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Ciani that the agenda is prepared for

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the council budget meeting of Wednesday

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January 7th 2026 be adopted

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have any questions all those in favor

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disclosures of theary interest I am

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going to turn the chair over to

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councelor Lucian

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>> thank you mayor um call for the

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» thank you mayor um call for the

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disclosure of interest

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» thank you um I Bill Ba declare humanary

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interest in regards to the agenda item

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six of the agenda for the above noted

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meeting which is today my husband has

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ownership in building the BIA core

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deputy mayor.

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>> Yes. Thank you. Um I Dave Baris deputy

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» Yes. Thank you. Um I Dave Baris deputy

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mayor on January 7th 2026 you open

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session to clarify your interest in

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regards to item number six of the

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agenda. Um if my son and family member

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has a property is a property owner in

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the BIA uh boundary.

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>> Great. Thank you. Any other?

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» Great. Thank you. Any other?

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» Thank you. Hi chart. Is there particular

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interest in all of number six because I

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have a family member downtown.

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» Any other

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Parsons?

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>> Yes. Uh thank you. Uh I Bob Parsons

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» Yes. Uh thank you. Uh I Bob Parsons

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declare a precinerary interest in the

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open session in regards to agenda item

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number 5.3.5

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the police subsection of the agenda for

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the above noted meeting for the

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following reason my part-time employment

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with the OP. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. Any other

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» Thank you. Any other

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chair back?

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>> Thank you councel.

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» Thank you councel.

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Um, next we're going to uh move into

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opening remarks and I'm going to um

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start and then I'm going to hand this

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over to you. So, I'd first like to begin

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today by acknowledging Bernardo, Shane,

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and Kyle who have been instrumental

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throughout this entire process. They

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responded to questions and addressed

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concerns promptly and thoroughly at

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every stage. While this was a lengthy

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process of handle learning curves, it

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was also well managed, organized, and

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ultimately productive.

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Process began with an email sent out to

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council members requesting input and

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identifies any progress they wish to

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see. I'd like to thank the deputy mayor

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counselor Parker for responding via

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email and councelor Rosart for her many

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opportunities of verbal feedback. I also

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want to thank the senior leadership team

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for their comprehensive work and

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commitment to achieving the targeted

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goals particularly in a financial

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landscape marked by rising costs for

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goods, materials and labor. This budget

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places a strong emphasis on asset

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management. Key projects include Hopkins

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Bridge Lisker Tilenberg Community Center

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maintenance projects the museum road

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repairs mission of the clock tower and

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Indian park in the town southeast end. I

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have also advanced training picker ball

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courts from 2027 to 2026. This

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adjustment has no impact on the tax levy

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as these courts are fully funded through

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development.

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The budget includes a dedicated 1%

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contribution to the asset management

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fund. This is imperative as we move

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forward as it will help preserve our

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infrastructure and ease the tax burden

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in future years.

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We are also beginning to see the

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benefits of growing our industrial and

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commercial base which will continue to

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positively impact the general levy over

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time. There is a clear emphasis from

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this budget on land sales, a priority

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identified by this council. These

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revenues are essential to funding

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servicing costs for industrial land and

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supporting future projects. Through

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consultation with finance staff and the

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CAO, 1.4 4 million in savings were

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achieved by focusing on needs versus

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wants. I appreciate the thoughtful

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discussion, collaboration, and careful

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planning that went into these decisions.

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With respect to policing, the OP

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contract included a courtmandated

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increase of 18.3%.

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The province of Ontario then stepped in

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and capped that increase at 11%.

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Resulting in a savings of over $735,000.

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However, the 11% increase still resulted

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in a direct levy impact of 1.48%

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which is greater than the entire budget

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increase for 2026.

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It is important to note that retroactive

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pay has now been settled but 2026 will

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also see the expiration of the current

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OP contract with the province. Until

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negotiations are complete, we will not

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know where future costs will land, nor

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will we have control over these costs.

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Overall though, the OP contract remains

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competitive when compared to private

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municipal courses. The town benefits

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from no borders, access to search teams,

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investigative units, and specialized

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services at no additional cost where

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private municipal courses would be

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built. Finally, I want to outline

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several items I believe should remain on

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a watch list for future councils.

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Rise in cost. Costs related to

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materials, labor, payroll, and pension

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plans continue to rise at rates that are

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more than double the rate of inflation.

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These costs are not controllable by this

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council or any council moving forward,

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but they need to be factored in for

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future budgeting. An example is the

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non-residential building index which in

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Q3 had an 8 eight inflationary increase

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of 8.1%

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which is quadruple thelationary rate use

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in this budget which was 2%.

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housing starts development charge fees

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will be collected at much slower pace

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than anticipated. Also due to new

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provincial legislation, the timing of

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collection will also be infect affected.

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Timing of projects related to DCS may

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have to be extended in order to have the

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corresponding available funds.

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that government growth does not outpace

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actual growth. As this budget reflects

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housing growth slow, future councils

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should be mindful not to allow

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government to outpace inflationary and

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population growth. Continued attraction

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of industrial and commercial investment

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remains critical to reducing pressure on

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residential levies. Progress is being

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made, but more work remains. Completion

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of phase two of the VIP park will

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further position Tusberg for long-term

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success.

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I do believe moving forward that next

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council should look at a service level

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review invol involving public input

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um to find operating efficiencies as the

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operating budget is placing a lot of

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pressure on this levy. And finally there

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um for the last item on the watch list

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would be Firecom. Firecom recently lost

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a significant contract. I continue to

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maintain that Tilsburg residents should

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not be subsidizing 911 services for

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other communities. Firecom is actively

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pursuing these contracts and I am

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extremely hopeful for more favorable

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outcomes moving forward. Um in

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conclusion, I'll turn it over to Kyle um

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for any additional comments and then it

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will be handed over to our financing.

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» Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of

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council staff. As everyone knows, this

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was a learning curve uh this budget

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being a strong mayor budget. I want to

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thank staff for all advice

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member

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processes and I want to commend the

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mayor the excellent job she has done and

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all the staff to bring this question to

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the council. Um we have a comprehensive

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without further record.

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So thank you.

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council, um do you want to go through a

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section and then take questions at the

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end of each section? Okay. All right.

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» Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh thank you, K.

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Good morning, council and staff. Um well

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let's start uh by saying thank you to u

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directors managers and all finance staff

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chain is also here our revenue manager u

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and all staff who have participated in

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in the budget which is a culmination of

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months of working together to get to

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this uh to this day. Uh this year we've

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also uh as has been noted we've also had

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a new process introduced through the

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strong mayor's legislation which has

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revised process for the budget in

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the mayor for her direction and

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collaboration to our right of the 26

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items for mayor powers 2026 budget

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update which was December 8th. Um the

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first one here council resolution the

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budget was provided to council in

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advance of this meeting to allow council

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fulfill the fiduciary responsibility

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pursuing session to support the

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municipal act and to exercise to make

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amendments to the mayor's budget. Second

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the 2026 budget excludes the BIA budget

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request to the mayor public interest

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matters. Thus, during the 30-day review

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period, council may pass a resolution to

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amend the budget to add in the BIA

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budget items to facilitate the total

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budget impact. The summary budget

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presentation will include the BI

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we'll leave some additional information

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u to better information better context

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directive, we were looking to achieve a

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specific target uh outside of the OKP

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numbers uh divided by the weight of

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assessment which gives us the tax and so

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the the tax rate of 2025 versus the

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proposed tax rate of 26 gives us the the

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change in the tax rate of 3.64% 64%

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which has adopted this fall including PI

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uh that is a levy of 7.15%

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tax rate of 3.64

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uh which has an annual impact to the

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average home value of 233,000

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of $89.

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Um but just to unpack this a little bit

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further because um when we're discussing

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levy over the weighted assessment

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um it's important to realize how we

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actually arrived at those numbers uh

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because there's a lot of factors that go

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into that. Um and so the levy

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um when we take a look at the revenue

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breakdown, the levy is

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um

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really when we take a look at the

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budget, we look at all all the total

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expenses uh that have been submitted

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less other revenues is what's left over

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to collect from um from taxpayers. And

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so in order to change the levy, we

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either had to reduce the expenses or to

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increase other revenues.

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And so that is the part of the whole

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budget deliberations we go through is

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making those adjustments to get to a

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levy number that corresponds to then

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what the weighted assessment is to get

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to a particular tax rate. And so if you

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take a look at this slide that is um and

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go to a little bit further down um later

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in the presentation but overall

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operating capital we see total

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expenditures of $43 million. So the

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total budget council would be uh would

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be adopted this year would be a total

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budget of of expenditures of $43.4

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million

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other revenues of 19.6 6 million then

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leaves us with 23.8 million to raise

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from taxation

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and this is a summary of all those other

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revenue sources. Uh so again in order to

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apply the levy we either reduce expenses

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find revenues to other sources which is

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where the fee bylaw for example comes in

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which other other revenue sources uh

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grants um you can see there's charges

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reserves development charges

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and the event total

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correspond to expenditures

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since municipality adopted budget.

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Uh on the assessment side, what we mean

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when we say weighted assessment is that

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the um we start with the preliminary

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assessment

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and then to convert that to weighted we

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take the preliminary assessment to times

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the tax ratios times the discount

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factors to get us to the weighted

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assessment. So why this is important is

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because all the efforts that we

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municipality undertakes through economic

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development and so forth is what

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stimulates what increases the assessment

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which then again it's denominator that

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has an impact on the tax rate. And so we

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can see that 2026

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preliminary assessment was $2.1 billion.

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when converted to weight assessment that

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moves to 2.5 billion

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and that is what passes are based on and

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so again just going back to this deck

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here is that these numbers have a lot of

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influencers that impact those those

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numbers to give us what the tax rate is

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and so again all just to highlight all

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the municipal efforts across all

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operations the collection of revenue

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where various development uh of uh

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assessment um all has a factor in

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tending what comes together budget.

