City of

Brandon 2012

Public Budget

Forum

February 6, 2012

Agenda Budget Overview

Revenues

Expenses

Where your Tax Dollars Go

Salaries

Infrastructure

Cost Cutting Measures / Tax Payer Impacts

Next Steps

Public Forum

Budget Highlights

Operating Budget - $75.2 million

Utilities Budget - $16.8 million

Revenues ($millions)

$39.9 , 53%

$20.6 , 27%

$7.3 , 10%

$4.6 , 6% $2.8 , 4%

Property Taxes

Government Transfers

User Fees and Sales of

Goods

Other Income

Permits, Licenses, and

Fees

Expenses ($millions)

$41.8 , 56%

$9.0 , 12%

$7.6 , 10%

$5.5 , 7%

$4.3 , 6%

$2.9 , 4% $2.6 , 3% $1.6 , 2%

Salaries, Wages, &

Benefits

Reserve

Appropriations

Contract Services

Grants and

Contributions

Materials, Supplies, &

Equipment Purchases

Debt Servicing Costs

Utilities

Capital Contributions

Where Your Tax Dollar Goes

Protective Services Salaries, $0.26

Operations Salaries, $0.16

Reserve Appropriations,

$0.12

Contracted Services, $0.10

Development Services Salaries,

$0.08

Grants and Contributions,

$0.07

Administrative Salaries, $0.06

Materials, Supplies, & Equipment

Purchases, $0.06

Debt Servicing Costs, $0.04

Utilities, $0.03 Capital Contributions,

$0.02

What Makes up the Change in

Salaries?

$1.0mm - New Positions

$1.0mm - Collective Agreement Increases

$700k – Increased Casual Labour

$600k – Pay Administration Review

$530k – Step Change Increases

$910k – Changes in Roles, Persons, or Allocations

$430k – Miscellaneous

$1.2mm - Changes in estimates

Infrastructure Highlights $3.6mm Reserve Allocations for Infrastructure

$4.3mm Engineering Services

$826k - Street Maintenance

$400k - Sewer Mains, $295k – Sewer Services

$173k – Hydrants, $99k – Storm Sewers

$260k – Surface Drainage

$268k – Public Works Supervision

$549k – Water Mains, $858k – Water Meters

$599k – Water Services, $234k – Water Valves

$500k – Drainage, Sidewalks, Street Repairs

$150k – Black Farm Study

$40k – Asset Management

Cost Cutting Measures Expenses Reduced to date - $3.6 million

Two proposed cost cutting scenarios are

now before Council; $2.05 million and $3.0

million

Proposed cuts include four categories:

Internal Service Delivery

Salaries

Deferred Maintenance & Projects

External Services

Mill Rate & Assessment Impacts

Tax Payer Impacts 2011 Budget2012 Interim

Budget

Scenario #1

(Cut $2.050mm)

Scenario #2

(Cut $3.000mm)

Assessed Value* $ 200,000 $ 219,600 $ 219,600 $ 219,600

Portioning @ 45% $ 90,000 $ 98,820 $ 98,820 $ 98,820

Mill Rate 19.969 21.023 19.969 19.480

Municipal Tax Due $ 1,797 $ 2,078 $ 1,973 $ 1,925

Change due to Assessment* $ 176.13 $ 176.13 $ 176.13

Change due to Mill Rate $ 104.19 $ - $ (48.35)

Total Change from 2011 $ 280.32 $ 176.13 $ 127.78

Per Month Change $ 23.36 $ 14.68 $ 10.65

Percentage Change 15.6% 9.8% 7.1%

Next Steps

February 7th – Second round of budget

deliberations

March 5th – Public Budget Hearing

April 2nd – Adoption of Financial Plan / 1st

Reading of Tax Levy By-law

April 16th – 2nd & 3rd Reading of Tax Levy By-

law

Public Forum