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With just five months remaining in the year, the city is preparing to slash $60 million in spending from this year’s municipal budget, with the largest cuts expected to come from public transit, fire and police.

The mid-year cuts will be felt across 48 different municipal services, with some of the largest cuts, by dollar value, coming from fire and emergency response at $7.6 million, and police at $7 million.

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However, transit users will likely feel the greatest effects with $6.9 million in cuts proposed for public transit and a further $2.4 million in cuts to specialized transit services such as Calgary Transit Access, totalling $9.3 million.

City council will be asked to approve the cuts package at a meeting on Tuesday.

The $60-million budget cut was approved by council in June to help pay for $130.9 million in property tax relief for businesses.

In a report going to council Tuesday, the city said that it followed a “least harm” approach in identifying the potential cuts, though it’s expected that the plan will “include reductions to the city’s workforce.”