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The City of Portage la Prairie is carefully monitoring the changing trade landscape and its potential impacts.

2025 Budget Speech as presented by City Finance Chair, Joe Masi. 

Garbage collection for Day 1 may not be completed today. Any remaining streets will be collected on Saturday, February 1^st, 2025. 

The City of Portage la Prairie invites you to a come and go public open house regarding the City of Portage la Prairie Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project.

On Monday, January 13th, 2025 at 7:00pm (or immediately following the 6:00pm Council and Committee meetings), Council will hold a Budget Meeting to review Operating Budget Requests.  The meeting will take place upstairs at City Hall, 97 Saskatchewan Avenue E.

In 2024 the Province of MB applied the School Tax Rebate directly to the Property Tax Bill. This may have lowered monthly Tax Installment Payment Plan (TIPP) payments significantly for the second part of 2024. The January 2025 recalculation will be adjusted back to a higher amount based on your 2024 levy. To calculate the 2025 monthly payments, divide your 2024 tax amount by 12.

For more information, please contact the Tax Department at (204) 239-8308.

The City of Portage la Prairie would like to announce its Christmas Curbside Collection Service for solid waste. There will be a limit of 4 containers per household on the 1st collection day following the Christmas Holidays.

The City of Portage la Prairie will be recycling Christmas trees again this year.