Regina’s city council is looking at a difficult set of numbers ahead of budget talks, chief among them a proposed 15.6 per cent residential property tax hike.

The city’s administration says that maintaining its current service levels in 2026 will require a shortfall of almost $52 million.

In order to balance the books, council is faced with either a tax increase or service cuts, and officials are forecasting a mill rate increase of 15.6 per cent to keep current services running.

For an average home assessed at $324,000, that would translate to a monthly increase of around $33.

City CFO Daren Anderson says these numbers are just a starting point for council’s deliberations on what steps to take.

“I want to clarify, this is not a proposed mill rate increase, nor is it a funding request,

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