March 8, 2011 County Council Chambers. Agenda A look back… 1998 – 2011 Definitions 2011 Overview...
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The 2011 Middlesex County Budget March 8, 2011 County Council Chambers
March 8, 2011 County Council Chambers. Agenda A look back… 1998 – 2011 Definitions 2011 Overview Budget Process Budget Summary Budget Exclusions Departmental
Agenda A look back 1998 2011 Definitions 2011 Overview Budget
Process Budget Summary Budget Exclusions Departmental Budgets
Reserves and Reserve Funds Tangible Capital Assets Third-Party
Budgets
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Residential Tax Rate Comparisons 2010 County of Middlesex.00386
Huron County.00600 Elgin County.00580 Wellington County.00707
Oxford County.00454
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Levy / Tax Rate / Real Growth Levy A levy increase is an
increase in the amount of money that the municipality requires from
the communitys tax payers in a given year Tax Rate A tax rate
increase is impacted by the growth in assessment Assessment growth
does not always relate to new development that is available to
share the cost associated with funding the levy
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Definitions Real Growth Real growth is an estimate provided by
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) of the new
construction and development in the community that is available to
help pay the cost of the levy We utilize the real growth number and
the levy to determine increases or decreases in our costs
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Definitions continued Reassessment Growth In 2008 a
reassessment of all properties in Ontario took place. Any increased
assessment was phased in over four years (2009 2012), any decrease
in assessment was allocated in the first year (2009). The next
reassessment is to take place in 2012 for the following four year
period.
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Budget Committee The budget committee was established by County
Council to review in detail the departmental budgets and develop an
overall budget philosophy Warden Vanderheyden Deputy Warden
Maudsley Councillors Reycraft, Meyer and Hall This committee uses a
modified zero-based budget process to ensure that every dollar
expended is appropriate
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Budgeting Philosophy Eliminate non-essential budget increases
Examine current expenditures to determine whether they remain
relevant in 2011 Eliminate expenditures that are not consistent
with council policies Limit expenditure increases Without
dramatically impacting reserve levels Continue to fund the PSAB
process
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2011 Levy The County levy for 2011 is up 5.6% or $1,412,753 The
County in 2011 had real growth of $372,543 or 1.5% when tax ratios
are applied The budget includes a transfer from the tax rate
stabilization reserve of $537,621 This leaves approximately
$868,000 in the reserve We anticipate that this will allow us to
utilize this reserve for an additional year
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Major Budget Impacts Increase in Provincial Uploading of Social
Programs Increase in Children with Special Needs Increase in
Economic Development Departments have a net 2011 levy decrease of
$244,179 Loss of transfer from capital funding in 2011 $813,000
2010 Surplus included in the 2011 budget $500,000 OMPF decrease of
$130,500 Western Ontario Wardens Caucus is reviewing this item
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2011 Budget Changes During the Budget Committee review, a
number of budget changes were made to reduce the 2011 budget
increase Child Care Wait List $402,000 Special Needs Resourcing
25,000 Roads Transfer from Reserve 750,000 Roads Transfer to
Reserve 200,000 Transfer from Reserve Roads 200,000 Clean Water
Program 70,000 Special Project Econ. Dev. 30,000 Econ. Dev.
Promotions 20,000 Students Woodlands 9,000
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2011 Budget Changes continued Strathmere Lodge 46,000 1. reduce
purchased services by $22,000 2. reduce salaries by $20,000 3.
reduce benefits by $4,000 Human Resource project 35,000 Elevator
renovations 50,000 Reduce one student Admin 14,700 IT person 40,000
Reduce 1 POE switch (IT) 2,500 Emergency Planning Operation
500
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Administration and Facilities 2011 Operating Budget 2011 budget
has an increase to non union staff, Council, Warden and Committees
of 2.0% An allocation of $45,000 for Golf Course tax appeal
Increase to Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) of
3.2% 2011 Capital Budget Computer and Printer replacements ($7,500)
Elevator refurbishment 50 King Street ($70,000)
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Planning and Economic Development Revenues Approval/fees to
show an increase in 2011 Transfers from reserves will increase to
cover the costs of the Official Plan 5 year review which is due to
be completed in 2011 Woodlot revenues are estimated at $50,000;
however, woodland management requirements and the soft economic
market for lumber may result in lower revenues.