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Just fast forwarding to then the process

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where we started when all departments

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submitted all their information for the

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budget. The union tax rate the levy set

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of 11.66% 66% or a tax rate of 80%.

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Um

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um then after it goes through a process

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of after the department sending for the

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budget then senior leadership team

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reviews uh all that information and

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together with the CEO um we look at

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various different components of what has

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been submitted um and look to any

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adjustments and now brought it down to

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living time 23 or tax 5175. five. Then

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after meetings with the mayor, um the

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mayor's review, um we brought that down

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to to tax rate of 3.64 and that's

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including PT without PP increase. It is

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a tax rate of we

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So, as the mayor had noted, to get to

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the um what the initial

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uh levy was or tax rate beginning

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process that we're done with um 3.64%

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says 4% ice cream change uh was the

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changes of $1.4 million

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and again without those changes um the

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impact to the average horn would have

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been $185

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portion of the

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So the sound leveies uh being at 7.15.

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So this is now the again just a levy out

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of not the tax rate. sold a levy of 7.15

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uh has a total le of $23.9 million

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that includes the BIA

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uh and just 1% of levy increase is equal

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to $233,000

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and so um you can see how this is just

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broken out by department uh where the

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expenses are um as the mayor voted

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this budget It still does include a 1%

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dedicated capital levy increase. U but

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this year what is happening is there's a

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change there been a change in the part

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of the revenue about $181,000

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is coming from the operating budget is a

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transfer from the U and the concession

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street property. Uh that's surplus from

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the rent from on that property that has

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been transferred to the capital reserve.

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um together with the 41,800

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increase of the capital combined that

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equates to 0%

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uh and that is um your mark for capital

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with the balance that on the operating

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budget

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and again the budget development

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standard process is uh department

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submission is between June to August. So

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we usually try to open the budget around

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the June time frame uh for departments

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to have a few months to gather all the

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information. Um submit the by the end of

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August departments are to have finalized

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all the budget submissions. Then

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September to October is when finance SOP

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do their review uh which includes

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various different meetings between the

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city of finance and each director. Then

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in November was the mayor's review. Um

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December budget was provided to council

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and now commencing the deliberations uh

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with the new stat period

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and if those review periods remain as

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per the legislation unless those periods

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are reduced the budget would be

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by 28 or council shortens those review

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period

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review periods extended the budget be

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automatically dominated.

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for those following um our electronic

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binder and your hard binder. So two

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pages off. So that says eight. That

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would be your page system, your binder

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for the follow.

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Um on the uh when developing this

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budget, of course, staff is always

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mindful of the council's 10year

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strategic plan. It was adopted in 2021.

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Strategic plan has five goals or

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pillars, 36 strategic corrections, 54

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priority projects. Um in relation to the

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budget, those are things such as

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developing a robust long-term asset

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management plan

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and form evidence based decisions.

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position in Wilsonberg as a leader in

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the miscalcy year budgeting which we

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have done

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council 10ear capital uh and a

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three-year operating budget

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looking at sustainability

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um industrial land purchase long-term

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financing strategy to support growth of

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course reserves and asset management

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plan all part of a strategic plan which

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We try to put in my wall to painting

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those schools every process

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» on the focusing on the operating budget.

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Uh

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looking at the total expenditures. So

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the operating budget is $32.6 million.

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uh of which when we look at the other

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the other revenues of uh 13.5 means of a

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levy of $20.1 million.

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uh the overall summary of the operating

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budget. We can see the expenditures are

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both held by labor purchases, contracted

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services, contribution to reserves,

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functional adjustments,

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principal interest with HB relative

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increases categories

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as we can see for example labor

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almost 163

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so 50% of the budget

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which again is what's impacted by CPI

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The rest of the budget the mayor noted

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we have various

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factors and that is so

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on the capital budget summary um in a

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separate presentation on capital. I'll

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just uh quickly go over in terms of the

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total. The upper area of this slide is

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what is the capital levy of $3.74

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million and how that is distributed the

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different asset classes. So that is

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broken down between roads, bridges,

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darts and facilities. Um that doesn't

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mean that the other asset classes um

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related to the equipment, fire

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equipment, those are all being um

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financed through the operating budget as

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transfers from those budget loans to the

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capital reserves.

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Um and again the the overall capital

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levies only went up by 41,000 um since

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[clears throat] the 181,000 is being

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transferred from the operating this year

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for a total of 223 which is the 1%

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capital building.

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Um the bottom part of that slide that is

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the overall capital

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projects we have total project listing

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of 9.8 million uh and the different

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revenue sources

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grants debt reserves and the C reserves.

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Just to note up the reserves of the 5.7

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this year, the $3.7 million capital levy

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is going into their reserves and then

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it's coming out of those reserves to

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fund various projects. So part of that

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5.7 is the 7 of the capital levy through

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reserves.

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Again,

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just the uh the revenue breakdown. Um

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just take a look at the overall

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percentages. The percentages across this

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pie chart differ. Uh they fluctuate

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year-over-year.

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uh due to the fact that in some groups

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there may be more contributions from

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development charges and so uh but

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overall we can see that the levy makes

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up almost 55% of the overall revenues

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and with other revenues uh being 45%.

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That is one thing that normally that's

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why when we take a look at uh

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our total operations um and in 21 we did

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a revenue study and take a look at

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potential opportunities so that we don't

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just rely on the levy. Uh this is

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something again that we're mindful when

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we take a look at

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other revenues and other areas that our

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skill.

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So again it's a total combined budget of

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436

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million with a combined levy of 23.84

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and other million and other meies of

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19.6 million

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on this slide the uh we look at

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different budget pressures. Um again

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just highlighting as mayor noted the

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police contract

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um is a $424,000

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increase.

556
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:32,400
We'll go through when we go through the

557
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,840
budget that that the actual calculated

558
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,919
increase from the OP was actually

559
00:26:37,919 --> 00:26:40,480
supposed to be 1.1 million. So that is a

560
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:44,400
reduction of 700,000 over 700,000 to

561
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,679
what uh the town or what open payment

562
00:26:47,679 --> 00:26:50,400
the town should be paid which means that

563
00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,320
we do not know what that impact might be

564
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,960
uh in future years whether the province

565
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,440
will continue to to make such

566
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,880
reductions. We've requested um if

567
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:04,480
possible to give us a three-year

568
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,120
forecast in our projection. Uh so that

569
00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,880
will be something that we'll continue to

570
00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,440
pursue for the ministry uh since that

571
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,240
will help the budgeting uh knowing what

572
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:16,159
future may

573
00:27:16,159 --> 00:27:19,039
uh but at the moment so that is 1.9% of

574
00:27:19,039 --> 00:27:22,320
the levy increase. So almost 2% of the

575
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:27,200
levy is made up by

576
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,240
um inflationary cost. So as I know 50%

577
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,440
of the budget is labor which is impacted

578
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,080
by the CPI that

579
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,360
the town applies to uh the labor costs

580
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:43,360
but the rest of the budget um

581
00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:45,760
so consumer price index is for consumer.

582
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:47,919
The municipality doesn't buy the same

583
00:27:47,919 --> 00:27:51,360
basket of goods as a consumer u by fuel

584
00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:54,000
and so forth but not the food and so

585
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,039
forth like consumer would. Um, one of

586
00:27:57,039 --> 00:28:00,240
the things that we look at is RBC's or

587
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,559
development charges viable is indexed

588
00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:05,120
annually by the non-residential building

589
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:09,120
price index. They're encoded. Um, so

590
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:10,960
when a municipality looks at buying

591
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,559
sand, salt, ashalt, those cost drivers

592
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,440
are not the same as the CPI. Those are

593
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,279
influenced by water prices and other

594
00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:24,480
influencers. Um so where this would

595
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,399
apply is anything that we're looking at

596
00:28:26,399 --> 00:28:30,720
for construction um is what again what

597
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,880
our VCs what our developers pay curve um

598
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,039
based on that index and so that has an

599
00:28:37,039 --> 00:28:39,600
influence in our budget as well. Um

600
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,360
labor requests again inflation wages uh

601
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:48,000
$16 million budget um

602
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,520
the total payroll costs um all which

603
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,120
increases annually

604
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,000
an impact to the usual budget the fleet

605
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,200
charges um as council was aware of

606
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,240
presentation in previous years uh there

607
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,679
was a realignment to uh last year to

608
00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:09,760
share been recovered fully. The

609
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,120
operating and maintenance costs plus a

610
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:16,960
reserve transfer um reserve transfers

611
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,000
for future capital replacement to reduce

612
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,919
reliance on the issuance of debt on

613
00:29:23,919 --> 00:29:28,399
fleet. Um and to ensure that

614
00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:32,080
those user charges were combined with

615
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,039
the actual usage and the full cycle

616
00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:37,600
costing of the fleet. And that is an

617
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,919
increase about 220,000

618
00:29:39,919 --> 00:29:41,440
that is scheduled to meet that

619
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,000
savingness for a 5year period. We did

620
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000
the analysis last year to determine the

621
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,159
feature changes would have had to

622
00:29:48,159 --> 00:29:51,120
increase by $2 million if we were

623
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,159
bringing to the the medium level to do

624
00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:56,480
the full cycle costing and so we are

625
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,440
phasing that into so that in itself is

626
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,360
almost%

627
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,799
increase to uh that just flows through

628
00:30:04,799 --> 00:30:07,200
all all the parts.

629
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,120
Likewise with IT charges, um this is a

630
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,159
right where the be a three-year phase in

631
00:30:14,159 --> 00:30:17,360
of the labor costs of the internalizing

632
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,480
the IT and so that is still an impact on

633
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,760
the IT charges. Um that again flew

634
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,039
through all the various different

635
00:30:25,039 --> 00:30:26,799
targets.

636
00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:29,440
um FTU request.

