A mixture of cuts and savings made by Saskatoon City Council have taken 2026 and 2027 property tax projections down a smidge. 

Thanks to over $1 million in newfound funds, the 2026 property tax increase is now down to 7.28 per cent from 8.23 before the process began. The 2027 property tax increase is down to 5.83 from 5.95. 

Administration is walking Council through a list of 108 potential ‘levers’ that can be pulled to save some money. Some of the approved revisions include cutting certain City advertising in the Star Phoenix, terminating a subscription to a document management system, reducing property tax reminders to two letters per year, removing weight-based fee exemption for landfill loads under 150 kilograms, reducing the City’s insurance budget by $100,000, increasing tax search and certificate fees, increasing parking ticket fine amounts by $10 in 2026, and reducing community services advertising expenses by 10 per cent. 

However, councilors drew the line at eliminating $400,000 in youth program funding. Mayor Cynthia Block was one member of council not in favour. 

“It is a tool that we have for community safety, and anything that would harm access for kids to have places to that are heathy, I will not be supporting,” she explained.

Council also voted against cutting $8000 in funding for the Doors Open Heritage Event. Doors Open is held to promote awareness of heritage buildings by opening the buildings up to the public to visit. 

This process will continue until all 108 items have been reviewed, at which point a new proposed property tax increase would be put forward.