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Budget
Committee
City
of Peterborough
July
27, 2015
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Minutes of a Meeting of the
Budget Committee held on July 27, 2015 in the Council Chambers, County of
Peterborough, 470 Water Street.
The
Budget Committee meeting was called to order at 6:34 p.m. in the County Council
Chambers.
Roll Call:
Minutes
– May 11 and July 21, 2015
Moved by Mayor
Bennett
That the minutes of the Budget Committee meetings held on
May 11 and July 21, 2015 be approved.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure
of Pecuniary Interest
There were no
Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest.
Consent
Agenda
Moved by Mayor
Bennett
That item
4 be approved as part of the Consent Agenda.
“CARRIED”
Director
of Corporate Services
Report
CPFS15-035
City
Reserve and Reserve Funds
Moved
by Mayor Bennett
That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report
CPFS15-035, dated July 27, 2015, of the Director of Corporate Services, as
follows:
a) That Report CPFS15-035, on
the City’s Reserve and Reserve Funds, be received for information.
b) That
the following Reserves be closed and the balances be transferred to the Capital
Levy Reserve for a total of $43,554:
i. General Equipment
ii. Leadership and Learning
Network
iii. Learn not to Burn
c) That
the following Reserves be closed and the balances be transferred to the
Peterborough Museum and Archives Administration activity for a total of
$15,593:
i. Museum Archives
ii. Museum Education
iii.
Museum Display
“CARRIED”
Director of Corporate Services
Report
CPFS15-040
Options
to Enhance Capital Financing
Moved
by Councillor Pappas
That Council approve the
recommendation outlined in Report CPFS15-040, dated July 27, 2015, of the
Director of Corporate Services, as follows:
That
Report CPFS15-040 on the options to enhance capital financing be received for
information.
“CARRIED”
Director
of Corporate Services
Report
CPFS15-036
2016
Budget Guidelines
Moved
by Councillor Pappas
That Council approve the
recommendations outlined in Report CPFS15-036, dated July 27, 2015, of the
Director of Corporate Services, as follows:
a)
That the
Draft 2016 Operating Budget reflects an estimated 2.00% all-inclusive
(Municipal, Education and Sewer Surcharge) increase for increased operating
costs and traditional support for the capital program.
b)
That the
Draft 2016 Operating Budget reflect an additional 0.5% all-inclusive
(Municipal, Education and Sewer Surcharge) increase to fund the 2016 increase
for tax-supported debt charges and any increase to base capital levy to
continue to implement the Capital Financing Policy approved by Council at its
meeting held April 23, 2012.
c)
That $2.1
million of the $2.5 million in Capital Levy traditionally set aside for the
Flood Reduction Master Plan – Capital Levy, not be used for the Flood Reduction
Master Plan for the 2016 Budget year and be available for other capital
projects.
d)
That the
Tax Ratio Reduction Program be reinstated for the 2016 Draft Budget and reflect
reductions: i) to the Commercial and Industrial Class Tax Ratios but not the
Multiresidential Class, and ii) at a rate that is one-half of the annual
reduction that was originally included in the program.
e)
That the
draft 2016 Operating Budget reflect a 3.8% increase in the net Peterborough
Police Services Budget to be accommodated within the 2.00% general increase,
and any increase in the net Police Services budget beyond the 3.8% be addressed
by Council as part of the detailed 2016 Budget deliberations to occur in
November of 2015.
f)
That, with
respect to the Hospice Peterborough Renovation Project, i) the City commit in
principle to provide $1.5 million towards the project construction costs over a
three year period 2016 to 2018, subject to a satisfactory funding agreement
being reached, and ii) That the 2016 Draft Capital Budget includes the first
$500,000 annual contribution.
g)
That the
Public Meeting of the Budget Committee previously scheduled on December 2,
2015, be re-scheduled to November 18, 2015, to place the Public Meeting prior
to the Detailed Budget Reviews.
h)
That the
2016 Highlights Book include a section on the information gathered through the
Public Meeting process and a response to each.
i)
That staff
provide a report ranking capital projects listed in the capital budget by
priority.
j)
That staff
report back on service reductions proposed to be cut to reach the 2%
all-inclusive tax increase.
Upon items a,
b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, and j the motion carried.
Other
Business
Bottled Water
Councillors Beamer
and Clarke declared interests in this issue as their respective employers are
involved in the bottled water industry. Due to the conflicts of Councillors
Beamer and Clarke, Mayor Bennett assumed the Chair.
Moved by Councillor
Parnell
That staff
provide a follow up to Report CSRS10-004, Banning the Sale of Bottled Water in
City Facilities.
“CARRIED”
Councillor Clarke assumed the
Chair.
Adjournment
Moved
by Councillor Parnell
That this meeting of Budget Committee
adjourn at 7:17 p.m.
"CARRIED"
Natalie
Garnett
Deputy
City Clerk
Councillor
Clarke
Chair