How much is all this going to cost?

It’s budget season at the City of Ottawa. Actually, it’s always budget season. To find out what we mean, tune in to the eighth episode of the City’s official podcast series where we OttaTalk about the budget process. How is it created? How can your feedback influence the bottom line?

Today’s guest is Cyril Rogers, the City’s Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of the Finance and Corporate Services Department. Join our hosts as we learn about when Cyril and his team start working on the budget, how they decide where to allocate funds and what pressures they need to think about when planning for the future.

Today's hosts are Mike and Shirley.

Links for this episode are:

· Engage Ottawa - Draft Budget 2026

· Draft Budget 2026

· Soundcloud

This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? What does By-law do all day? What are we doing to fix homelessness? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.

For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month.

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