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your Niagara region 2012 APPROVED budget Presentation to Town of Fort Erie

your Niagara region 2012 APPROVED budget Presentation to Town of Fort Erie. 1. How the budget works.

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your Niagara region 2012 APPROVED budget Presentation to Town of Fort Erie

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  1. your Niagara region 2012 APPROVEDbudget Presentation to Town of Fort Erie 1

  2. How the budget works Niagara Region's budget has three components, the operating budget, which is similar to your day-to-day costs like gas, groceries or phone bill and the capital budget which is like your longer-term infrastructure investments, similar to your car or house and the rate budget. The operating budget pays for the daily business of the Niagara Region and its boards and agencies. This budget pays for programs and services, including the staff to deliver those services, supplies and repayment of debt for major projects. The capital budget is the annual plan for the purchase of capital assets, such as: roads, water treatment plants, sewers, buildings, machinery and equipment. The rate budget pays for rate based services such as waste management, curbside collection, management of a recycling facility and landfill sites as well as the production of water and treatment of wastewater. 2

  3. 2012 Budget Process 3

  4. 2012 Approved Budget • After almost 50 hours of budget deliberations, • Regional Council approved the following • budgets, on December 1, 2011: • Operating • Capital • Rate 4

  5. Affordability and Sustainability Income growth + Assessment growth = Affordability Today (2.0%  to 3.8%) + 1.0% = 3.0% to 4.8% June 9, 2011 Budget Guideline Presentation Sustainability means meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Contingency reserves Employee future benefitsInfrastructure gap 5

  6. Property Taxes in Niagara Region • Niagara Region property taxes fund services • in your community. • Your property taxes are divided into three areas: • Niagara Region • Local area municipality • School Board / Education 6

  7. Property Taxes in Fort Erie • Fort Erie property taxes fund services • in your community. • Your property taxes are divided into three areas: • Niagara Region • Fort Erie • School Board / Education 7

  8. Historical Property Tax Increase Comparison Including Growth 8

  9. Historical Review of the Levy Equivalent to 0.44% Annual Tax Increases after assessment growth 2012 amounts above the line are sustainability decisions to be discussed later in presentation 9 Sustainability Affordability Gap

  10. Your property tax increases, after assessment growth, for the past 10 years: 10

  11. Proposed 2012 Property Tax Changes * Estimated impact to the Average Residential Home (2011 average assessment = $219,732) 11

  12. 2012 ProposedOperating Budget 12

  13. Proposed 2012 Capital Budget 13

  14. Proposed 2012 Capital Financing * Staff to provide funding alternates to Council through Corporate Service Committee in 2012 14

  15. services funded by your tax dollars 15

  16. Where do your tax dollars go? Total Regional Taxes $1,527.68 (including garbage, recycling and organics) House assessed at $219,732 in 2011 *The cost of garbage, recycling and organics differs for each municipality, $167.57 is the average cost. 16

  17. CommunityServices • Seniors Services for 1,500 seniors at eight long-term care homes and • over 4,000 seniors through seniors community programs • Children’s Services for more than 15,447 children from birth to 12 years • Social Assistance and Employment Opportunities for 35,507 residents • monthly • Emergency Shelter, Hostels and Homelessness Prevention for more • than 9,000 annually 17

  18. Community Services 18

  19. Public Health • Deliver public health programs and services in the in the following areas: • Communicable disease control • Immunization • Sexual health • Dental health • Environmental health • Chronic disease and injury prevention • Health promotion and information • Family health • Emergency Medical Services (responds to over 72,000 calls annually) 19

  20. Public Health 20

  21. Integrated Community Planning • Regional Clerk’s Office • Corporate Communications • Regional Policy Planning • Regional Emergency Management • Community and Corporate Planning • Inter-governmental agenda for planning *Excludes new programs. New programs = additional $2.54 21

  22. Leadership and Governance • Offices of the Regional Chair, Members of Council and Chief Administrative Officer: • Overall political and administrative leadership and governance • Champion and execute Council’s Business Priorities • Chair is Chief Executive Officer and represents Region • provincially, nationally and internationally • Executive management of corporation, staff, the delivery of • programs and services, development of policy and advice to • Chair and Council in pursuit of Council’s Business Plan 22

  23. Corporate Services • Financial Management and Planning • Legal Services • Human Resources • Facilities Management • IT Solutions 23

  24. General Government Expenditures/Revenues Debt Charges $30,966,486 Responsive Region $200,000 911 Emergency Phone $1,207,888 Capital Financing $8,941,517 Contingency $600,000 Investment Income $11,325,000 MPAC $5,912,113 24

  25. Public Works • Transportation Services maintains over 750 km of roads, 179 bridges, and culverts and 295 traffic signals, including snow removal services • Development Services reviews over 550 development applications annually, approval & inspection of 370 private sewage systems annually 25 • * Excludes sustainability items.

  26. Public Works - Rates • Waste Management curbside collection of recyclables, organics and garbage, management of a recycling facility and 14 landfill sites • Water Services: 59 billion litres of water per year treated at six plants and transmitted through 53 facilities and 307 km of watermains • Wastewater Treatment: 79 billion litres of wastewater treated at 11 plants and collected through 123 pump stations and 316 km of wastewater mains * For water & wastewater, determined using total rate/requisition amount to local municipalities divided by total flows for a household consuming 250 M3 per year ** Final residential impact due to Regional rate & requisition varies by local municipality and is subject to local budget processes including decisions on consumption, assessment value, allocation of cost between fixed & variable rates, and application of other funding sources. Based on assessment value of $219,732, 1% assessment growth, water consumption of 250 M3 and meter size of 5/8”. 26

  27. Estimated Average Household Impact* • Waste Management Services 27 • * Final residential impact is subject to final assessment values & local budget processes

  28. Agency, Boards and Commissions • Niagara Regional Police Service • Provincial Offences Court Administration • Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority • Niagara Regional Housing • Niagara Economic Development Corporation 28

  29. Agency, Boards and Commissions 29

  30. Where do your tax dollars go? Total Regional Taxes $1,527.68 (including garbage, recycling and organics) House assessed at $219,732 in 2011 *The cost of garbage, recycling and organics differs for each municipality, $167.57 is the average cost. 30

  31. THANK YOU 31

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