Ask Me About the Budget: Session 1 with Financial Services and Utilities and the Edmonton Public Library

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Ask Me About the Budget: Session 1 with Financial Services and Utilities and the Edmonton Public Library

Now is your chance to ask one or more of Edmonton’s senior managers about the City budget, and the programs and services the City provides.  

Do you have questions about how the City manages its finances, the drainage and waste utilities and the library system? Post your questions here, and on Wednesday, November 18, we’ll have senior managers from City departments answering those questions live during one of a series of “Ask Me About the Budget” sessions. This is the first in a series of five sessions on the budget.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015, noon-1pm. Ask Me About the Budget: Session 1 with ​Financial Services and Utilities, and Edmonton Public Library

The Financial Services and Utilities department manages the City’s finances and the two utilities – Drainage Services and Waste Management Services.

The work done here includes:

  • managing the City’s investment portfolio
  • budget planning
  • economic analysis
  • property assessment
  • property taxes
  • sewer system
  • flood prevention programs
  • garbage collection and recycling
  • eco stations
  • one of the world’s leading waste management centres
Answering your questions about this part of the City’s work will be Todd Burge, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and General Manager of Financial Services and Utilities.
Answering your questions about this part of the City’s work will be Todd Burge, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and General Manager of Financial Services and Utilities.

The Edmonton Public Library is the city’s largest lender of all manner of information and entertainment – music, movies, books, magazines and even a maker space.That content is delivered everywhere – in branches around the city, to computers at home and work, and on handheld devices elsewhere. EPL offers a multitude of fun programs in-branch: online training, streaming music, guest speakers and so much more – and it’s all free with your library card.

Answering your questions about this part of the City’s work will be Pilar Martinez. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Edmonton Public Library, where she is responsible for leading EPL in providing services to library users.
Answering your questions about this part of the City’s work will be Pilar Martinez. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Edmonton Public Library, where she is responsible for leading EPL in providing services to library users.

You can check out the City’s proposed budgets in a number of different forms:

Submit your questions on this blog, now and in the days to come, for Financial Services and Utilities and the Edmonton Public Library . We’ll be publishing the questions and posting live responses during the lunch hour on November 18, 2015. Join us then for a live, interactive question and answer session.