EPS operating + capital budget series (compiled from council decisions and news)

Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-city-council-police-1.4934291

Local snapshot (archived 2026-07-03): full-page PDF committed at sources/budgets/_archive/eps-operating-and-capital-series/eps-operating-and-capital-series.pdf.

Compiled per-year figures with the source for each. "Net" = tax-supported (expenditures less revenue). Where sources report "operating budget" without qualifying, it is the net/tax-levy figure. Gross (total expense) figures are larger; e.g. 2024 gross = $560.05M vs net ≈ $467M.

Net operating budget by year (as reported)¶

2019: $356.3M net tax-levy (City resource analysis); reported ~$356M operating (Progress Report). Gross ~$378.6M (Global News).
2020: $373M (CBC / Progress Report).
2021: $384M (CBC).
2022: $407.2M net = $384.9M tax levy + $22.3M reserve transfer (City resource analysis). Base set at $385M then adjusted.
2023: base $407M (Global News, council 12-1 vote May 2022); + $7M via new formula → ~$414M; total reached ~$418.5M with add-ons (Progress Report). Gross total expense budget $502.19M (2024 variance comparative).
2024: base $422.9M + $9.2M growth + $1.2M inflation + $3.8M salary settlements = $437.4M (CBC/formula). Gross total expense budget $560.05M; net ≈ $467M (2024 variance report).
2026: projected $475M City police funding (Councillor Janz / CBC).

Multi-year growth¶

"Police funding from the City of Edmonton was $378 million in 2019; by 2026 it will grow to $475 million" — +$97M / ~26% over 7 years (Janz).
"EPS budget expected to grow 12.4% between 2023 and 2026" (Janz; cf. library +4%).
CSKA police budget review: municipal contributions to EPS operating budget averaged ~5%/year increase 2010-2020.

Funding formula¶

Approved by City Council Aug 23, 2023 for 2023-2026: prior-year budget + formula (population growth + inflation via Police Price Index − efficiency factor) + EPS salary settlements. Origin formula created ~2016/2018 (property taxes +1%/yr earmarked for EPS).

Capital budgets (multi-year cycles)¶

2019-2022 capital: "$87.1 million over four years" (EPS 2019-2022 proposed operating budget deck, escribemeetings DocumentId=9947). Included vehicle/IT/radio renewal, Operations & Intelligence Command Centre, firearms training facility, helicopter replacement.
2023-2026 capital: $99.1M requested (Global News); ~$89.108M approved (per capital-budget-request source). Lifecycle equipment, vehicles, IT, in-car cameras.

FTEs¶

EPS Structure 2019: 2,717.6 FTEs (2019-2022 budget deck).

2020-2021 council reductions¶

July 6, 2020: council motioned an $11M ongoing reduction, split $5.5M in 2021 + $5.5M in 2022 (Fall 2020 Supplemental adjustment). Fall 2021: additional $10.94M ongoing reduction starting 2022.

15.4% of total City budgeted expenditures (2022 resource analysis); ~15% (2019, Progress Report). Largest single line item; Transit second at 13.1%.