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For earlier materials see Table of Contents

May 4th

City Budget 2011

Closer look


Sure sign of Spring: CityWest truck putting up banners – Wednesday evening

 

 

Looks like Staff (and Council?) made a boo boo

w Budget

 

Council + staff seem to be on auto-pilot

They do so much of their ‘business’ in-camera – they miss the ‘big stuff

 

Note the 4000$ from excerpted section of Table

Skip to the error

Full table at end of page

 

 

Note the '2011 Proposed Property Tax Increase' is only 4,000 dollars --- but in the ‘notes’ on same page says need additional 480T$ to balance the budget’

 

Mistake?

  • The numbers all add up using the 4T$
  • The Agenda package was what was passed (I checked in office)
  • So why the discrepancy?

Council ‘debated’ how much tax increase needed --- seems none of them looked at the current paperwork

I bet the Council had used a previous version of the budget that did not have the most current (and final) assessment values--- and in the table the proposed tax increase was a computed value --- so when final assessed value entered – the 480T became 4T$ --- but no one bothered to read the stuff ---- not staff, not Council  

 

Hey remember these are the same guys (Howie and Rodin) that misplaced 5M$ a few years ago

Can one legally increase the taxes when not needed to ‘balance the budget’?

Funny too --- I mentioned my close reading to several people who thought it was a minor error that would be quickly set right --- but nothing heard from Rodin et al about the ‘oversight’ so far

 

 

Look how much $$ going to local organizations --- Gordon Payne had great idea that only the churches would get the tax write off next year --- It would be best to pass some sort of motionnow so  that next years newly elected Council would have to either accept or repeal when they come to making their budget

 

Here is the full table from Agenda package page 32
 

Here is the full table from Agenda package page 32

 

Created by LG on May 4th 2011

Last updated on Wednesday, May 04, 201

 

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