Although a little early yet to discuss 2012 Budgets - some local governments are already discussing the subject: (Note - Inflation, at last word, was 2.9%)
Wells and 100 Mile House - No word yet...
Quesnel - Early indication - to maintain a "status quo" budget means a potential 3.5% tax hike in Quesnel taxpayers' - see more details here. Public consultation is set to commence on Feb 27th and the City of Quesnel Operations' Budget is set to be posted on the City of Quesnel website (see here) by Jan 30th, 2012. 2012 Budget/Tax Rates to be passed by May 14th, 2012
Williams Lake - Under a previous 5 Year (2012-2016) budgeting plan passed (with Councillor SPS Rathor opposed), City Staff were directed to begin planning for the 2012-2016 5 Year Financial Plan which called for tax hikes of 2-3% during 2012-2016 inclusive. WL Council was previously set to receive a briefing on a draft 2012 Budget by the end of December. WL Council is likely to work on this draft in January/February 2012 with public consultation likely to occur by the end of March 2012
Cariboo Regional District - Board approved-in-principle the 2012-2016 5 Yr Plan which calls for a region wide tax increase of 2.4%. You can view the line by line budget here. Public Consultation on this budget will be the subject of the 16 Town Hall Meetings that the Cariboo Regional District conducts starting in January and wrapping up in early February. It should be noted that not all regional taxpayers' are subject to the full 2.4% tax hike. How much of the 2.4% tax hike in 2012 you pay depends on where you live...
But please take an interest in your local government's budget planning process as their decisions will hit your pocketbook in the form of higher property taxes.
Showing posts with label 2012 Budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 Budget. Show all posts
Friday, December 16, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
2012 Business Plans - Cariboo Regional District
On Thursday at 1pm - the CRD Board will meet as a Finance Committee to begin discussing the 2012 Budget starting with its business plans for next year. You can view the Agenda here
The Agenda falls into 7 Sections: (requisition = taxation)
1) CRHD/CCRHD Business Plans
2) Functions with proposed requistion above 2% (above inflation)
3) Functions with proposed requisition at 2% (inflation)
4) Functions with proposed requisition below 2% (below inflation)
5) Functions with no change to requisition
6) Functions with decrease in requistion
7) Functions with no taxation
One Business Goal inside the Administrative Services Function truly troubles me...
The Goal is:
2) Replace the Town Hall Meeting and Board on the Road event unaddressed admail campaigns with social media to communicate with residents in order to reduce meeting costs and align with the CRD Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduction goals.
This goal should be totally re-thought. Many communities in the Cariboo-Chilcotin do not have high-speed internet access or do not access the Internet and thus putting Town Hall Meeting/Board on the Road information on social media only would be a major step backwards. The Board should continue its' current practice of a mixture of admail, newspaper ads and social media, especially if the Board wants to try to increase the number of people attending either the Board on the Road event or Town Hall Meetings in January/February of 2012. As far as costs goes - if this mixture model costs more money then so be it as that is the cost of engaging residents as far as the regional government (Cariboo Regional District) goes...
SBF
The Agenda falls into 7 Sections: (requisition = taxation)
1) CRHD/CCRHD Business Plans
2) Functions with proposed requistion above 2% (above inflation)
3) Functions with proposed requisition at 2% (inflation)
4) Functions with proposed requisition below 2% (below inflation)
5) Functions with no change to requisition
6) Functions with decrease in requistion
7) Functions with no taxation
One Business Goal inside the Administrative Services Function truly troubles me...
The Goal is:
2) Replace the Town Hall Meeting and Board on the Road event unaddressed admail campaigns with social media to communicate with residents in order to reduce meeting costs and align with the CRD Greenhouse Gas Emissions reduction goals.
This goal should be totally re-thought. Many communities in the Cariboo-Chilcotin do not have high-speed internet access or do not access the Internet and thus putting Town Hall Meeting/Board on the Road information on social media only would be a major step backwards. The Board should continue its' current practice of a mixture of admail, newspaper ads and social media, especially if the Board wants to try to increase the number of people attending either the Board on the Road event or Town Hall Meetings in January/February of 2012. As far as costs goes - if this mixture model costs more money then so be it as that is the cost of engaging residents as far as the regional government (Cariboo Regional District) goes...
SBF
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