Councillors at Calgary City Hall have a lot of reading to get through over the next while as the plan for spending for the city for the next four years is up for review.

The 900 page budget document includes $22B in spending for improving infrastructure and facilities through the city.

Included in the plan are four car CTrains, new recreation centres, and the new Central Library.

It also includes upgrades to existing parks, sports fields, arenas, and swimming pools.

Officials have also earmarked a portion of funding to finish off the remaining flood recovery projects.

In terms of revenue, the budget includes a proposed tax hike of 4.7 percent compounded over four years.

That means that the tax bill for the average Calgary family would be about $1,700, but in four years it would be over $1,900.

Donald Smith just moved to the city and says that even if he doesn't own a home yet, raising property taxes is still a bad idea. "Taxes should go to affordable housing and more programs. The cost of living here is outrageous too. People pay enough for taxes in this province."

Other Calgarians find the tax increase a little easier to take. "It's a growing city, you have to keep up with demand."

One man says that the tax increase at this point in time is probably necessary. "There was a period of time, years there, where we didn't have any increases at all. So if you do plan a budget, you're planning for inflation, if you have excess you can put it aside. But if you don't have any increase over five years, 10 years, all of a sudden we're going to be faced with huge increases now. More people coming in, we're getting larger, more land, increases are inevitable. It's just a matter of time before the council decides they can actually do it."

Council has set a tentative schedule of two weeks to review the budget.

More details are expected later on Monday.