1.                   2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET - FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

 

BUDGETS PRÉLIMINAIRES DE FONCTIONNEMENT ET D’IMMOBILISATIONS DE 2012– COMITÉ DES FINANCES ET DU DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE

 

 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS AMENDED

 

That Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Finance and Economic Development Committee 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, (including the amended pages 3, 4, 151 and 152), as follows:

 

1.      The Elected Officials, Operating Resource Requirement (page 6)

2.      The Office of the Auditor General, Operating Resource Requirement (page 11)

3.      The City Manager’s Office, Operating Resource Requirement (page 18)

4.      The Real Estate Partnerships and Development Office, as follows:

a)      User fees (p. 29);

b)     Operating Resource Requirement (p. 26)

 

5.      Finance, Operating Resource Requirement (page 35)

6.      The City Clerk and Solicitor, as follows:

a)      Operating Resource Requirement (p. 50);

b)     Capital Budget (p. 54)

7.      The City Operations Deputy City Manager’s Office, Operating Resource Requirement (page 58) 

8.   The Service Ottawa Budget, as follows:

a)      User fees (p. 70);

b)     Operating Resource Requirement (p. 67);

c)      Capital Budget (p. 72)

9.   Human Resources, Operating Resource Requirement (page 79)

 

10. The Corporate Communications Office, Operating Resource Requirement (page 106)

 

11. The Deputy City Manager’s Office Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, Operating Resource Requirement (page 113)

 


12. Community Sustainability – Economic Development, as follows:

a)      Operating Resource Requirement (p. 120);

b)     Capital Budget (p. 123)

13. Rail Implementation, as follows:

a)      Operating Resource Requirement (p. 133);

b)     Capital Budget (p. 136)

 

14  Non-Departmental, Operating Resource Requirement (page 143)

 

 

RecommandationS MODIFIÉES DU Comité

 

Que le Comité des finances et du développement économique recommande au Conseil, qui siège à titre de comité plénier, d’approuver le budget préliminaire de fonctionnement et d’immobilisations pour 2012 du Comité des finances et du développement économique (y compris les pages modifié 3, 4, 151 et 152), comme suit :

 

1.      Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement des représentants élus (page 6).

 

2.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du Bureau du vérificateur général (page 11).

 

3.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du Bureau du directeur municipal (page 18).

 

4.   Le Bureau des partenariats et du développement en immobilier, comme suit :

a)   les frais d’utilisation (page 29);

b)   es besoins en ressources de fonctionnement (page 26).

 

5.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du Service des finances (page 35).

 

6.   Le greffier municipal et chef du contentieux, comme suit :

a)   les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement (page 50);

b)   le budget d’immobilisations (page 54).

7.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement des Opérations municipales, Bureau du directeur municipal adjoint (page 58).

 

8.      Service Ottawa, comme suit :

a)      les frais d’utilisation (page 70);

b)     les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement (page 67);

c)      le budget d’immobilisations (page 72).

9.      Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du Service des ressources  humaines (page 79).

10.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du bureau des Communications
 générales (page 106).

 

11.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement du Services d’infrastructure et de
 la viabilité des collectivités et du Bureau du directeur municipal adjoint
 (page 113).

 

12.   Viabilité des collectivités – développement économique, comme suit :

a)      les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement (page 120);

b)     le budget d’immobilisations (page 123).

13.   Mise en œuvre du réseau ferroviaire, comme suit :

a)      les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement (page 133);

b)     le budget d’immobilisations (page 136).

14.   Les besoins en ressources de fonctionnement des Services non liés aux services (page 143).

 

 

 

DOCUMENTATION

 

1.      Committee Coordinator’s report dated 31 October 2011 (ACS2011-CMR-FED-00006).

 

2.      Extract of Finance and Economic Development Committee Minutes of 7 November 2011.

 

3.      Manager, MFIPPA & Elections, report entitled 2010 Elections - Contribution Rebate Program: Status Update II and dated 25 October 2011 (ACS2011-CMR-CCB-0088), attached as Annex 1.

