Budget bits: Here are some interesting items city council is mulling

Deliberations about what the City of Edmonton will spend money on for the next four years — and what exactly that will do to property tax rates — are in full swing. Council has until Dec. 14 to come up with and sign off on a roadmap for billions of dollars in spending.
City staff will spend several days in council chambers being peppered with questions about their proposed spending plan, but behind the scenes they’ve also had to churn out responses to a mountain of written budg