Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee
Comité de l'agriculture et des affaires rurales
October 27, 2009 / le 27 octobre
2009
Submitted by/Soumis par : Marian Simulik,
City Treasurer/Trésorière municipale
Contact
Person/Personne ressource: Mona Monkman, Deputy City Treasurer –
Corporate
Finance/ Trésorière municipale adjointe – Contrôleur
Finance
Finance
Department/Service des Finances
(613)
580-2424 ext./ poste 41723, Mona.Monkman@ottawa.ca
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Ref N°: ACS2009-CMR-FIN-0053 |
1. That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee approve the rural component of the draft 2010 operating budget of the
Development Review - Rural Services branch, for the following:
a) Development Review - Rural
b) Rural Affairs Office.
2. That the Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Committee approve the rural portion of the draft 2010 capital estimates.
3. That the
Committee Estimates be forwarded to the Audit, Budget and Finance Committee for
inclusion in the 2010 Draft Budget, along with any supplementary budget
information reports considered with the Estimates.
1. Que
le Comité de l'agriculture et des affaires rurales approuve le volet rural des prévisions
préliminaires du budget de fonctionnement de 2010 de la Direction de l’examen
des projets d’aménagement – Services ruraux, pour ce qui suit :
a) Examen
des projets d’aménagement – Services ruraux
b) Bureau
des affaires rurales.
2. Que le Comité de l'agriculture et des affaires rurales approuve le volet rural des budgets prévisionnels d’immobilisations de
2010.
3. Que
les prévisions du Comité soient transmises au Comité de la vérification, du
budget et des finances aux fins d’inclusion dans les prévisions budgétaires de
2010, avec tout rapport d’information sur le budget supplémentaire étudié avec
les prévisions budgétaires.
On June 10, 2009, City Council approved a new
budget process whereby each standing committee would receive the draft
operating and capital estimates for areas within that Committee’s Terms of
Reference. Each standing committee would
also review and challenge the capital projects being proposed for each service
area.
The June 10 report indicated that
there was no new Budget Directions document this year. Staff were to develop the budgets, for
Committee and Council consideration, by taking into account the existing Fiscal
Framework and term of Council priorities.
That report also noted that any
budget adjustments and/or budget options identified by staff during their
budget preparation process would be provided as information to standing
committees, for purposes of the Committees’ consideration and prioritization.
On September 23, 2009, City Council further
approved that the Standing Committee Draft Estimates be prepared on the basis
of no news needs. The new needs were to
be indicated separately with the full rationale provided, in order to be
considered as part of the Standing Committees’ review.
The Standing Committee will review
the draft estimates for the departments they oversee.
Following the review of draft
estimates by each Standing Committee, the Audit, Budget and Finance Committee
will review these Standing Committee recommendations and prepare a recommended
draft budget for City Council for consideration. Key dates are in the following budget
calendar.
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November
17, 2009 |
All
Committee budget estimates rise to Audit, Budget and Finance Committee |
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December 9, 2009 |
Consolidated 2010 draft budget tabled at
Council |
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January 25 – 29 |
Committee of the Whole and Council
consideration and approval of the 2010 Budget |
Operating Budget
Estimates
Through
the corporate re-alignment, the budget for the Development Review Process
(Rural), now includes resources for city-wide Inspection Services. The total 2010 estimates for this Branch is
made up of three components:
(a)
Development
Review – Rural $1.52
M
(b)
Rural
Affairs Office $1.85
M
(c)
Development
Inspections $2.65
M
The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is being
asked to approve the budget for Development Review, Rural and the Rural Affairs
Office.
Capital Budget Estimates
The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee is being asked to approve
capital projects that service the rural areas of the City. Some of the capital projects, which include a
rural component, are contained in the estimates of other standing committees
since they support projects across the City.
The Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee is being asked to approve the rural component of
these projects.
Budget Documentation
Budget materials presented
are similar to those used during the 2009 budget process.
Schedules of financial information
show the revenues, expenditures and net requirements. Changes in resource requirements –
expenditure, revenues and staffing - for 2010 are outlined and are based on the
best available information at this time and on 2009 experience.
Budget adjustments (changes)
from 2009 budgets are categorized using the following breakdowns:
Base adjustments associated with 2009
actual results;
Maintain
Services additional requirements to deliver current programs at
approved service standards;
Legislative increases
required to deliver cost shared provincial programs along with impacts of new
provincial or federal legislation;
Growth additional
resources required to maintain new infrastructure, annualize 2009 program
expansions and meet programming demands from population growth;
New Services / Needs increases required to implement
new programs stemming from Council reports, Auditor General recommendations,
organizational transformation initiatives or pending staff reports. New needs are identified as per Council
direction and a rationale is provided;
Efficiencies reflects the Management efficiency targets;
User fees increased
revenues from fee increases per Council direction.
Additional schedules
provided include:
Explanatory notes – provided on the
projected 2009 results and on the rationale behind the proposed changes to the
budgetary requirements
Capital Projects – the
proposed capital projects with project details.
The public consultation on the Draft Operating
and Capital estimates will be conducted at the standing committee meetings,
through Councillor-ward meetings and the public delegations sessions to be held
from January 25 to 27 by Committee of the Whole.
There are no legal/risk management impediments
to implementing the recommendations in this report.
Financial implications are identified within
the report.
Document 1 - 2010
Draft Operating and Capital Estimates (follows the French version of
this report and available in English only).
Estimates and any Committee amendments will be
forwarded to the Audit, Budget and Finance Committee for inclusion
in the 2010 Draft Budget.