{"id":3283925,"date":"2026-11-05T11:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3283925"},"modified":"2026-11-05T11:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T15:34:04","slug":"council-approves-2027-operating-budget-in-principle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/chsr-news\/ljinews\/council-approves-2027-operating-budget-in-principle","title":{"rendered":"Council approves 2027 operating budget in principle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fredericton city council has approved in principle the city\u2019s 2027 operating budget.<\/p>\n<p>This decision was made at a council meeting on November 2. According to the city, most residents will see a reduced property tax rate.<\/p>\n<p>Additions to the operating budget include expanded free recreation programming, additional staff and equipment for the Fredericton Police Force\u2019s Direct Action Response Team, and increased maintenance for sports fields.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9635\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9635','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3283925-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-11-05-news.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fredericton city council has approved in principle the city\u2019s 2027 operating budget. This decision was made at a council meeting on November 2. According to the city, most residents will see a reduced property tax rate. Additions to the operating budget include expanded free recreation programming, additional staff and equipment for the Fredericton Police Force\u2019s<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/current-shows\/spoken\/chsr-news\/ljinews\/council-approves-2027-operating-budget-in-principle\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9637\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9637','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3283925-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/NEWS\/2026-11-05-news.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2026-11-05-news.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3283925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ljinews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283925"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283927,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283925\/revisions\/3283927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}