Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is promising a no new taxes — and no major service cuts — in the city's 2011 budget. (CBC)

Toronto's new city council will get down to the nitty-gritty Monday morning. That's when the city's budget committee will meet to listen to staff recommendations for the 2011 departmental budgets.

Mayor Rob Ford has said he wants to see a five per cent reduction from each city department.

But last week at least three departments — police, public health and libraries — said they'll be looking for more money, not less, in 2011.

Ford is scheduled to speak to the committee about the budget process before it begins the formal review process.

Following that, "budget chair Mike Del Grande will invite City of Toronto staff to introduce the staff recommended 2011 budgets," said a news release from the mayor's office.

Ford promised no new taxes during his election campaign, as well as getting rid of the $60 vehicle registration tax — which he delivered on in December.

He is already on record promising no spending increases and a property tax freeze for 2011, while at the same time promising no major service cuts.

"We're going to have a zero per cent tax increase and we're going to put more money in the taxpayer's pocket," Ford told CBC News in an interview in December.

Every department, he said, will need to find "efficiencies."

"There's fat in every department. There are no sacred cows around here … you have to find efficiencies and savings," he said.

Last year, the city's operating budget totalled $8.7 billion of which nearly $900 million was designated for police and another $1.3 billion for the Toronto Transit Commission — a total of more than $2 billion for the two departments alone.

Although Ford has about $280 million left over from 2010, that's not enough to offset an overall five per cent cut.

The draft budgets tabled on Monday will give some indication of where Ford expects to find those savings. But more meetings and negotiations will take place before the final capital and operating budgets are approved on Feb. 18.

Residents will have the opportunity to give their input into the budget process on Jan. 19 and 20 when budget sub-committees will hold local meetings.