2012 Proposed Budget - Public Forum (February 6, 2012))

1. City of
Brandon 2012
Public Budget
Forum
February 6, 2012

2. Agenda
 Budget Overview
 Revenues
 Expenses
 Where your Tax Dollars Go
 Salaries
 Infrastructure
 Cost Cutting Measures / Tax Payer Impacts
 Next Steps
 Public Forum

3. Budget Highlights
 Operating Budget - $75.2 million
 Utilities Budget - $16.8 million

4. Revenues ($millions)
$4.6 , 6% $2.8 , 4%
Property Taxes
$7.3 , 10%
Government Transfers
User Fees and Sales of
Goods
$39.9 , 53%
Other Income
$20.6 , 27%
Permits, Licenses, and
Fees

5. Expenses ($millions)
Salaries, Wages, &
$2.6 , 3% $1.6 , 2% Benefits
$2.9 , 4%
Reserve
$4.3 , 6% Appropriations
$5.5 , 7% Contract Services
Grants and
$7.6 , 10% Contributions
$41.8 , 56%
Materials, Supplies, &
$9.0 , 12% Equipment Purchases
Debt Servicing Costs
Utilities
Capital Contributions

6. Where Your Tax Dollar Goes
Debt Servicing Utilities, $0.03 Capital
Materials, Supplies, Costs, $0.04 Contributions,
& Equipment $0.02
Purchases, $0.06
Administrative
Salaries, $0.06
Protective Services
Salaries, $0.26
Grants and
Contributions,
$0.07
Operations
Development Salaries, $0.16
Services Salaries,
$0.08 Contracted Reserve
Services, $0.10 Appropriations,
$0.12

7. What Makes up the Change in
Salaries?
 $1.0mm - New Positions
 $1.0mm - Collective Agreement Increases
 $700k – Increased Casual Labour
 $600k – Pay Administration Review
 $530k – Step Change Increases
 $910k – Changes in Roles, Persons, or Allocations
 $430k – Miscellaneous
 $1.2mm - Changes in estimates

8. Infrastructure Highlights
 $3.6mm Reserve Allocations for Infrastructure
 $4.3mm Engineering Services
 $826k - Street Maintenance
 $400k - Sewer Mains, $295k – Sewer Services
 $173k – Hydrants, $99k – Storm Sewers
 $260k – Surface Drainage
 $268k – Public Works Supervision
 $549k – Water Mains, $858k – Water Meters
 $599k – Water Services, $234k – Water Valves
 $500k – Drainage, Sidewalks, Street Repairs
 $150k – Black Farm Study
 $40k – Asset Management

9. Cost Cutting Measures
 ExpensesReduced to date - $3.6 million
 Two proposed cost cutting scenarios are
now before Council; $2.05 million and $3.0
million
 Proposed cuts include four categories:
Internal Service Delivery
Salaries
Deferred Maintenance & Projects
External Services

10. Mill Rate & Assessment Impacts
2012 Interim Scenario #1 Scenario #2
Tax Payer Impacts 2011 Budget
Budget (Cut $2.050mm) (Cut $3.000mm)
Assessed Value* $ 200,000 $ 219,600 $ 219,600 $ 219,600
Portioning @ 45% $ 90,000 $ 98,820 $ 98,820 $ 98,820
Mill Rate 19.969 21.023 19.969 19.480
Municipal Tax Due $ 1,797 $ 2,078 $ 1,973 $ 1,925
Change due to Assessment* $ 176.13 $ 176.13 $ 176.13
Change due to Mill Rate $ 104.19 $ - $ (48.35)
Total Change from 2011 $ 280.32 $ 176.13 $ 127.78
Per Month Change $ 23.36 $ 14.68 $ 10.65
Percentage Change 15.6% 9.8% 7.1%

11. Next Steps
 February 7th – Second round of budget
deliberations
 March 5th – Public Budget Hearing
 April 2nd – Adoption of Financial Plan / 1st
Reading of Tax Levy By-law
 April 16th – 2nd & 3rd Reading of Tax Levy By-
law

12. Public Forum