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Budget
Committee Minutes
City
of Peterborough
July 21, 2014
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Minutes of a Meeting
of Budget Committee Held on Monday, July 21, 2014 in the Council Chambers, City
Hall
The meeting of the Budget Committee
was called to order at 5:02 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
Roll Call:
Councillor
Beamer
Councillor
Clarke, Chair
Councillor
Doris
Councillor
Juby
Councillor
Hall
Councillor
McWilliams
Councillor
Pappas
Councillor
Parnell
Councillor
Riel
Councillor
Vass
Mayor
Bennett
Minutes – November 25 and 26, and December 4, 2013
Moved
by Councillor Parnell
That
the minutes of the Budget Committee meetings held on November 25 and 26, and
December 4, 2013 be approved.
“CARRIED”
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest
There
were no disclosures of Pecuniary Interest.
Director of Corporate Services
Report CPFS14-020
2015 Budget Guidelines
Sandra
Clancy, Director of Corporate Services provided an overview of Report
CPFS14-020.
Moved by Mayor Bennett
That Council approve the
recommendations outlined in Report CPFS14-020, dated July 21, 2014, of the
Director of Corporate Services, as follows:
a)
That
the Draft 2015 Operating Budget reflect a 2% all-inclusive (Municipal,
Education and Sewer Surcharge) increase for increased operating costs and
traditional support for the capital program.
b)
That
the Draft 2015 Operating Budget reflect an additional 1% all-inclusive
(Municipal, Education and Sewer Surcharge) increase to fund the 2015 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
the Tax Ratio Reduction Program be deferred for one year by holding the Tax
Ratios for all tax classes at the 2014 level in order to provide relief for the
Residential Tax Class.
d) That the draft 2015 Operating Budget reflect a
3.2% increase in the net Peterborough Community Police Services Budget to be
accommodated within the 2% general increase, and any increase in the net Police
Services budget beyond the 3.2% be addressed by the 2015-2018 Council and the
Peterborough Police Services Board as part of the detailed 2015 Budget
deliberations to occur in January of 2015.
e) That 2015 Budget Committee meetings be
tentatively scheduled on the following dates to complete the 2015 Budget
process:
·
January
12, 2015 to January 15, 2015 - Detailed Review
·
January
21, 2015 - Public Meeting
·
February
2, 2015 - Anticipated Approval
“CARRIED”
Other Business
There were no items of Other Business.
Adjournment
Moved
by Councillor Pappas
That
this meeting of Budget Committee adjourn at 5:08 p.m.
"CARRIED"
Natalie
Garnett
Deputy City Clerk
Councillor Clarke
Chair