 

4.      Deputy City Manager, City Operations, report entitled Service Excellence Plan- Information Supplemental to the Budget Estimates, and dated 7 November 2011 (ACS2011-COS-SOD-0001), attached as Annex 2. (English / French)

 

5.      Deputy City Manager, City Operations, report entitled Service Ottawa Update- Information Supplemental to the Budget Estimates, and dated 7 November 2011 (ACS2011-COS-SOD-0002), attached as Annex 3.

 

 

 

 


Report to/Rapport au :

 

Finance and Economic Development Committee

Comité des finances et du développement économique

   

and Council / et au Conseil  

 

31 October 2011 / le 31 octobre 2011

 

Submitted by/Soumis par : Committee Coordinator / Coordonnateur du comité

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Marc Desjardins,
Committee Coordinator/Coordonnateur du comité

City Clerk and Solicitor/Greffier et Chef du contentieux

(613) 580-2424 x, 28821, Marc.Desjardins@ottawa.ca

 

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2011-CMR-FED-0006

 

 

SUBJECT:

2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET - FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

 

 

OBJET :

BUDGETS PRÉLIMINAIRES DE FONCTIONNEMENT ET D’IMMOBILISATIONS DE 2012– COMITÉ DES FINANCES ET DU DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Finance and Economic Development Committee consider the relevant portions of the 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets and forward its recommendations to Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, for consideration at the meeting to be held November 30, 2011.

 

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité des finances et du développement économique examine les sections pertinentes des Budgets d’immobilisations et de fonctionnement de 2012 et qu’il présente ses recommandations au Conseil, siégeant à titre de Comité plénier, aux fins d’examen lors de sa réunion prévue du 30 novembre 2011.

 

 


BACKGROUND

 

 

City Council, on 14 September 2011, approved the 2012 Budget Process and Timetable for developing and approving the 2012 budget, indicating that the individual Committees, Board and Commission would hold meetings to listen to public delegations, review their respective budgets and make recommendations to Council.  At that time, Council also approved that the tax supported budgets for the following would be tabled on 26 October:

 

•           City Tax Supported Programs

•           Police Services

•           Library Services

•           Public Health

•           Transit

•           Committee of Adjustment

•           Crime Prevention Ottawa

 

On 26 October 2011, City Council adopted the following Motion:

 

WHEREAS this Council is committed to promoting a culture of fiscal responsibility at City Hall; and

 

WHEREAS the Long Range Financial Plan incorporates a maximum tax increase of 2.5% for the years 2012 to 2014; and

 

WHEREAS this Council wishes the Standing Committee and Transit Commission Budget recommendations to be consistent with the Long Range Financial Plan;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that City Council direct each Standing Committee and the Transit Commission to work within the funding envelope for the budgets in their mandates, and that any additions to the budget will require offsetting reductions.

 

 

DISCUSSION

 

The 2012 Finance and Economic Development Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget is now before the Commission for the purpose of hearing from public delegations and to consider and make recommendations to Council. 

 

 

RURAL IMPLICATIONS

 

The Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will review and make recommendations on those portions of the budget with Rural Implications.

 

 

CONSULTATION

 

This meeting was advertised in the three daily newspapers and public delegations will be received by the Commission.  As well, there will be four multi-ward bilingual budget consultation meetings held between the 1st and 4th of November, in advance of Council's consideration of the Budget to be held on the 30th of November 2011.

 

 

COMMENTS BY THE WARD COUNCILLOR(S)

 

N/A

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY IMPACTS

 

There is no accessibility impact associated with the tabling of this report.

 

 

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no legal impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.

 

 

RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS

 

There are no risk management impediments to implementing the recommendations int his report.

 

 

CITY STRATEGIC PLAN

 

N/A

 

 

TECHNICAL IMPLICATIONS

 

N/A

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Financial Implications are identified in the 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets, as well as in the City Treasurer's Transmittal Report dated 26 October 2011 and entitled "2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets - Tax Supported Programs", tabled with Council on 26 October 2011

 

 

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

 

Document 1 - City Treasurer's report dated 26 October 2011, entitled 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budgets - Tax Supported Programs (issued previously to all Members of Council and held on file with the City Clerk.)

 

Document 2 -  2012 Finance and Economic Development Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budgets (issued previously to all Members of Council and held on file with the City Clerk.)

 

DISPOSITION

 

The Committee Coordinator will forward the Committee's recommendations to Council for consideration, at the meeting of November 30, 2011.  Budgets will be amended as per Council deliberation and adoption.

