City of Vancouver

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2000 Expenditure Management Plan

Appendix 2: Summary of Budget Management Proposals

 

Proposals - Achieving a Tax Increase Below 4.6%
General Purpose
Tax Impact  %
Impact of
Cumulative
Reduction
Narrative

General Purpose Tax Increase Before Budget Management Proposals

5.2%

1% General Purpose Tax Increase = $3.7 million.

Casino Revenue Sharing Funds

$ 6,000,000

1.62%

3.6%

Use funds to offset limited term expenditures including

Downtown Eastside, Downtown transportation, and

West End Liquor Licensing Review.

Capital Program Deferral

$ 1,500,000

0.41%

3.2%

Defer a portion of the capital program until later in the

three year capital plan (2000 - 2002).

Total - Initial Budget Balancing

Proposals

$ 7,500,000

2.03%

3.2%

 

Tier 1 - Indirect Public Service Impact
General Purpose
Tax Impact  %
Impact of
Cumulative
Reduction
Narrative

General Purpose Tax Increase Following Initial Budget

3.2%

1% General Purpose Tax Increase = $3.7 million.

Balancing Proposals

Strategic Initiatives Fund

$ 300,000

0.08%

3.1%

Reduce funding available for 2000 initiatives. One-time

reduction.

General Reduction to Overtime

$ 500,000

0.14%

3.0%

Reduce overtime costs city wide. Half of total proposal

(1/2 of total proposal)

estimated based on ability to realize savings in 2000.

New & Non recurring funding

$ 300,000

0.08%

2.9%

Reduce funding of maintenance, health and safety

furniture and equipment purchases and replacement.

Total - Indirect Public Service Impact
Proposals
$ 1,100,000
0.30%
2.9%

 

Tier 2 - Direct Public Service Impact
General Purpose
Tax Impact  %
Impact of Cumulative
Reduction
Narrative

General Purpose Tax Increase Before Direct Service

2.9%

1% General Purpose Tax Increase = $3.7 million.

Impact Proposals

General Reduction to Overtime

$ 500,000

0.14%

2.8%

Reduce overtime costs city wide. Balance of proposal

(balance of proposal)

may be difficult to achieve in 2000.

New & Non recurring funding

$ 500,000

0.14%

2.6%

Further reduce funding, affects service and quality of

work.

Strategic Initiatives Fund

$ 200,000

0.05%

2.6%

Eliminate the 2000 provision. One-time budget

adjustment.

Community Services Tree program

$ 100,000

0.03%

2.6%

Substantial increase in fees to recover program costs.

(Item No. 1)

FTE = 0

Fire Department & Community Services

$ 50,000

0.01%

2.5%

Pursue reinspection fees related to construction.

Reinspection Fees

(Item No. 2)

FTE = 0

Engineering Street Cleaning

$ 80,000

0.02%

2.5%

Reduce the frequency of street cleaning.

(Item No. 3)

FTE = 1

Grants program

$ 100,000

0.03%

2.5%

Reduces support to outside organizations, childcare,

community services, exhibiting institutions, other.

FTE = 0

(Item No. 4)

Corporate Communications

$ 55,000

0.01%

2.5%

Consolidate corporate communications functions.

(Item No. 5)

FTE = 1

Library - Library Closures

$ 75,000

0.02%

2.5%

Reduce Sunday opening at three branch Libraries and

the central Library.

FTE = 2

(Item No. 6)

Parks, revenue enhancement cost

$ 200,000

0.05%

2.4%

Increase revenues and/or program/service reduction

reduction

with the least public disruption.

(Item No. 7)

FTE = 2 to 3

Blueways

$ 40,000

0.01%

2.4%

Reduce program length from 12 months to 3.

Major scope reduction, reassign or reduce by 1 FTE.

FTE = 1

(Item No. 8)

Fire - Remove one Rescue Unit from

$ 750,000

0.20%

2.2%

Reduce one Medical Service Unit - reduces firefighting

service - LSU

capabilities at 7 firehalls.

(Item No. 9)

FTE = 10

Police - Reduce Sworn Staffing

$ 600,000

0.16%

2.0%

Withhold funding for 7 sworn members from Organized

Crime Agency of BC funding.

FTE = 7

(Item No. 10)

Total - Direct Public Service Impact
Proposals
$ 3,250,000
0.88%

Total Budget Management Proposals

$ 4,350,000

1.47%

2.0%

 


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