Report to/Rapport au :

 

Planning Committee /

Comité de l’urbanisme

   

and Council / et au Conseil  

 

26 October 2011 / le 26 octobre 2011

 

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

 

Contact Person/Personne ressource : Caitlin Salter MacDonald, Committee Coordinator/ coordonatrice du comité

City Clerk and Solicitor/Greffier et Chef du contentieux

(613) 580-2424 x, 28136

 

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2011-CMR-PLC-0021

 

 

SUBJECT:

2012 DRAFT OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET – PLANNING COMMITTEE

 

 

OBJET :

budgetS PRÉLIMINAIRES de fonctionnement et d’immobilisations de 2012 – COMITÉ DE L’URBANISME

 

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

 

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

 

 

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Comité de l’urbanisme examine les sections pertinentes des Budgets d’immobilisations et de fonctionnement de 2011 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 Standing 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, That City Council received and tabled the Draft 2012 Operating and Capital Budgets and referred the relevant portions to each Standing Committee of Council and the Transit Commission for their consideration and recommendation to Council sitting in Committee of the Whole to be held November 30, 2011.  At the same meeting, Council also 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 Planning 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, English and French. (issued previously to all Members of Council and held on file with the City Clerk.)

 

Document 2 -  2012 Planning 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.