Report to/Rapport au :

Ottawa Board of Health

Conseil de santé d’Ottawa

Monday 7, May 2012/le lundi 7, mai, 2012

Submitted by/Soumis par :

Dr./D^r Isra Levy,

Medical Officer of Health/Médecin chef en santé publique

Contact Person/Personne-ressource:

Brian Flynn, Manager / Gestionnaire

Financial Services Unit / Unité des services financiers

Deputy City Treasurer Controller Branch /

Direction du trésorier municipal adjoint – Contrôleur

Finance Department / Service des finances

613-580-2424, ext./poste 21839, Brian.Flynn@ottawa.ca

City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

ACS2012-OPH-IQS-0007

SUBJECT:

2012 Operating Budget Q1 - Board of health status report

OBJET :

BUDGET DE FONCTIONNEMENT 2012 AU PREMIER TRIMESTRE – RAPPORT D’ÉTAPE DU CONSEIL DE SANTÉ

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

RecommandationS du rapport

Que le Conseil de santé de la circonscription sanitaire de la ville d’Ottawa prenne connaissance du présent rapport à titre d’information.

Background

Quarterly operating status reports are prepared as part of the reporting framework approved by the Board of Health. Operating status reports present actual year-to-date revenues and expenditures against the amounts previously budgeted for the corresponding period. The status reports for second and third quarter operating results will also presents a year-end forecast. The accuracy of this projection improves with each quarter as the spending patterns become more certain.

The purpose of this report is to present to the Board the first quarter operating results for Public Health Programs. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) management actively reviews their quarterly results to ensure that their respective spending and revenue results are not indicative of any underlying issues needing to be highlighted or addressed.

Compensation information, showing the actual salary, benefits and overtime costs incurred for Q1 versus the full year budget, is also presented in this report.

DISCUSSION

Document 1 provides operating budget detail on year-to-date results for the various Branches reporting to the Board of Health. Financial information is presented by funding type, which includes cost shared (city and province); city funded (100% municipal); and provincial or federal funded (100% provincial or federal) along with a breakdown by specific program.

Document 2 provides compensation information showing the actual salary / benefits and overtime costs incurred by Public Health for Q1 versus the full year budget

Q1 Operating Results

Based on the results to March 31, 2012, OPH is currently projecting a break-even financial position for the 2012 fiscal year.

Table 1 – Summary of Q1 2012 Results

2012 Q1 Status Report	Annual	Annual	Annual	YTD Net Surplus / (Deficit)
	Expenditures	Revenue	Revenue
		(Provincial)	(Municipal)
	$000	$000	$000	$000
Ontario Public Health Standards (Cost Shared Programs)
Ontario Public Health Standards (Cost Shared Programs)	39,802	29,005	10,797	0
Public Health City Funded Programs	800	0	800	0
Provincial/Federal Funded Programs	9,652	9,652	0	0
Ottawa Public Health	50,254	38,657	11,597	0

Q1 Compensation Results

This report shows the operating status for OPH compensation expenditures up to March 31. The current financial information shows OPH has spent 25.5% of its total compensation budget in the first quarter of operations.

Operating Budget Adjustments and Transfers

A summary of the budget adjustments and transfers made, either through the delegated authority given to the Medical Officer of Health or through Board and Council-approved reports is included in the quarterly operating status reports. There were no budget adjustments or transfers during Q1.

CONSULTATION

The purpose of this report is administrative in nature and therefore no public consultation is required.