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Planning and Economic Development Planning Expenditures
Salaries and benefits are increased nominally to include one summer
student Purchased service shows a decrease due to student salary
allocated to salaries. The 2011 installment for SWOOP aerial
photography is $12,910. $27,830 is being placed in the Official
Plan account to complete work on the Countys five year review.
These funds are being transferred from Planning reserves. $70,000
for the Clean Water Project has been cut from the 2011 budget.
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Planning and Economic Development Economic Development
Expenditures Salaries, benefits and consultant fees remain constant
for 2011 Operations show a decrease in 2011 as travel and
memberships are reduced while conventions/seminars show an
increase. Promotions show an increase in 2011 at $86,550 as more
work in promotions will take place in this budget year including an
ICCI Program for Foreign Direct Investment, community profiles,
sector workshops, sponsorship of tourism magazine, and a food
processing event.
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Planning and Economic Development Economic Development
Expenditures The MEDT mission, manufacturing workshop and a portion
of the marketing plan implementation project has been deferred in
keeping with requested budget reductions. Funds for three Special
Projects including a Middlesex signage strategy, employment land
needs analysis and 401 signage installation have been reduced by
one third in keeping with budget reductions.
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Planning and Economic Development Woodlands Expenditures
Salaries and benefits in the woodlands budget will remain constant
in 2011 Woodlands expenses are reduced in 2011 as a summer student
has been omitted in keeping with budget reductions No transfers to
reserves are expected from timber revenues in 2011
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Emergency Planning, Fire Projected increase of 11.4 % (increase
of $38,655) to base budget. Continuation of emergency planning,
fire prevention and inspection, fire dispatch, fire communication,
& 911 communication services as approved by council. Wage
increases per existing employment contracts. Payments to London
Police Department and London Fire Department to provide 911 call
taking and fire dispatch Training programs include: media training
course for councillors and senior staff, a BEM course, R&I
intake workshop. One emergency exercise & one reception centre
exercise
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Land Ambulance Estimates prepared under direction of MOC
Ministry of Health funding is unknown at this time. The 2011 budget
assumes a 2% increase from the Province of Ontario ($11,794,469).
Cost of service shared by Province, City of London and County of
Middlesex. Operating expenditures budgeted to increase 1.86% to
$23,712,684 County share $1,801,113 is an increase of 2.13% over
2010 London share $10,015,965 is an increase of 2.54% over
2010
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Land Ambulance Changes to payroll taxes and OMERS will have an
impact on contract prices in 2011. Expenditures for medical
supplies have increased by 7% to $496,908 due to increased patient
volumes, increased ALS coverage and patient acuity. There are no
increases to staffing hours over the 2010 budget. ALS
hours/coverage has increased by 2000 hours with a decrease in 2000
BLS hours.
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Social Services After a volatile couple of years we appear to
be in a calmer atmosphere There is a more stabilized workforce
Ontario Works (OW) earnings have remained steady We believe that
the historical turbulence has worked through the system as it
relates to caseload growth We have budgeted for a 5.5% caseload
increase or 488 average monthly caseload Continued uploading of OW
program costs with our share now at 18.8%. Final ODSP upload took
place in 2011
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Social Services Childcare issues continue to dominate as the
waitlist for fee subsidy stays steady Increased usage of special
needs resourcing has seen a significant jump in that budget line.