637
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,200
Um this is an increase. Um some of the

638
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,799
three FTBs in the 2026 budget about

639
00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:41,679
eight of them were in 25. So the actual

640
00:30:41,679 --> 00:30:44,000
dollar impact is now full in this

641
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,360
budget. Um but that is much less than

642
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:52,230
the 2025.

643
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,559
Then of course the capital program as we

644
00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:56,559
continue to look at our annual capital

645
00:30:56,559 --> 00:30:58,480
forecasts

646
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:05,350
and cost rising that

647
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,399
just additional budget pressures um just

648
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:12,159
to highlight the yeah the CPI how that

649
00:31:12,159 --> 00:31:14,960
is calculated uh the practicing in the

650
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,919
town is to look at the average of the 12

651
00:31:17,919 --> 00:31:20,880
month CPI increase of the prior year

652
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,159
from July to June um and that is to

653
00:31:24,159 --> 00:31:26,320
point out the time frame when the budget

654
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,200
submission uh date is to come in. So by

655
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,000
the end of August their budget they're

656
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,799
aware of what labor increases. Therefore

657
00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:39,360
the changes are to their budget line

658
00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:42,720
items to know what to comp they're

659
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:47,039
submitting. Um so that for 2026 is a 2%

660
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:51,360
CPI increase that again the practices to

661
00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,640
effect as a reverse of 2026

662
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:59,200
to the south and the employer costs uh

663
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,120
more central key or health taxes

664
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,679
benefit we see a reduction this year in

665
00:32:05,679 --> 00:32:07,679
benefit which

666
00:32:07,679 --> 00:32:09,440
overall

667
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,600
instead of this outside of the reduction

668
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,519
in the benefit so you can see the

669
00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:16,799
percentages the variable from around 6.1

670
00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:25,190
to 7% across the um as we see rising

671
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,880
again just to look at the FTE

672
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,480
um

673
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,360
so we look at the total head count u and

674
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,519
this is

675
00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:37,440
u we're fairly confident the number it's

676
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,360
not necessarily

677
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,960
it's 100% we're getting at the same time

678
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,960
a moving target. But overall what we

679
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,159
determined that had come for 25 is 266

680
00:32:48,159 --> 00:32:49,679
bodies

681
00:32:49,679 --> 00:32:52,640
employed by a municipality which

682
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,000
converts to full-time equivalent which

683
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,919
is based on the number of hours. So

684
00:32:57,919 --> 00:33:02,960
fulltime is 280 hours. Um and so that

685
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:07,120
converts to about 169.9 170

686
00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,120
being

687
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:16,630
and that's an increase of three over 22.

688
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,559
This is just a bit of a labor breakdown

689
00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:21,919
around the FTE uh and where in the

690
00:33:21,919 --> 00:33:26,000
organization u those changes are

691
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,760
occurring. [clears throat] You can see

692
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,200
that 1.8

693
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,120
that was only 25 is occurring in the

694
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,240
public service area and the fire area

695
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,519
and the most of the balance of the

696
00:33:39,519 --> 00:33:43,440
increases are current area 4.6

697
00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:52,070
um request fire applications that are

698
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,039
so now I'll just we move on to the

699
00:33:55,039 --> 00:33:57,600
assessment and program count again the

700
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,240
assessment does have an impact on the

701
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,440
overall budget in terms of uh how the

702
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:08,389
dollar service distributed also

703
00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:11,200
um this is an area that we're very

704
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,320
grateful for the work of our revenue tax

705
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,320
team. So that has done a great job in

706
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:20,480
that area for the town. Um as we can see

707
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,520
the again a long story with economic

708
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,480
development I hope to these field

709
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,960
assessment numbers as we can see the

710
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:33,430
change in 2023

711
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:38,079
um 2023 so this is the in-ear change so

712
00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:41,359
by the end of 2020 by the end of 2023

713
00:34:41,359 --> 00:34:46,079
the inear change for that year was 4%

714
00:34:46,079 --> 00:34:48,560
increase on the overall

715
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,240
um assessment but property counting

716
00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:54,639
increased 2.77%

717
00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:58,480
that is um in 2024 when we take a look

718
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:05,910
24 so that was down to 1.9

719
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:11,109
um and so it decreased in 2024

720
00:35:11,119 --> 00:35:16,550
and then in 2024 to 25

721
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,480
to the

722
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,320
change of

723
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,560
the person.

724
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:26,640
So that translates to an extra 15.7

725
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,200
million in assessment. Again, that's the

726
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,440
preliminary assessment.

727
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:32,960
Um,

728
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,720
and we can see it's part of that

729
00:35:36,720 --> 00:35:39,520
$22 million of of that 50 was in

730
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,560
residential, 17.5

731
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,040
in industrial.

732
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,720
And why that is important is because we

733
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:49,040
take a look at the breakdown in the

734
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,040
assessment figures

735
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,800
um we can see that industrial

736
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,920
uh just by the ratio alone is 2.63 to um

737
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:03,520
to residential. So for every $1 of

738
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,839
assessment the residential brings in

739
00:36:05,839 --> 00:36:11,990
that's what brings in to assist

740
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:17,599
wise then that just goes to uh support

741
00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:20,960
the council's direction to focus on two

742
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,640
lenses um as it has the dual benefit of

743
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,680
increasing uh employment within the

744
00:36:27,680 --> 00:36:31,280
community uh as well as supporting

745
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:42,950
pass under their contribution.

746
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,680
Uh and just to note as a percentage

747
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:47,520
overall

748
00:36:47,520 --> 00:36:50,000
um always like to look at the trends

749
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:55,359
that are given the time has changed

750
00:36:55,359 --> 00:36:56,560
quite a bit. we know from the last

751
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:58,160
census and from the growth of the

752
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,280
concentration last 5 years but overall

753
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,760
when we compare the 2016 weighted

754
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,160
assessment distribution between the tax

755
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,040
classes versus 2025

756
00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:10,160
actually doesn't look that much

757
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,280
different um because obviously there can

758
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,880
be growth in certain areas but it's all

759
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,200
relative to growth in the other area the

760
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,599
other types of elasticity so for one or

761
00:37:19,599 --> 00:37:21,200
two years there may be growth in

762
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,640
residential but um as a relative

763
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,599
percentage weighted aspect again

764
00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:30,400
industrial is 2.6 we have commercial so

765
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,920
very tall is weighted 2.6 16 times the

766
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,560
residential. And so overall we can see

767
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,240
that commercial has gone from 14 to 13

768
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:44,240
a relative percentage of and industrial

769
00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:46,640
11 down to 10. Even when we had

770
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,880
industrial last year there's a relative

771
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,760
percentage of in the other areas still

772
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,560
roughly the same sort of P shape. And

773
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:55,520
just taking [clears throat] a look

774
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,520
across the board came across information

775
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,320
and the mayor has noted in the past that

776
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,680
the whether or not that 71% residential

777
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:07,990
is that um

778
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,160
and it was interesting just take a look

779
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,000
at the FIR from the data from our

780
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,200
national information return provides to

781
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,520
us across the different the sector for

782
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,800
against the south region uh southwestern

783
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,000
interior region. versus the province. U

784
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,760
residential assessment as a percentage

785
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,680
of total taxable assessment in the south

786
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,839
region and is 77.7%

787
00:38:33,839 --> 00:38:37,200
across the province it is 80%.

788
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:41,430
So we're at 71%

789
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,680
and so that's just how we compare

790
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:52,710
across.

791
00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:57,829
So um firm the

792
00:38:57,839 --> 00:39:00,079
sort of finalization of this full

793
00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:04,400
presentation page right

794
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,280
uh is that as part of this um rather

795
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,520
than being sort of principal discussion

796
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,359
or recommendations

797
00:39:11,359 --> 00:39:13,520
um is to continue to evaluate the

798
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:16,000
revenue options to diversify revenue

799
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,040
sources. Uh again we always try to

800
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:22,079
reduce their lines of property taxes.

801
00:39:22,079 --> 00:39:23,280
Then

802
00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,109
>> the revenue study that was continued in

803
00:39:25,109 --> 00:39:25,119
» the revenue study that was continued in

804
00:39:25,119 --> 00:39:29,119
21 providing opportunities that were

805
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:30,480
identified across all the departments

806
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,400
and those are still some opportunities

807
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,760
that we can still work

808
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,079
and look at having a strong focus on the

809
00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:41,440
industrial lands as I move in with the

810
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,599
impact of again two cents versus one

811
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:48,079
residential assessment.

812
00:39:48,079 --> 00:39:50,640
Um I will also encourage CS to continue

813
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,119
with the infrastructure renewal program.

814
00:39:53,119 --> 00:39:56,560
In 2024 the capital levy was increase to

815
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,839
address ongoing capital needs. council

816
00:39:59,839 --> 00:40:02,160
was very supportively uh supporting a

817
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:06,560
betting 3% for 24 and 25

818
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:10,320
now we're down to 1% 26

819
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:13,589
the

820
00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:18,000
but to also that based on the data that

821
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,320
can be updated that can lead to

822
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,000
management

823
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,760
um we can see where going forward um

824
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,560
we'll still analyze what the 1% are We

825
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,960
are within a reasonable time frame.

826
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,000
Council should revisit that and

827
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:38,160
continual evaluation of or

828
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,079
where we can consolidate or rationalize

829
00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:41,920
our infrastructure

830
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,160
and again just a continued focus asset

831
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:47,200
management um public value replacement

832
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,560
value assets.

833
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:55,040
So we need to still focus on seen

834
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,839
confidence in that area.

835
00:40:57,839 --> 00:41:00,400
We can look at utilizing and leveraging

836
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,880
integrated systems um to provide key

837
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,440
decision tools and align our policies

838
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:10,630
and systems to inform future budgets.

