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'Let's fix the damn roads': As budget deliberation get underway, council draws on reserves to keep tax increase at 3.6 per cent

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More than 30 proposed amendments, motions and motions-arising brought forward Thursday .

Mayor Jyoti Gondek : "Right now is not the time to give Calgarians a bigger property tax bill" Mayor: "We had to stay true to what we said in 2022 — that the budget wouldn’t increase beyond 3.6 per cent ".

A similar pitch from the same two councillors asked the CAO to compile a report on the corporate management team’s operating budget for hosting, meals, entertainment and travel expenses for the past two years .

A proposal from Coun . Jennifer Wyness for the city to cancel its remaining contracts for procuring electric transit buses failed 6-9 .

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