The first five-hour session focused on department budgets for city council, the city manager's office, corporate communications, business and tourism development and common & fiscal.
- Corporate planning co-ordinator, $50,600 in 2009 (James Burrows).
- Geographic information system capital equipment worth $195,000 over 2009-11 (James Burrows).
- Alberta Health Care premiums — $304,000 remains in the budget, a leftover from when the city paid for premiums for staff. The province starts paying next year (Lorie Garritty).
- Seniors’ property tax rebate, $55,000 (Nolan Crouse: delete funding until policy is in place).
- Reduce business and tourism development’s contracted services budget by $25,000 in 2009 (Nolan Crouse).
- Reduce council’s training budget by $1,000 per member (Nolan Crouse).
Spend more
- $400,000 in capital budget for the community tourism strategy in 2009 and 2011. This item was previously unfunded (Nolan Crouse wants to fund it using unallocated provincial grants).
- $10,000 for an idle-free public awareness campaign (Lorie Garritty).
Budget meetings continue tonight with presentations from culture, recreation, Family and Community Support Services, emergency management and fire services.
Tuesday featured several motions to cut or add spending. Motions will not be debated until Nov. 27. Here's the breakdown, with the council member responsible for the motion in parenthesis:
Spend thrift
Spend thrift
Proposed cuts:
- Corporate planning co-ordinator, $50,600 in 2009 (James Burrows).
- Geographic information system capital equipment worth $195,000 over 2009-11 (James Burrows).
- Alberta Health Care premiums — $304,000 remains in the budget, a leftover from when the city paid for premiums for staff. The province starts paying next year (Lorie Garritty).
- Seniors’ property tax rebate, $55,000 (Nolan Crouse: delete funding until policy is in place).
- Reduce business and tourism development’s contracted services budget by $25,000 in 2009 (Nolan Crouse).
- Reduce council’s training budget by $1,000 per member (Nolan Crouse).
Spend more
Proposed additions:
- $400,000 in capital budget for the community tourism strategy in 2009 and 2011. This item was previously unfunded (Nolan Crouse wants to fund it using unallocated provincial grants).
- $10,000 for an idle-free public awareness campaign (Lorie Garritty).
Budget meetings continue tonight with presentations from culture, recreation, Family and Community Support Services, emergency management and fire services.
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