839
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,800
Again just as noted where I in this

840
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,359
presentation um this budget does not

841
00:41:15,359 --> 00:41:18,319
include in the presentation you have

842
00:41:18,319 --> 00:41:21,040
seen the EIA numbers included to show

843
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,359
the total impact

844
00:41:23,359 --> 00:41:26,960
u but as with the legislative process

845
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,880
the budget itself does not u include the

846
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,079
vi financials. So those are items that

847
00:41:34,079 --> 00:41:36,319
council will need to look at in terms of

848
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:39,920
any potential resolutions. Um and the

849
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,160
presentation later on from the BI just

850
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,720
to summarize uh we would be looking at a

851
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:46,480
$20,000

852
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:47,920
capital contribution is what they're

853
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,440
requesting and the 58,959

854
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,240
contribution priority

855
00:41:54,240 --> 00:41:56,400
spending

856
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,670
the DIA

857
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,190
2004

858
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,054
principle

859
00:42:05,054 --> 00:42:08,630
[snorts]

860
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:12,079
That summarizes my presentation

861
00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:19,670
overall present

862
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:24,230
question

863
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:26,160
through the chair to the director of

864
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:28,319
rates. when you talked about the revenue

865
00:42:28,319 --> 00:42:33,119
study um and it was from 2021

866
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:35,359
before my time. Is that available

867
00:42:35,359 --> 00:42:38,400
somewhere for council to review or is

868
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:44,150
that thing

869
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:50,470
» yes?

870
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,920
» Okay. And just as a followup, um, when

871
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,599
some department like it says the

872
00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:58,880
opportunities across the department, um,

873
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,319
and and I'm not sure if they should

874
00:43:00,319 --> 00:43:03,680
relate to that department, but like in

875
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,480
the past with past staff, there was with

876
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,200
the new IT department talk of revenue

877
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,920
opportunities. Has that been looked at

878
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:24,950
through it or will that be discussed?

879
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:30,000
Right. So it is still um

880
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,359
that's new to the organization and as uh

881
00:43:33,359 --> 00:43:35,520
it's major focus and the first area was

882
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,960
to get the team in place and look at

883
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,319
sort of getting

884
00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:44,640
say over the entire network the wide

885
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:49,200
area network and so that's been the main

886
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:53,359
focus is just getting all of that

887
00:43:53,359 --> 00:43:58,079
under under control. Um

888
00:43:58,079 --> 00:44:00,720
as to my know

889
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:04,560
view of opportunities as where

890
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:08,319
generate revenue um looked at

891
00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:11,040
opportunities with external stakeholders

892
00:44:11,040 --> 00:47:01,349
where we

893
00:47:01,359 --> 00:47:07,109
Council

894
00:47:07,119 --> 00:47:09,680
Brson's last audience.

895
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:12,000
Will he hear us now?

896
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,950
>> You ask him if he can hear, sir.

897
00:47:14,950 --> 00:47:14,960
» You ask him if he can hear, sir.

898
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,589
>> Sir, can you hear us?

899
00:47:17,589 --> 00:47:17,599
» Sir, can you hear us?

900
00:47:17,599 --> 00:47:27,910
>> Yes, I hear you, Laura. Thank you.

901
00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:33,280
So uh just to go through this uh

902
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:36,960
the um so the work that we do in asset

903
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,680
management uh informs the capital budget

904
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,920
and it's it's part of an overall

905
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,640
integrated planning framework um that

906
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:46,720
we're looking at from a policy

907
00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:49,280
perspective, a systems perspective uh

908
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,480
and how it all leads into budgeting. And

909
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,680
so the strategic plan which sets overall

910
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:59,920
vision capital which is renewable assets

911
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:02,880
tied together with the long-term

912
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,839
financial plan which all feeds into the

913
00:48:05,839 --> 00:48:09,040
budget. Um

914
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:12,560
and it's also tied in together with um

915
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:15,440
the land use policies from the official

916
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:18,400
plan. So how municipality determines tax

917
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,319
cuts continuously

918
00:48:20,319 --> 00:48:22,000
help

919
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,680
infrastructure is required which informs

920
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,720
the capital again infrastructure

921
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:31,359
forming capital budget and all that

922
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:33,920
leads down into budget and so there's a

923
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:38,000
number of variables that go into um what

924
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,119
asset management what it entails uh for

925
00:48:41,119 --> 00:48:43,920
municipality

926
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:47,910
describe the slots

927
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:52,950
In 2012, the province released

928
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,839
building together. Um, it was a guide

929
00:48:55,839 --> 00:48:57,760
for municipalities to develop their

930
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,400
asset management strategies. Uh, which

931
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:05,359
was in addition to a 2009 legislative

932
00:49:05,359 --> 00:49:07,040
chain for municipalities meeting to

933
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:08,880
start accounting for all potential

934
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,040
capital assets.

935
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,359
Um and what this slide that shows is

936
00:49:13,359 --> 00:49:17,520
that um this is across the audits. Um

937
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:21,200
the total combined average annual change

938
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:25,599
in the uh expenditure and the net slot.

939
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:28,000
Um it just highlights that since the 50s

940
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,000
there was a great amount of expenditure

941
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,559
spent on capital that there was a period

942
00:49:32,559 --> 00:49:35,280
was called period of neglect from the

943
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,319
mid70s to the turn of the century to

944
00:49:38,319 --> 00:49:42,160
2000. Then of course Paul's assets that

945
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:46,319
were put in place in the ' 50s to '7s

946
00:49:46,319 --> 00:49:49,280
Paul came to replacement and now I said

947
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:50,960
well

948
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:55,440
number of this uh Paul talk was also

949
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:57,760
done

950
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:01,599
has done a great report on that show

951
00:50:01,599 --> 00:50:08,319
that is not all public relation elements

952
00:50:08,319 --> 00:50:10,800
and it's provide the better gas tax and

953
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:16,160
sit under the levels of those provides

954
00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,640
they don't pay some of that initial spot

955
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:22,480
that they richly acquired and so that

956
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:26,880
just this just simple summarizes how

957
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,000
same principle applied to municipalities

958
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,400
they have a lot of say a sewer network

959
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,839
but they have been installed in the 50s

960
00:50:33,839 --> 00:50:37,040
and 60s and 70s that is now to

961
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:39,359
replacement pipes but uh have been in

962
00:50:39,359 --> 00:50:43,520
the ground for 70 years um that we now

963
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,720
to budget for look at maintaining and

964
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:49,680
replacing.

965
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,000
And so what that guy from the province

966
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,319
identified was that uh municipalities

967
00:50:54,319 --> 00:50:57,839
needed to work with Liberal government

968
00:50:57,839 --> 00:50:59,440
um

969
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:01,839
towards meeting this infrastructure

970
00:51:01,839 --> 00:51:05,760
strategy. Um the Liberals of Government

971
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,280
determined that asset management is

972
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,319
going to foundation which this partners

973
00:51:10,319 --> 00:51:12,079
needed to prioritize leans over the

974
00:51:12,079 --> 00:51:18,000
bonds uh and that um we needed to um

975
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:20,079
ensure that we had an asset management

976
00:51:20,079 --> 00:51:23,359
plan we saw funding

977
00:51:23,359 --> 00:51:26,400
since 2000 we got in a number of all

978
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,720
agreements that we ever signed with all

979
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:31,040
provincial governments all have clauses

980
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:34,079
that indicate that uh we have an asset

981
00:51:34,079 --> 00:51:36,079
management plan that it's an ident that

982
00:51:36,079 --> 00:51:39,040
it's important by the best management

983
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:42,400
studies. Um and the province uh

984
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,559
possesses that by the submission that we

985
00:51:44,559 --> 00:51:48,319
are registered to provide through 2022

986
00:51:48,319 --> 00:51:51,119
by management plans and the annual

987
00:51:51,119 --> 00:51:54,400
ongoing pay that they require. Uh for

988
00:51:54,400 --> 00:51:57,280
example posted funding is now tied to

989
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,640
the replacement value of our assets

990
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,040
logistic force

991
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:06,880
um that it has previously. And so it is

992
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:12,000
now based on live data that uh we uh

993
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,880
provide to the ministry and that is what

994
00:52:14,880 --> 00:52:17,520
they're validation is now based on

995
00:52:17,520 --> 00:52:21,349
assumptions

996
00:52:21,359 --> 00:52:23,440
and so again this is just part of the

997
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:27,200
overall framework that um understanding

998
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:29,280
that municipality remains have been

999
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:33,599
legislated and frame by the governments.

1000
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:36,800
So um this helps us when we try to save

1001
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:38,880
funding to ensure that we have all of

1002
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:43,599
our uh aspects of passive management

1003
00:52:43,599 --> 00:52:45,680
requirement

1004
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:49,760
including how they set

1005
00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:51,920
them to demonstrate

1006
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:53,359
they themselves are assisting

1007
00:52:53,359 --> 00:52:56,000
financially with proposed projects

1008
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,960
including endangered infrastructure.

1009
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,599
Therefore, we utilize that as one of the

1010
00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:05,359
revenue means in which to address our

1011
00:53:05,359 --> 00:53:09,510
asset management needs.

1012
00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,559
So, um this is where even though the

1013
00:53:12,559 --> 00:53:14,800
town has done a great deal of work in

1014
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:19,119
asset management, there still is um

1015
00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:22,319
a great deal of work to undertake. Um

1016
00:53:22,319 --> 00:53:24,640
the very fundament basics of asset

1017
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:26,720
management is knowing what is the state

1018
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,800
and local infrastructure. So when we

1019
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,119
where is it what condition it's in and

1020
00:53:31,119 --> 00:53:34,480
hence why council in the 25 budget we

1021
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:38,319
were seeing things such as uh the u

1022
00:53:38,319 --> 00:53:42,400
needs assessment for roads or bridges

1023
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,520
bridges and statuto has been two years

1024
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:48,000
we're looking at storm so all of our

1025
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,240
infrastructure hasn't been tested to

1026
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:52,559
understand it condition uh looking at

1027
00:53:52,559 --> 00:53:54,960
the expected levels of service so not

1028
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,520
only what condition it's expected the

1029
00:53:57,520 --> 00:53:59,200
condition where we need to get to you

1030
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:00,880
and then what's the strategy how we

1031
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,680
going to manage the infrastructure to

1032
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:05,680
achieve those results and how are we

1033
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:11,430
going to pay for it.

