Budget & Finance
omes to making budget decisions, how the City invests your tax dollars is important for everyone.
Previous icons merge together and transform into a coin. Your
property taxes make up about half of every dollar the City spends. The first portion of a pie chart
animates in, rotating in from the top. Other revenue comes from government grants, program fees and
charges, and reserve funds. The remaining sections of a pie chart rotate in. So how does the City
make sure that your money is being put to good use? An animated hand drops a coin into another animated hand. We start with identifying costs to operate
services for the coming year and deciding where to make investments in the community. Animatedcoins begin to pile up. Text reading “Average Budget: $500 Million”
appears. Day-to-day services like park maintenance, street cleaning, and recreation programs make
up the operating budget. Icons for park maintenance, street cleaning and recreation programs
animate in. While the capital budget consists of road repairs, facility upgrades and renovations,
and other major projects. Icons for road repairs, facility renovations and major construction
projects animate in. Services like police and fire protection, facilities and recreation, roads,
garbage and recycling collection account for a large portion of the overall operating and capital
budget each year. Icons and percentages for police services (25%), recreation facilities (22%),
roads (15%) and garbage collection (6%) animate in, as well as text indicating ‘Other Services’
(32%). Budget planning also includes considering things like cost of living, growth, the increasing
cost of providing services, and the condition of our infrastructure. A bar graph animates in. There
is a dollar sign featured prominently over the graph. Two people appear around the graph. With
population growth comes increased cost to deliver services and the need to invest in new and
existing infrastructure to meet demand. People around the graph begin to multiply, and the graph
continues to trend upwards. With all this in mind, the City focuses on several priorities when
proposing its budget to City Council. Icons for water, roads, snow removal, garbage, recycling,
police services and fire services animate in. We look for ways to keep services affordable and to
reduce overall costs. A pile of coins animate in. The pile grows
smaller until only a few coins remain. This is achieved through
innovation – finding new and more efficient ways of providing services. Five lightbulbs drop into
frame. There are gears within each lightbulb, which begin to turn. The lightbulbs flash as the
gears stop turning. We plan ahead for future repairs and expenses, and allocate portions of today’s
property tax dollars to help fund the cost of rebuilding infrastructure in the future. A stick
figure drops on top of the centre lightbulb, holding a telescope. We zoom in as the figure uses the
telescope to look ahead. The figure puts away the telescope and pulls out a chart, where it marks
something down using a pencil. ...
Housing
dents experiencing chronic homelessness and housing insecurity. Through the RHI, the City of Regina
is supporting the following projects: RHI: Horse Dance Lodge RHI:
North Central Family Centre In 2013, the City released its first Comprehensive Housing Strategy
(CHS) which was intended to define and communicate the City’s role in housing, better align
policies, programs and assets with current and future housing needs, and identify opportunities to
stimulate and regulate the housing market. The CHS identified key
housing issues and recommended 35 strategies to positively impact the state of housing in Regina.
The five goals identified in the 2013 CHS include: Increasing the supply of rental and affordable
housing Retaining and regenerating existing housing stock Increasing the diversity of housing
options Addressing housing needs while creating complete communities and sustainable neighbourhoods
Working with other orders of government to address housing issues
Comprehensive Housing Strategy
The City offers capital grants and tax exemptions for the creation of affordable rental and
ownership units city-wide and tax exemptions for the creation of
market rental and ownership dwelling units in the City Centre, North Central,
and Heritage neighbourhoods. ...
NBCAC AIR - Call 2023
Neil Balkwill Artist in Residence Call 2023
2023 Culture New Initiative Follow-up Report
View the 2023 Culture New Initiative Follow-up Report.
Culture Grant New Initiative Follow-Up Report
This follow-up report must be submitted within 90 days of the completion of your initiative to receive the remaining funding.