 


 

2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET - FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

BUDGETS PRÉLIMINAIRES DE FONCTIONNEMENT ET D’IMMOBILISATIONS DE 2012– COMITÉ DES FINANCES ET DU DÉVELOPPEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE

ACS2011-CMR-FED-0006                           city-wide / À l’Échelle de la ville

 

That the Finance and Economic Development Committee consider the relevant portions of the 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets and forward its recommendations to Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, for consideration at the meeting to be held November 30, 2011.

 

Kent Kirkpatrick, City Manager stated that he would give an overview of the entire portfolio of the Finance and Economic Development Committee.  His PowerPoint presentation is held on file with the City Clerk’s office. 

 

Committee heard from the following public delegations:

·         Erin Kelly, Ottawa Chamber of Commerce

·         Jeff Westeinde, Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation (OCRI)

·         Noel Buckley, Ottawa Tourism

·         Dale Harley, National Capital Heavy Construction Association

·         Robert Brocklebank

 

The majority of delegations provided their presentations in writing to the Committee Coordinator and they are held on file with the City Clerk’s office. 

 

As Item # 4 of the agenda is Information Supplemental to the Budget it was dealt with in concert with Item #1, Steve Kanellakos, Deputy City Manager Operations and Donna Gray, Director Service Ottawa gave a PowerPoint presentation on Service Ottawa which is held on file with the City Clerk’s office.

 

Following the public delegations, staff responded to Council member’s questions.

 

The report recommendation was then put to Committee and CARRIED as amended by the following motions:

 


MOTION No. FED 14/1

 

Moved by Councillor M. McRae

 

That the Finance and Economic Development Committee accept the amended pages 3, 4, 151 and 152 of the Finance and Economic Development Committee Draft Operating and Capital Budget.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

MOTION No. FED 14/2

 

Moved by Councillor M. Wilkinson

 

WHEREAS the IT Sub-Committee’s recommended Terms of Reference give it the authority to “Review (IT) project proposals, including costs and return on investment, and make recommendations to Committee and Council as part of the City’s annual budget process”; and

 

WHEREAS the 2012 budget timetable will not allow the IT Sub-Committee to review its portion of the Draft Budget Estimates and report its recommendations to Council through the Finance and Economic Development Committee;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the IT Sub-Committee be delegated the authority to review its portion of the 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets (pages 83 to 101) and report its recommendations directly to City Council at the 30 November 2011 Special Council meeting.

 

                                                                                                CARRIED

 

MOTION No. FED 14/3

 

Moved by Councillor D. Thompson

 

That the Finance and Economic Development Committee recommend that Council, sitting as Committee of the Whole, approve the Finance and Economic Development Committee 2012 Draft Operating and Capital Budget, as follows:

 

1.         The Elected Officials, Operating Resource Requirement (page 6)

 

2.         The Office of the Auditor General, Operating Resource Requirement (page 11)

3.         The City Manager’s Office, Operating Resource Requirement (page 18)

 

4.         The Real Estate Partnerships and Development Office, as follows:

a)                  User fees (p. 29);

b)                 Operating Resource Requirement (p. 26)

 

5.         Finance, Operating Resource Requirement (page 35)

 

6.         The City Clerk and Solicitor, as follows:

a)         Operating Resource Requirement (p. 50);

b)         Capital Budget (p. 54)

7.         The City Operations Deputy City Manager’s Office, Operating Resource Requirement (page 58)

 

8.         The Service Ottawa Budget, as follows:

a)         User fees (p. 70);

b)         Operating Resource Requirement (p. 67);

c)                  Capital Budget (p. 72)

9.         Human Resources, Operating Resource Requirement (page 79)

 

10.       The Corporate Communications Office, Operating Resource Requirement (page 106)

 

11.       The Deputy City Manager’s Office Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability, Operating Resource Requirement (page 113)

 

12.       Community Sustainability – Economic Development, as follows:

a)         Operating Resource Requirement (p. 120);

b)         Capital Budget (p. 123)

13.       Rail Implementation, as follows:

a)         Operating Resource Requirement (p. 133);

b)         Capital Budget (p. 136)

14.       Non-Departmental, Operating Resource Requirement (page 143)

 

                                                                                                CARRIED