City of Grande Prairie Budget 2023
Consultation has concluded
Get involved in Grande Prairie’s 2023 budget!
Now is your time to share your thoughts and feedback as the City prepares for the 2023 budget deliberations. Make a difference by utilizing the engagement tools to share new ideas, propose new budgets and provide any other feedback to help inform Council what you would like to see change in our community.
Our focus is to develop a budget that aligns with Council's new 2022-2025 Strategic Priorities:
- Quality of Life
- Innovative Economic Readiness
- Inclusive Caring Community
- Engaging Relationships
This engagement will help us determine what services and programs you prioritize and what is important to you. Get started by exploring the tools below, which include:
- A survey that takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete
- An idea space to share your answers to brainstorming questions
- A Q&A space to ask administration questions about the budget and get live responses
- Two Balancing Act tools to learn how the City’s operating and capital budgets are allocated and submit your own balanced budgets using an interactive budget calculator
- An in-person engagement session
Engagement tools can be found at the bottom of the page under the corresponding tabs. Before you begin, we encourage you to review the following documents to help inform your responses:
- 2022 Budget Engagement – What We Heard Report
- 2022 Budget Report
Public Input Session
The City of Grande Prairie and City Council invite all residents to our 2023 Budget Public Input Session! Take part in various engagement activities to share your feedback on City services most important to you and what you believe should be prioritized this next budget term. City staff will be on hand to answer questions related to different services areas and how our budget process works.
We are also giving away five Bonnetts Energy Centre gift cards through a random draw for those who attend the session and provide feedback. The gift cards can be used towards all ticket sales at Bonnetts Energy Centre.
The session takes place:
- September 27, 2022
- 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Centre 2000 (11330 106 St, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 7X9)
The Public Input Session is drop-in format and registration is not required.
Balancing Act
Use our Balancing Act tools to learn more about the City’s operating and capital budgets and submit your own balanced budgets to help shape decision making for Budget 2023.
- Click here(External link) to try out the 2023 Operating Budget
- Click here (External link)to try out the 2023 Capital Budget
Open Budget Data Portal
The Open Budget data portal(External link) is also available for participants to view and explore all publicly available financial data for the City of Grande Prairie.
We thank you for your participation and input for the 2023 budget.
