Current and Previous Budgets

City services impact your life every day. Each time you visit a recreation centre, have your garbage or recycling picked up, drink clean water from the tap, ride Medicine Hat Transit or have emergency services rush to your aid – you are using a City of Medicine Hat service.

That’s why the City’s budget is so important – it’s about setting our collective goals and building a great city. It determines the level of service provided to Medicine Hat residents and guides decisions on what City infrastructure will be purchased, built and repaired. As the City is limited by the amount of resources available, the Budget helps determine which projects and services have the highest priority and greatest impact on the community while advancing Council's priorities.

The budget is a financial plan that describes how much money the City will raise and spend.  In Medicine Hat, it is separated into three segments:

• municipal tax-supported
• utility rate-supported, and
• commodity-based (COMCO)

City staff put forward a proposed budget for deliberation and consideration by City Council. The approval of the budget will directly impact the City’s services, programs and infrastructure.

Proposed 2023 and 2024 budget

The proposed 2023 and 2024 budget was introduced to City Council on November 7, 2022 and is currently under consideration.

View the proposed budgets and accompanying information in the boxes below. The proposals were created using key budget assumptions which were approved on July 4, 2022.

• 2023 and 2024 key budget assumptions
• City Manager remarks and budget intro
• Introduction to the 2023 and 2024 budget
• Council questions and answers (Q & A) (updated regularly until budget is approved)

Current and past budgets

Open current and past City of Medicine Hat municipal budgets and energy and utility budgets.