1034
00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,839
So just as an example is how this

1035
00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:16,640
relates to the say when he says he look

1036
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:19,119
at the road's capital budget uh for

1037
00:54:19,119 --> 00:54:22,400
example this is just a snapshot of what

1038
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,160
what the province seems to be smart

1039
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:25,839
asset management versus poor asset

1040
00:54:25,839 --> 00:54:29,599
management is for example this is a uh

1041
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:33,280
defian curve

1042
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:36,800
is that you a brand new road starts at

1043
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:41,200
100% condition index and if you do up

1044
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,599
into that role they would last say 20 to

1045
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:46,400
30 years and it would depreciate that

1046
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:50,880
along that line. Um what if so poor

1047
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:52,319
asset management is that you let it

1048
00:54:52,319 --> 00:54:54,720
deteriorate to until then you have to

1049
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:56,960
replace it which according to this

1050
00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:00,640
example would cost $16 million but if

1051
00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:03,440
you every so many years a certain

1052
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:07,599
certain uh key intervals if you do uh

1053
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:11,520
specific uh treatment to that asset

1054
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:13,680
um it will cost you less and it brings

1055
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:17,040
their condition in next black and if you

1056
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:20,079
keep doing that you can see uh it just

1057
00:55:20,079 --> 00:55:22,000
basically identifies that you can spend

1058
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,800
40 million over the 6.5 years uh versus

1059
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:30,000
the 60 million

1060
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,520
on that same set of road that will have

1061
00:55:33,520 --> 00:55:38,240
provided the the better in municipality.

1062
00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:41,119
So that's every asset class has a

1063
00:55:41,119 --> 00:55:45,119
similar type of u methodology that we

1064
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:49,440
can reflect that class that um would

1065
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:53,200
help the municipality achieve

1066
00:55:53,200 --> 00:55:55,200
the most value of its dollars and this

1067
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,720
is the type of information and data and

1068
00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:03,599
taxes that we are working to use.

1069
00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:06,319
Um so just an example on that road

1070
00:56:06,319 --> 00:56:09,440
example if you do a crack ceiling that's

1071
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:14,799
only costs $187 per if you do a partial

1072
00:56:14,799 --> 00:56:18,400
layer uh change that's $33 per square

1073
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:20,720
meter. If you do a fully that which is

1074
00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:23,359
service and base that's a full $50 per

1075
00:56:23,359 --> 00:56:25,440
square meter. If you have to do a full

1076
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:27,760
reconstruction going down to the entire

1077
00:56:27,760 --> 00:56:32,000
base layer um that is $121 per square

1078
00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:34,319
meter. So it just accentuates the fact

1079
00:56:34,319 --> 00:56:36,480
that if you do the proper treatment and

1080
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:39,680
the right right treatment to the right

1081
00:56:39,680 --> 00:56:42,400
asset at the right time, you are going

1082
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:44,640
to be better off in the long run. But it

1083
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:47,920
just means that beyond conditioning or

1084
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,040
inflation was treating supply

1085
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:52,799
and so

1086
00:56:52,799 --> 00:56:55,520
um and then also we take a look at and

1087
00:56:55,520 --> 00:56:57,040
again this is still some of the work

1088
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,599
that still needs undertaking the pound

1089
00:56:59,599 --> 00:57:02,079
is believe is what's the consequence of

1090
00:57:02,079 --> 00:57:04,319
failing what's the likelihood of failure

1091
00:57:04,319 --> 00:57:06,880
and coming up with this risk matrix to

1092
00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:10,720
identify what is at most risk uh and

1093
00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:13,040
that's the very

1094
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:16,720
error apologize for

1095
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:19,359
um and also understanding that while we

1096
00:57:19,359 --> 00:57:21,839
deal with the red the items in the red,

1097
00:57:21,839 --> 00:57:24,799
we also don't have to deal with those in

1098
00:57:24,799 --> 00:57:26,640
orange and yellow. The orange will

1099
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,680
become red very quickly and so forth.

1100
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:32,079
And so asset management is really about

1101
00:57:32,079 --> 00:57:33,680
not only the replacement of things

1102
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:35,200
coming for replacement but also the

1103
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:40,079
maintenance of those assets and show us.

1104
00:57:40,079 --> 00:57:42,000
just um I think there's a really good

1105
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,079
example of this um that we're going to

1106
00:57:44,079 --> 00:57:46,240
talk about a project in which is library

1107
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:48,400
that will be coming up um in the

1108
00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:51,040
province but by removing that and taking

1109
00:57:51,040 --> 00:57:54,079
care of that now I think the 10ear plan

1110
00:57:54,079 --> 00:57:56,319
I can't remember remember the numbers

1111
00:57:56,319 --> 00:57:59,119
100,000 savings

1112
00:57:59,119 --> 00:58:00,069
>> yes I believe so

1113
00:58:00,069 --> 00:58:00,079
» yes I believe so

1114
00:58:00,079 --> 00:58:01,589
>> yeah somewhere somewhere in that

1115
00:58:01,589 --> 00:58:01,599
» yeah somewhere somewhere in that

1116
00:58:01,599 --> 00:58:03,920
neighborhood that by addressing it today

1117
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:06,799
and spending x amount over the 10year

1118
00:58:06,799 --> 00:58:09,520
period you're actually end up saving

1119
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:12,240
um a significant amount of money. So I

1120
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:14,720
just I just thought it was a good easy

1121
00:58:14,720 --> 00:58:18,470
example to provide.

1122
00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:21,200
» Yes. And the reason why again I go for

1123
00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:23,440
this is just to put things in context

1124
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,440
when you're looking at capital projects

1125
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:27,280
being mindful of some of the principles

1126
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:29,440
and the theories and asset management.

1127
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:32,559
Why why do we do

1128
00:58:32,559 --> 00:58:34,960
repair something? How does that extend

1129
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:37,520
life? How's that? What's the total

1130
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:39,680
impact question that I think council

1131
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:41,760
should be

1132
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:43,359
um

1133
00:58:43,359 --> 00:58:45,359
looking at the 2025 asset management

1134
00:58:45,359 --> 00:58:46,720
plan? So, this is the most recent

1135
00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:48,640
iteration of the plan that we have,

1136
00:58:48,640 --> 00:58:50,319
which is the summary of all of our

1137
00:58:50,319 --> 00:58:54,000
activities uh and data we have on on the

1138
00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:56,960
entire portfolio of assets.

1139
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,280
Again, as we had stated when we

1140
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:03,599
presented the July 28 by as management

1141
00:59:03,599 --> 00:59:07,280
council, the overall confidence level

1142
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:09,920
that we had in the town differs between

1143
00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:12,000
asset classes. Some asset classes we

1144
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,480
have feel we're very confident with data

1145
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:16,799
and other asset classes.

1146
00:59:16,799 --> 00:59:19,040
Overall, we're still in the low to

1147
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:21,520
medium range. And that is one of the key

1148
00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:23,520
elements where we need to focus on is

1149
00:59:23,520 --> 00:59:25,440
including the accuracy of the data

1150
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:26,880
because it's the data that drives all

1151
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:29,760
the information based statement systems

1152
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:33,359
that helps inform the decisions. So the

1153
00:59:33,359 --> 00:59:34,960
that's why when I say about the 1%

1154
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:38,799
vacated capital levy that based on new

1155
00:59:38,799 --> 00:59:42,640
and updated data forecasts change have

1156
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:45,280
an impact on what the actual final

1157
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:48,400
target would be and where we should be

1158
00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:51,280
uh looking at the annual contribution to

1159
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:55,280
our um our program to achieve our level

1160
00:59:55,280 --> 00:59:57,359
of sustainability.

1161
00:59:57,359 --> 00:59:59,920
And so what this what in the 25 asset

1162
00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:02,559
management plan what that plan indicated

1163
01:00:02,559 --> 01:00:06,960
was um a this shows the difference in

1164
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:09,440
the values from 2024 asset management

1165
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:12,480
plan to 25 indicated the 24 asset

1166
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:15,520
management plan that was based on 2022

1167
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:18,559
year end data versus the asset

1168
01:00:18,559 --> 01:00:20,319
management plan which was updated based

1169
01:00:20,319 --> 01:00:23,119
on the 24 year end data. As you can see

1170
01:00:23,119 --> 01:00:25,599
the total value

1171
01:00:25,599 --> 01:00:27,920
replacement value

1172
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:30,799
increased from 360 million to 451

1173
01:00:30,799 --> 01:00:32,720
million

1174
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:35,200
that's where I get the figure but for

1175
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:38,559
almost half a billion dollars involved

1176
01:00:38,559 --> 01:00:41,359
total replacement value for all miso

1177
01:00:41,359 --> 01:00:44,319
assets which translate in different ways

1178
01:00:44,319 --> 01:00:49,270
we had to start from scratch and build

1179
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:51,280
I built every road every asset every

1180
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:54,319
facility by all the trucks all brand new

1181
01:00:54,319 --> 01:00:57,200
it would cost what was happen

1182
01:00:57,200 --> 01:01:06,630
uh instead of a municipality that's

1183
01:01:06,640 --> 01:01:09,599
um when we talk about sustainability in

1184
01:01:09,599 --> 01:01:12,400
the 20 25 asset management plan was the

1185
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:15,040
first plan where we took a look at the

1186
01:01:15,040 --> 01:01:17,920
entire life cycle of all assets over a

1187
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,119
10-year period and what was determined

1188
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:24,400
so in that what is normally referred

1189
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,960
refer to as long-term financial plan

1190
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:31,520
plan is to include um

1191
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:34,480
all aspects of asset management. So we

1192
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:36,400
normally think of asset management as

