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PRESENTATION REGARDING THE COUNTY OF SIMCOE 2024 BUDGET REQUEST
Basil Clarke, County of Simcoe Warden, Trevor Wilcox, General Manager of Corporate Performance, Jane Sinclair, General Manager of Health and Emergency Services, and Mina-Fayez Bahgat, General Manager of Social and Community Services for the County of Simcoe provided a presentation concerning the 2024 County of Simcoe Budget Request.
Warden Clarke, Mr. Wilcox, Ms. Sinclair, and Mr. Bahgat discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• An overview of the County’s municipal services, including Ontario Works, Children Services, Community Services, Social Housing, Paramedic Services, Long Term Care Homes, Archives and Museum;
• A summary of the services and programs provided by Ontario Works, Children Services, Community Services, Business Intelligence and System Planning and Social Housing;
• Operating Budget highlights from 2021-2024 for Social and Community Services;
• An overview of Health and Emergency Services, including Long Term Care Homes, Senior Services, Paramedic Services and PAD Program;
• Operating Budget highlights from 2018-2024 for Health and Emergency Services;
• A summary of the Municipal Services Agreement associated with services and cost-sharing;
• A chart illustrating the allocation of shared services for the City of Barrie in 2023 and 2024;
• The County of Simcoe’s 2024 Capital Budget, and Capital Calculations;
• A chart illustrating the City’s Operating and Capital Budget allocations for 2021 - 2024; and
• A pie chart illustrating percentages of the County’s portion impact.
Members of Council asked a number of questions of Warden Clarke, Mr. Wilcox, Ms. Sinclair and Mr. Bahgat and received responses.