The City of Yellowknife is proposing an $80-million draft budget that would increase property taxes by 1.44 per cent and incur an SA国际影视传媒渦nprecedentedSA国际影视传媒� $11-million in debt in 2019.

City administration presented the preliminary budget Monday afternoon to a newly sworn-in council. Council will examine the budget line by line before voting on it on Dec. 10.

The $11-million proposed deficit would come if council elected to move forward with both the proposed aquatic centre and replacing the city's main water line, two of the largest capital projects in the city's history.

SA国际影视传媒淲e would have to borrow $11 million in 2019 and a further $43 million in 2020, so the debt payments would be quite significant,SA国际影视传媒� said Sharolynn Woodward, the municipality's director of corporate services.

The aquatic centre currently comes with a price tag just under $50 million, of which $7 million is earmarked for 2019, the water pipeline is expected to cost $28 million, . Those prices could be offset if the city is able to secure federal funding, something Woodward says they are SA国际影视传媒渁ctively pursuing.SA国际影视传媒� The federal government installed the existing water pipe close to 50 years ago to avoid issues stemming from giant mine.

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Other notable proposed capital projects are $200,000 to upgrade the main Folk on the Rocks stage, $450,000 to enhance the Frame Lake trail and close to $3-million dollars in paving costs.

The 1.44 per cent property tax increase would result in an additional $22 per year on homes valued at $250,000 and a $57 annual hike on homes valued at $650,000. The proposed tax is smaller than the 1.86 per cent increase city council accepted in 2018 after administration had initially proposed 5.6 per cent. In 2016 and 2017 the city had no tax increases.

During last year's budget presentation, Woodward warned council that if there was not a major tax increase in the coming years, different projects would most likely be cut. At this year's presentation, she had a softer message to council, but reiterated that tough decisions need to be made.

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The city is also forecasting a three per cent increase on user fees, however Woodward noted that those are much harder to predict due to the way they are calculated.

SA国际影视传媒淯sually when we see a change in the fees and charges at facilities, the budget would assume that we have a 3 per cent increase in those fees and charges, but that won't be manifested until the spring and probably for the fall season,SA国际影视传媒� said Woodward.

The city estimates that it will receive $76 million in revenue over the next year.

The full proposed budget can be found on the city's website. The public will be able to have their say on Nov. 19 when council will field public presentations.