1193
01:01:36,400 --> 01:01:37,920
when do assets have a need for

1194
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:40,160
replacement when do we have to replace

1195
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:43,119
the vehicles or the the roads or the

1196
01:01:43,119 --> 01:01:46,480
bridge facility. Um so there is an

1197
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:49,440
aspect of yes that's the renewal part

1198
01:01:49,440 --> 01:01:52,640
when do we renew the assets but also we

1199
01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:54,799
have to what we own have to be

1200
01:01:54,799 --> 01:01:58,240
maintained so that opposed to you know

1201
01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:00,880
if we do the pract

1202
01:02:00,880 --> 01:02:04,240
get to what we do um so there's a

1203
01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:05,680
maintenance how much we spend on

1204
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,559
maintenance will impact the fuel occurs

1205
01:02:08,559 --> 01:02:10,240
there's also the understanding the

1206
01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:12,799
operating cost so if you buy vehicle for

1207
01:02:12,799 --> 01:02:13,920
example

1208
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:15,839
Yes, we have to set aside money to be

1209
01:02:15,839 --> 01:02:18,319
able to play with it, but we understand

1210
01:02:18,319 --> 01:02:20,400
that we also have to buy fuel. We have

1211
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:22,240
to operate the vehicle, licensing,

1212
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:26,480
insurance, all that. Uh and then also

1213
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:29,280
the how much are we acquiring new

1214
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:32,000
assets? And so even though we're not

1215
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:34,240
building new road,

1216
01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:38,400
our developers are um and council passes

1217
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:42,240
um a buy to [clears throat]

1218
01:02:42,240 --> 01:02:45,040
its

1219
01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:48,079
when we assume assumption by when we

1220
01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:50,400
assume when the municipality assumes

1221
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:53,599
assets. So a developer will construct a

1222
01:02:53,599 --> 01:02:57,040
subdivision but all the public assets

1223
01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,440
includes the sidewalks, street lights,

1224
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:03,760
all things that are first in within

1225
01:03:03,760 --> 01:03:06,079
anywhere from 3 to 5 years. the

1226
01:03:06,079 --> 01:03:08,960
municipality then assumes those assets

1227
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,440
and so we have to be mindful of how many

1228
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:15,119
of those are in the pip what values that

1229
01:03:15,119 --> 01:03:17,839
are going to add to our total asset base

1230
01:03:17,839 --> 01:03:19,760
because then we have to factor in that

1231
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:21,680
if we're taking down that rule you know

1232
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:23,839
20 years

1233
01:03:23,839 --> 01:03:27,520
we pay that rule so it's that's where

1234
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:29,680
that's the acquisition column the

1235
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:32,400
operation column is how much we spend to

1236
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:35,039
operate the existing assets how much

1237
01:03:35,039 --> 01:03:36,640
we're spending maintenance and then that

1238
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:39,760
renews that replacement over 10 years.

1239
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:43,280
That cut was calculated $261 million

1240
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:46,079
against the budget of 219 which gives us

1241
01:03:46,079 --> 01:03:48,079
the deficit over 10 years of $42

1242
01:03:48,079 --> 01:03:50,640
million. And when you break down where

1243
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:53,119
that deficit is down below in the asset

1244
01:03:53,119 --> 01:03:56,480
class so we can see the 4.2

1245
01:03:56,480 --> 01:03:59,039
um again based on the existing data

1246
01:03:59,039 --> 01:04:03,359
which will improve over time. Um some

1247
01:04:03,359 --> 01:04:05,280
asset class are actually doing fairly

1248
01:04:05,280 --> 01:04:08,160
well but others where the negatives are.

1249
01:04:08,160 --> 01:04:10,480
So facilities is the big one. So the

1250
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:14,480
4.24 million is in the facilities cost.

1251
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:16,880
And so this is where I would urge

1252
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:19,839
council to maybe have a workshop just on

1253
01:04:19,839 --> 01:04:21,440
the facilities looking at retain your

1254
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:24,319
capital that is a large portfolio in

1255
01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:27,440
terms of what come down the pipeline uh

1256
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:30,400
and making some decisions around what is

1257
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:35,680
feasible um or what we should look at.

1258
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:37,039
So again this is you know as a

1259
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:39,760
management plan 10 year is this is the

1260
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:42,559
definition of sustainability is we

1261
01:04:42,559 --> 01:04:48,150
sustained over a 10 year period

1262
01:04:48,160 --> 01:04:53,190
managers

1263
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:54,960
again just how asset management is

1264
01:04:54,960 --> 01:04:57,119
integrated with financial planning uh

1265
01:04:57,119 --> 01:04:59,440
and budgeting is that there's the

1266
01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:02,720
operating cost the person take debt

1267
01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:04,960
there's also interest expense the

1268
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:06,480
amortization

1269
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:09,920
u and again we get to uh whether to pass

1270
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:11,680
what council needs to pass out the

1271
01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:14,160
resolution around not budgeting for

1272
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:18,000
amortization um what does that mean in a

1273
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,000
very simple nutshell just to take an

1274
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:23,200
example of we purchase a picker truck

1275
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:25,839
say you buy it for 50,000 I mean think

1276
01:05:25,839 --> 01:05:27,760
it's going to last us 10 years just the

1277
01:05:27,760 --> 01:05:31,760
numbers say so 50,000 10 years we're

1278
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:34,160
going to sell it for 75,000 so that's

1279
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,599
the solid value. So 50 minus the five

1280
01:05:37,599 --> 01:05:40,000
$45,000 is what's remaining. We have to

1281
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,960
amortize that over 10 years. So as our

1282
01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:45,599
financial statements, $4,500 goes as a

1283
01:05:45,599 --> 01:05:47,680
monetization our financial statements.

1284
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:49,599
So technically we should be budgeting

1285
01:05:49,599 --> 01:05:52,160
for that because as we consume the

1286
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:54,160
assets, that's how we deliver services.

1287
01:05:54,160 --> 01:05:56,799
Every time we drive that truck and time

1288
01:05:56,799 --> 01:05:58,880
use a facility, we're delivering

1289
01:05:58,880 --> 01:06:00,400
services.

1290
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:03,440
um those those assets are being consumed

1291
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:05,920
in the clinical services. So we should

1292
01:06:05,920 --> 01:06:07,760
be setting money aside and we replace

1293
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:11,760
that asset but if it cost 50,000 today

1294
01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:14,319
10 years that assets that truck's going

1295
01:06:14,319 --> 01:06:17,359
to cost 60,000 to replace. So we budget

1296
01:06:17,359 --> 01:06:19,920
for ourization that's it's historical

1297
01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:22,400
cost that's only for 10 years it's going

1298
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:24,720
to get us to 45,000

1299
01:06:24,720 --> 01:06:28,559
plus 500 when we sell it we

1300
01:06:28,559 --> 01:06:32,079
set aside 60,000 but by time 10 years

1301
01:06:32,079 --> 01:06:33,920
comes around we have 60,000 in the

1302
01:06:33,920 --> 01:06:37,039
reserve to purchase that. So that that

1303
01:06:37,039 --> 01:06:41,039
differential from the 4500 or 505,000

1304
01:06:41,039 --> 01:06:45,599
should I say to the 4500 per year plus

1305
01:06:45,599 --> 01:06:48,319
the five

1306
01:06:48,319 --> 01:06:51,200
add another,000

1307
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:54,240
to get the 60,000 every year. That would

1308
01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:56,240
mean that we're only budgeting for

1309
01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:58,799
ourization, budgeting for funding for

1310
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:00,720
service enhancement systems and

1311
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:03,200
inflation. So alto together all of those

1312
01:07:03,200 --> 01:07:08,079
numbers is um what would get us to level

1313
01:07:08,079 --> 01:07:11,359
funding replacement cost ending all the

1314
01:07:11,359 --> 01:07:15,440
other asset costs.

1315
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:17,200
And so again when we take a look at our

1316
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:20,319
strategic plan goals um

1317
01:07:20,319 --> 01:07:24,480
the strategic plan uh emphasizes

1318
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:27,200
important projects the development of a

1319
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:29,200
robust long-term asset management plan

1320
01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:30,559
multi-year budget financial

1321
01:07:30,559 --> 01:07:33,920
sustainability plan service long-term

1322
01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:36,880
plans and strategies

1323
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:40,160
both part and parcel of the management

1324
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:42,356
program

1325
01:07:42,356 --> 01:07:43,839
[clears throat]

1326
01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:45,760
and the provincial requirements

1327
01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:51,119
Um so we've gone through u

1328
01:07:51,119 --> 01:07:53,280
we've gone through the 2022 and 24 and

1329
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:56,640
25 management these were legislative uh

1330
01:07:56,640 --> 01:08:01,839
requirements. Um again 22 plan was only

1331
01:08:01,839 --> 01:08:04,640
dealing with the linear assets. 24

1332
01:08:04,640 --> 01:08:07,119
including all assets

1333
01:08:07,119 --> 01:08:09,039
uh plus determining their current

1334
01:08:09,039 --> 01:08:13,200
service level. 25 was built in the 24 to

1335
01:08:13,200 --> 01:08:15,599
not only that current service levels but

1336
01:08:15,599 --> 01:08:17,359
desired service levels and funding

1337
01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:19,600
shortfalls which again 10ear period

1338
01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:23,040
identified that was to be over 10 years.

1339
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:28,239
Um further from here there is now every

1340
01:08:28,239 --> 01:08:30,400
5 years that the legislation requires

1341
01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:32,960
the asset management plan to be updated

1342
01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:35,759
by uh but also there's to be an annual

1343
01:08:35,759 --> 01:08:37,759
review of the asset management planning

1344
01:08:37,759 --> 01:08:40,719
process and that will happen July before

1345
01:08:40,719 --> 01:08:43,199
July 1st each year. So you'll sort of

1346
01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:46,880
report card progress and that will also

1347
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:50,870
be first

1348
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:53,920
and that's

1349
01:08:53,920 --> 01:09:01,110
question.

