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Pre-budget 2008

Trying to look ahead

Called ‘PR Community Enhancement Grants’

I have put the amount ‘suggested’ in 2008 as PINK

The table comes form my page on 2007 budget from last April

 In all cases the amount suggested was same as 2007; thus Museum 130T + ‘permissive tax exemption’ (requires checking – council changed mind on tax exemption to not include rented spaces)

And by the way – what happened to bylaw for Tax Exemptions? Last one I have is in 2006—why would this be done in-camera??

 

Note these ‘community partners’ total almost a million dollars with the library taking up about half of total

 

Library and Tourism boards did not provide ‘grant application’ by November time line

 

 

 

Above are the main ‘Enhancement Grants’ but a total of 20 grants are given in paper work—see the City’s regular meeting PDF (8 megs) for January 14th meeting – or  select from their page

Grant info goes from pages 34 to 100

 

‘Results based management’?

‘measurable objectives’—example below is Eagle Eye Archers who are asking for $3,500 and ‘interim suggested’ is $2000 --- I note a church group asking to feed needy breakfast requesting $3T and ‘suggested’ for $1,000  ----go figure

 

Joy Thorkelson: ‘I am struggling with this’ --- the deliverables ‘are not the ones I would have chosen

 

Gordon-Payne: I asked for this – but the larger ones --- over 20T$ -- this is the first time we have seen this document – plus expected to see the group (before Council) to question them how use the $ etc 

Providing ‘measurable objectives

Tabled till next meeting

      The idea of measurables is great – but as Joy points out asking some group to apply to 3 more funding agencies is almost a waste of their time when grants so small etc (<5T$)

I would suggest that when had Council meeting weekly we would have had time for Council to come up with useable ‘objectives’ instead of relying so heavily on staff to do all the thinking/ work

 

16 inches cost 340$+

This Crestview resident wants to renovate bathroom – adding a new tub takes them 16 inches beyond the allowed set back – and need a ‘variance’

 

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As can be seen from aerial photo – neighbouring houses are also close together so the 16 inches (or 14 in the planners calculations) will not be out of context for neighbourhood

Created by LG on 15/1/2008

Last updated on Wednesday, January 16, 2008