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2013 BUSINESS PLAN (CONSOLIDATED VERSION)
1. That the 2013 tax-supported base operating budget for municipal operations, with total gross expenditures of $161.5 million and a net property tax levy requirement of $108.2 million be approved with the following amendments to reflect changes since the Business Plan’s publication on December 19, 2012 and with the following amendment(s) to the document presented to General Committee on January 21, 2013:
a) That the advertising budgets for the Economic Development and Communications and Strategic Initiatives Departments be reduced by $40,000 and $30,000 respectively;
b) That the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit budget be reduced by $76,952 to match the updated funding request included in its draft 2013 budget;
c) That the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority’s budget be reduced by $3,193 to reflect the updated funding request included in its draft 2013 budget; and
d) That $92,500, representing project savings from the now-completed Parkview Seniors Centre capital projects, be returned to the Tax Capital Reserve;
e) That an additional $7.1 million of Federal Gas Tax funding be applied to the Landfill Phase 2 Capital project, reducing the planned 2013 debt issue for this project from $12.8 million to $5.7 million and reducing the 2013 budget for interest charges by $102,000;
f) That the savings associated with salary gapping be increased to $1,050,000, resulting in a net reduction through cost avoidance of $300,000;
g) That the contribution to the Tax Capital Reserve be reduced by $500,000, resulting in a net transfer to the reserve of $2,200,000;
h) That the Council Strategic Priorities Account (01-13-1525-0000-xxxx) be reduced by $60,000;
i) That expenditures associated with the cost of maintenance and power washing of current landfill scales as identified in Appendix “A” to Staff Report EMT001-13 (page 14) be reduced by $20,000;
j) That expenditures associated with moving a portion of varmint c...
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