1350
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:07,990
So you can continue with taxation and

1351
01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:34,070
SL

1352
01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:37,359
this uh

1353
01:09:37,359 --> 01:09:40,080
this slide indicates um again just the

1354
01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:43,520
overall over budget. Um when we take a

1355
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:45,920
look at the level of taxation just to

1356
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:48,799
indicate that we had a operating budget

1357
01:09:48,799 --> 01:09:53,759
of 30 um 33.6 6 million

1358
01:09:53,759 --> 01:09:58,000
with a levy of 20 million which is again

1359
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:00,080
direct problem total expenses minus the

1360
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:02,400
other revenues

1361
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:05,040
the levy which is a 20 million for uh

1362
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:06,640
operating

1363
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:10,400
um plus the capital budget of 3.7

1364
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:13,440
million uh capital levy. So combined

1365
01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:34,149
budget is always being for six by 20

1366
01:10:34,159 --> 01:10:36,320
we're working through the budget uh

1367
01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:39,520
development. Um this just summarizes all

1368
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:42,400
the various functions um and different

1369
01:10:42,400 --> 01:10:44,719
levels as we work through the budget

1370
01:10:44,719 --> 01:10:46,960
again indicating that the budget

1371
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:50,239
deliberation started at a tax rate of

1372
01:10:50,239 --> 01:10:52,239
about 8%

1373
01:10:52,239 --> 01:10:54,159
um and then as we work through the

1374
01:10:54,159 --> 01:10:55,920
different process

1375
01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:58,480
um without the OP

1376
01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:01,679
the uh target mayor set a target to

1377
01:11:01,679 --> 01:11:07,040
reach 2.5 or below and so uh with the

1378
01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:08,880
figures as they were working in terms of

1379
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:13,920
budget uh when we ended with 12

1380
01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:17,270
tax rate

1381
01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:20,310
5.25

1382
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:21,520
and [clears throat] the conclusion of

1383
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:34,149
the pay 3.63 to be around.

1384
01:11:34,159 --> 01:11:37,760
This slide let me indicate any all those

1385
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:44,000
were made from u the SLP and Mor.

1386
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:46,239
So just to provide council with

1387
01:11:46,239 --> 01:11:49,440
breakdown of all the the changes that

1388
01:11:49,440 --> 01:11:51,600
were reviewed

1389
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:55,199
along each change we identified whether

1390
01:11:55,199 --> 01:11:58,560
uh it was red

1391
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:01,910
or

1392
01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:05,760
revenue or revenue need

1393
01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:07,520
in addition to making the decisions as

1394
01:12:07,520 --> 01:12:11,280
we went through there's also u external

1395
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:15,280
factors that are changing And so this is

1396
01:12:15,280 --> 01:12:17,679
just a summary of all those changes that

1397
01:12:17,679 --> 01:12:21,679
have been captured. Again, just to

1398
01:12:21,679 --> 01:12:24,719
council to see where

1399
01:12:24,719 --> 01:12:26,560
normally council would have to look at

1400
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:29,199
in terms of the changes in

1401
01:12:29,199 --> 01:12:31,600
this was reviewed in the mayor's mayor's

1402
01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:35,600
budget. Uh and obviously she affirmed

1403
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:39,920
all these changes uh to arrive at um the

1404
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:42,960
1.4 4 million all the changes required

1405
01:12:42,960 --> 01:12:45,520
to get us to

1406
01:12:45,520 --> 01:12:48,080
be the target.

1407
01:12:48,080 --> 01:12:50,560
And so all the 1.4 million just

1408
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:53,440
summarizes that through the 1.4 million

1409
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:55,679
is made up of expense reductions of

1410
01:12:55,679 --> 01:12:58,870
$872,000.

1411
01:12:58,880 --> 01:13:01,280
There was some expense increases and

1412
01:13:01,280 --> 01:13:04,159
just the timing I mentioned we

1413
01:13:04,159 --> 01:13:08,400
originally started the budget to

1414
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:13,760
u process. So things like human um also

1415
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:15,920
all of us as we were getting updated

1416
01:13:15,920 --> 01:13:18,159
numbers with the province that led to

1417
01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:20,719
some of these increases

1418
01:13:20,719 --> 01:13:24,640
we identify the increase in revenues and

1419
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:27,040
so why it's a negative in the brackets

1420
01:13:27,040 --> 01:13:28,560
here is that there's an increase in

1421
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:31,280
revenues it's a reduction in revenue so

1422
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:35,440
that it's a negative uh there's also

1423
01:13:35,440 --> 01:13:38,400
decreases in revenues uh which mean

1424
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:42,000
which might medicine

1425
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:43,679
and the use of reserves and some of

1426
01:13:43,679 --> 01:13:48,719
those reserves are um based on

1427
01:13:48,719 --> 01:13:51,440
items that were identified as surplus

1428
01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:54,719
our leaders. So for example, uh council

1429
01:13:54,719 --> 01:13:57,520
on Sunday received the order of the

1430
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:01,920
province providing u

1431
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:05,440
uh rebate to to the town and so part and

1432
01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:08,880
so that has been is part of that

1433
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:12,640
are being used to to offset

1434
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:26,950
this unit.

1435
01:14:26,960 --> 01:14:29,280
This overall summary is again just the

1436
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:32,960
same budget numbers for 26 but but has

1437
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:36,080
been inputed into the system from

1438
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:39,040
various departments for two years. So

1439
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:41,600
this is the forecast

1440
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:43,679
for 27

1441
01:14:43,679 --> 01:14:48,229
22

1442
01:14:48,239 --> 01:14:50,159
we're not just explain what's going on

1443
01:14:50,159 --> 01:14:52,080
in 25

1444
01:14:52,080 --> 01:14:59,030
services.

1445
01:14:59,040 --> 01:15:07,270
Yeah,

1446
01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:10,640
» I can hear you. Uh, Madame Mayor, the

1447
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:13,920
large increase there is the capital levy

1448
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:16,480
of 3.7 million their contribution to

1449
01:15:16,480 --> 01:15:19,520
reserves into all the reserves. Then we

1450
01:15:19,520 --> 01:15:21,679
need to create a capital project. So we

1451
01:15:21,679 --> 01:15:24,480
just put it under financial services. So

1452
01:15:24,480 --> 01:15:27,760
that first row there is summary of

1453
01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:30,640
operating family capital. So the capital

1454
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:32,480
of 3.7

1455
01:15:32,480 --> 01:15:47,590
to

1456
01:15:47,600 --> 01:15:51,280
so this first uh this first slide is as

1457
01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:53,280
Shane mentioned where it says budget

1458
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:56,159
requirements. This is a summary of the

1459
01:15:56,159 --> 01:15:59,040
next pages which has the operating uh

1460
01:15:59,040 --> 01:16:00,560
plans. You can see the financial service

1461
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:04,239
and the label. Uh the equipment numbers

1462
01:16:04,239 --> 01:16:06,640
and then we get to the capital. We can

1463
01:16:06,640 --> 01:16:09,600
see um

1464
01:16:09,600 --> 01:16:12,159
about

1465
01:16:12,159 --> 01:16:15,199
those areas from the capital plan plus

1466
01:16:15,199 --> 01:16:23,590
the operating

1467
01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:42,149
consolidated budget of 22.8

1468
01:16:42,159 --> 01:16:44,320
this slide. So this is very similar to

1469
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:48,480
previous seven focuses on 25 versus 26.

1470
01:16:48,480 --> 01:16:50,320
It looks at dollar variance and the

1471
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:52,960
percentage variances. Uh then some

1472
01:16:52,960 --> 01:16:56,719
comments as to uh what are some of the

1473
01:16:56,719 --> 01:17:00,159
drivers principles changes.

1474
01:17:00,159 --> 01:17:03,520
Again, this age is looking at being

1475
01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:15,910
consolidated both operating in car

1476
01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:17,840
and going forward just as we look at the

1477
01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:20,880
category items. So why on this page

1478
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:24,560
they're they're not listed by department

1479
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:28,400
u with capital

1480
01:17:28,400 --> 01:17:31,440
looked at framework

1481
01:17:31,440 --> 01:17:34,483
is looking at

1482
01:17:34,483 --> 01:17:41,669
[clears throat] various asset classes

1483
01:17:41,679 --> 01:17:45,679
as an entire class of assets facilities

1484
01:17:45,679 --> 01:17:47,920
class

1485
01:17:47,920 --> 01:17:49,360
who what

1486
01:17:49,360 --> 01:17:51,280
to this

1487
01:17:51,280 --> 01:18:07,669
which facility is by uses.

1488
01:18:07,679 --> 01:18:11,760
Um so just in the on this uh slide that

1489
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:16,159
we identify the uh opening reserve

1490
01:18:16,159 --> 01:18:18,640
balances for both operating capital

1491
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:20,159
reserves

1492
01:18:20,159 --> 01:18:22,560
uh looking at all the ins and outs that

1493
01:18:22,560 --> 01:18:29,110
are going through.

1494
01:18:29,120 --> 01:18:32,080
This is still has

1495
01:18:32,080 --> 01:18:34,640
been by the year end. This is the

1496
01:18:34,640 --> 01:18:39,040
forecast of the 25 year end balance. Uh

1497
01:18:39,040 --> 01:18:44,800
and then the forecast within 26 budget

1498
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:47,440
26 balance.

