WEYBURN - The 2025 Budget for the City of Weyburn was approved during City Council on January 27. This budget will include an increase of 6.20 per cent, but still keeps Weyburn with the lowest property taxes in the province for centres with a population of over 10,000.
An increase of taxes of 6.20 per cent is $660,00 in revenue for the City of Weyburn. This is distributed as: facilities 2.80 per cent, public works 2.20 per cent, police services 1.78 per cent, admin and finance at 0.73 per cent, parks at 0.50 per cent, engineering at 0.26 per cent, and fire services at 0.21 per cent.
“There might not be a lot of exciting things in this budget, but it is still very important work. We do not have enough money to do everything, and we have to focus on what is valuable to the city,” said Coun. Ryan Janke.
Some initiatives that were proposed in the 2025 budget include major maintenance work at Crescent Point Place and the Tom Zandee Sports Arena, the development of the new Young Fellows Park (at the former Haig School location), continued construction of the Weyburn General Hospital, a Highway 39 culvert replacement (cost shared with the Ministry of Highways) and King Street paving (from First Avenue to Fifth Street).
Coun. Todd Bedore noted that as a new council member, the budget was “an eye-opening experience. I felt that I learned a lot. We certainly have a lot of projects that our team wants to accomplish, and we have to be as responsible as we can when deciding the budget.”
The tax increase will be result in a $50 increase in the base tax. With no change in the provincial education mill rate, the impact on a residential home assessed at $300,000 would be an estimated $9.58/month on their total municipal tax. Residents are reminded that the provincial education tax will be decided by the Government of Saskatchewan in the spring.
For more information on the approved and finalized 2025 budget is available at weyburn.ca/budget.