This is a program delivered externally and we have no way of
knowing if this will continue or if 2010 an anomaly Social Housing
budget is 4.5% higher than last year We are expecting an increase
in requests from low income Middlesex residents as energy costs
continue to rise
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Roads Operating: Increases to salary and material costs of
approximately 2.5% Added 8.27 km to road system (1%) in 2010 Winter
maintenance costs increased by 7% year to year as per Council
direction to establish a reserve fund for use during winters with
above average snow
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Roads Capital: In accordance with PSAB we now transfer funds
from operating to capital to support the Countys capital assets:
Roads: $7,800,000 (to be increased to $8,000,000 in 2012) Bridges:
$2,500,000 Equipment: $775,000
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Roads Environmental: Total budget down to only $3,000 and has
been rolled into the overall roads budget No longer charged per
user, flat rate of $1,500 per year
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Strathmere Lodge The overall increase in the Countys
contribution over the 2010 budget is 0%. The overall increase in
expenditures over the 2010 budget is 3.98 %. This includes the cost
of initiatives which we were required to implement as a result of
the new Long Term Care Homes Act and regulations, and the
unexpected base and conditional funding we received from the
Province in 2010. The Case Mix Index is staying at 94.22 until
April 2012.
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Strathmere Lodge The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care is
expected to provide a 2% acuity increase in funding for both
Nursing and Personal Care and Programming envelopes commencing in
April 2011. The Lodge has been advised that the Province will not
fund any wage or salary increases over the next 2 years. Personnel
costs [wages and benefits] comprise 83.17% of all
expenditures.
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LIBRARY SERVICES Background: The Library Board carries forward
a surplus or a deficit from the previous year into the current year
estimate. The Province of Ontario operating grant (which also
includes pay equity funding) has been flat-lined for many years.
The Surplus from 2010 is estimated but undetermined. In 2011 the
balance of the provincial literacy fund (from 2006 and 2007) is
included in revenue and will be used to keep the book budget at
$400,000
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LIBRARY SERVICES Analysis: In 2011 the new 7,000 sq. ft. Komoka
Library facility will open in the Wellness Centre; staffed by a
professional fulltime librarian plus assistants and open 40 hours
per week the impact on the budget is included in salaries/benefits,
Branch Development and Rent 2011 is a management transition year
with outgoing CEO Margaret Rule mentoring and training incoming
Library Managers Lindsay Brock and Julie DeVries throughout the
year The capital costs for scheduled computer replacement are
included in the Transfer to Capital line.
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GAIN Centre / Dorchester ERC The Middlesex County Library Board
has contracts with Employment Ontario (MTCU-Ministry of Training
Colleges and Universities) for the operation of the GAIN Employment
Resource Centre and the Dorchester Employment Resource Centre. New
agreements will provide status quo funding for April 1 2011 to
March 31 2012. The decision by Middlesex County Council to close
the GAIN Centre on June 30 2011 will provide transition funding for
the employment resource service (providing government information
to the public) to be relocated from the Kenwick Mall from July 1
onward to the Strathroy Library Dorchester Employment Resource
Centre will continue to provide government information to the
public within the library facility through the cross-trained staff
and co-location model that has been in place since 2001
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Middlesex Connects 2010 was a very busy year for capital
expenditures New Branch Office/VPN solution has been deployed to
all locations within the County New Web Site up and running
(Middlesex.ca) A new platform to deliver content easier than before
It keeps us in line with emerging Internet trends and technologies.
Expansion of computing storage capacity Scalable and ready to adapt
to the leading edge technologies. More computational power with
less operational overhead
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Middlesex Connects 2011 initiatives will focus primarily on
VOIP/Telephone to Strathroy Library and Library Office Upgrading
our wireless technologies for introduction to our central
management facility Staff will work to deliver from last years
implementations of the capital projects to: Develop efficiencies
while exploiting the new features of our new Branch Office VPN
solution Deliver best of class support Maintain operations at
levels consistent with industry norms
PSAB In 2009 budget there was an amount included for Strathmere
Lodge equipment replacement of $200,000 There was also an amount
for Bridge replacement of $2,470,400 which was increased to
$2,500,000 in 2010 In the 2010 budget $7,800,000 for roads that
will be increased to $8,000,000 for the 2012 budget During 2011 two
more asset groups will be analyzed for PSAB purposes, County
vehicles and buildings as well as a review of bridges
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The Middlesex-London Health Units 2010 Budget
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2011 Budget Funding Sources Middlesex-London Health Unit
