: long-term fiscal sustainability; to lower or maintain property taxes in the future (both 26%)
- Top three areas to increase variable spending:
- Family and Community Support
- Fire and Ambulance
- Snow Removal
- Top three areas to decrease variable spending:
- Public Transit
- Library and Community Development
- Police
Survey results for Budget 2022
- 485 respondents
- 71% indicated good, very good or excellent value for tax dollars
- 39% supported decreasing service levels to minimize tax increase
- 49% supported cutting services to maintain or reduce taxes
- Most important priority: to attract new and maintain current businesses and amenities (24%)
- Top three areas to increase variable spending:
- Family & Community Support
- Fire and Ambulance
- Police
- Top three areas to decrease variable spending:
- Public Transit
- Library
- Recreation Centre
Budget Awards and Recognition
The City of Leduc has been awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award every year since 2016.
Budget Documents
Financial documents pre-2019 can be found in the Document Directory.