1499
01:18:47,440 --> 01:18:52,550
Just the fog where it says

1500
01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:55,120
header should say balance

1501
01:18:55,120 --> 01:19:01,350
just

1502
01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:06,149
so part of what

1503
01:19:06,159 --> 01:19:09,520
the the overall balances do seem to go

1504
01:19:09,520 --> 01:19:13,520
from 14 million down 6.7

1505
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:15,520
number of factors

1506
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:17,679
are play there. If we take a look at for

1507
01:19:17,679 --> 01:19:20,719
example economic development reserve as

1508
01:19:20,719 --> 01:19:24,239
the last line of the operating uh side

1509
01:19:24,239 --> 01:19:28,239
uh that and upon further review that

1510
01:19:28,239 --> 01:19:31,520
should be a capital area because that

1511
01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:33,920
reserve is actually funding a lot of

1512
01:19:33,920 --> 01:19:37,280
capital projects u and as we can see by

1513
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:41,280
starting at a $2.4 $4 million serve um

1514
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:44,790
island system

1515
01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:47,600
commitment for 2025 is there's a $3

1516
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:51,199
million against that. So it just ends up

1517
01:19:51,199 --> 01:19:53,760
being in the native just finger overs

1518
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:58,080
subscribing 25 and so that just that

1519
01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:01,040
flow through um just means that income

1520
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:03,920
developers are basically again saving

1521
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:06,960
the nation and so that has an impact of

1522
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:12,000
reducing the 25 uh 26 impedance. There's

1523
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,800
other reserves where uh projects that

1524
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:16,400
have been carried forward in prior

1525
01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:21,120
years. Um the different projects say it

1526
01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:24,480
was budgeted in 23 was a $2 million

1527
01:20:24,480 --> 01:20:28,159
project say by reserves of 2 million

1528
01:20:28,159 --> 01:20:31,600
that that will stay in that reserve

1529
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:33,600
until the project is completed and

1530
01:20:33,600 --> 01:20:36,719
that's when you'll show the the funds

1531
01:20:36,719 --> 01:20:39,440
being done.

1532
01:20:39,440 --> 01:20:44,159
Um and so there's a number of items

1533
01:20:44,159 --> 01:20:46,320
as have been carried forward in the last

1534
01:20:46,320 --> 01:20:51,830
few years that have come

1535
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:54,320
in the stages of being competed within

1536
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:58,400
25 and 26 that are long-term reserves

1537
01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:01,040
and so it'll be one of the items will

1538
01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:03,120
reserve balances even though one of our

1539
01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:05,600
strategic plan items is to replenish

1540
01:21:05,600 --> 01:21:08,159
reserves um in the advent of asset

1541
01:21:08,159 --> 01:21:10,239
management It's not necessarily that

1542
01:21:10,239 --> 01:21:12,560
we're looking for a specific reserve

1543
01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:14,159
target

1544
01:21:14,159 --> 01:21:17,280
um to say let's just say these you know

1545
01:21:17,280 --> 01:21:20,159
to say that we need to have 20 millions

1546
01:21:20,159 --> 01:21:22,159
$20 million in their reserve and you

1547
01:21:22,159 --> 01:21:24,480
always want to see that balance there

1548
01:21:24,480 --> 01:21:27,280
reserves are we're putting money aside

1549
01:21:27,280 --> 01:21:29,920
for a set project but ultimately you

1550
01:21:29,920 --> 01:21:31,840
need to spend that money against that

1551
01:21:31,840 --> 01:21:36,400
project and so where we asset management

1552
01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:39,679
is more towards around looking at what

1553
01:21:39,679 --> 01:21:41,840
is the contribution to the capital

1554
01:21:41,840 --> 01:21:44,239
program. So it's the bones that are

1555
01:21:44,239 --> 01:21:47,360
every year to stabilize the levies. So

1556
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:49,520
we want to have the capital let

1557
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:53,199
stabilize just increase it by 1% every

1558
01:21:53,199 --> 01:21:56,000
year and the fluctuations are in the

1559
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:59,040
reserves where you build them up for a

1560
01:21:59,040 --> 01:22:01,199
certain number of projects and those

1561
01:22:01,199 --> 01:22:03,360
projects can be found in placement is

1562
01:22:03,360 --> 01:22:05,920
when that reserve will then be utilized.

1563
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:09,760
Um so much like that slide where if the

1564
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:12,159
bulk of our assets were built in the 50s

1565
01:22:12,159 --> 01:22:14,960
to end and compared to 1970 a lot of

1566
01:22:14,960 --> 01:22:16,480
those are going to come due for

1567
01:22:16,480 --> 01:22:20,159
replacement next 10 15 years. So you're

1568
01:22:20,159 --> 01:22:22,320
going to see reserves then hopefully

1569
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:24,960
being built up and as you spend that

1570
01:22:24,960 --> 01:22:28,000
money to replace those assets obviously

1571
01:22:28,000 --> 01:22:30,239
going to spend those because obviously

1572
01:22:30,239 --> 01:22:32,080
you know annually you would bought for

1573
01:22:32,080 --> 01:22:34,320
let's say 10 trucks at one time but

1574
01:22:34,320 --> 01:22:36,400
those 10 trucks can be for replacement

1575
01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:38,080
you see the spike in the reserve and

1576
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:39,679
then

1577
01:22:39,679 --> 01:22:43,040
drop down so the fluctuations are in the

1578
01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:46,719
reserves we don't want that fluctuation

1579
01:22:46,719 --> 01:22:48,960
um so that's where

1580
01:22:48,960 --> 01:22:52,000
and moving to the asset management. Um

1581
01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:54,320
it's it's a combination of what actually

1582
01:22:54,320 --> 01:22:57,040
deserves which are just national but

1583
01:22:57,040 --> 01:23:01,440
it's the kind of contribution program

1584
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:06,229
that's very

1585
01:23:06,239 --> 01:23:15,270
financial sustainability.

1586
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,520
That's that

1587
01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:18,880
question [clears throat]

1588
01:23:18,880 --> 01:23:24,950
>> questions from council

1589
01:23:24,960 --> 01:23:29,600
to the director of finance. Um

1590
01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:33,440
so with the uh reserves

1591
01:23:33,440 --> 01:23:36,000
um and the employment reserve we end

1592
01:23:36,000 --> 01:23:38,960
2025 with about 200,000

1593
01:23:38,960 --> 01:23:42,320
and and the reductions there's about

1594
01:23:42,320 --> 01:23:44,080
187,000

1595
01:23:44,080 --> 01:23:46,960
that's being used from that reserve. Is

1596
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:52,320
that like is that 187 like for the

1597
01:23:52,320 --> 01:23:55,040
museum position

1598
01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:57,120
position? Will that be taken from the

1599
01:23:57,120 --> 01:23:58,719
two prime? Will that leave the

1600
01:23:58,719 --> 01:24:07,990
employment reserves?

1601
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,080
Um to your point, mayor, when we were

1602
01:24:10,080 --> 01:24:14,560
looking at the employment reserve, um

1603
01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:16,800
it's bit of a chat issue. We're looking

1604
01:24:16,800 --> 01:24:20,159
at 2026 budget. We were looking at what

1605
01:24:20,159 --> 01:24:24,800
was coming into that reserve 24 surplus.

1606
01:24:24,800 --> 01:24:28,880
Um and then looking at what we are

1607
01:24:28,880 --> 01:24:33,840
anticipating, we're at 25 surplus. So,

1608
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:36,800
so we we're gauging based on how much.

1609
01:24:36,800 --> 01:24:39,920
So, it's a It's a floating u it's an

1610
01:24:39,920 --> 01:24:44,000
active uh balance if you will. So part

1611
01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:48,320
of it is that we're yes

1612
01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:52,960
a lot of that concern um has been earark

1613
01:24:52,960 --> 01:24:55,440
for a number of different positions and

1614
01:24:55,440 --> 01:24:58,480
transitioning most into the levy. Uh and

1615
01:24:58,480 --> 01:25:01,120
so we have those spike down and then

1616
01:25:01,120 --> 01:25:04,560
we're expecting the 25 surplus to leave

1617
01:25:04,560 --> 01:25:09,120
that back up. Um as soon as we can why

1618
01:25:09,120 --> 01:25:11,840
council will justify reserve all being

1619
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:15,510
said

1620
01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:18,000
and you said those two positions that

1621
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:20,159
are being used

1622
01:25:20,159 --> 01:25:23,280
through the reserve next year will they

1623
01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:25,199
continue to be through the reserve or

1624
01:25:25,199 --> 01:25:27,440
will they be absorbed into the budgets

1625
01:25:27,440 --> 01:25:31,040
of those departments or what how will

1626
01:25:31,040 --> 01:25:35,440
that affect the And the next

1627
01:25:35,440 --> 01:25:39,040
one uh so the intent is to only use that

1628
01:25:39,040 --> 01:25:43,520
reserve to uh phase in uh those some

1629
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:47,040
positions. Um you don't want to as a

1630
01:25:47,040 --> 01:25:49,280
general practice you don't lose reserves

1631
01:25:49,280 --> 01:25:52,639
to offset permanent uh increases to to

1632
01:25:52,639 --> 01:25:54,880
the budget. So eventually that will flow

1633
01:25:54,880 --> 01:26:01,679
to to your budget. Um so for example um

1634
01:26:01,679 --> 01:26:04,560
if we have a position that

1635
01:26:04,560 --> 01:26:06,480
um

1636
01:26:06,480 --> 01:26:09,600
started say mid year and we uh council

1637
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:12,320
identified that uh given the prior

1638
01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:14,480
circuses that we would use those funds

1639
01:26:14,480 --> 01:26:20,880
to help pay a certain position then um

1640
01:26:20,880 --> 01:26:24,239
we may have used either some employee

1641
01:26:24,239 --> 01:26:27,360
reserve. So safely [clears throat]

1642
01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:29,679
fire changes

1643
01:26:29,679 --> 01:26:31,840
the overall impact of the budget is

1644
01:26:31,840 --> 01:26:35,600
165,000. In the 26 budget, we're using

1645
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:38,560
100,000 of the employment reserve, which

1646
01:26:38,560 --> 01:26:42,080
is the part of the expected surplus from

1647
01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:43,679
25

1648
01:26:43,679 --> 01:26:46,960
to help phase that into 100,000 65 on

1649
01:26:46,960 --> 01:26:50,639
the levy 100 reserve so that next year

1650
01:26:50,639 --> 01:26:54,719
it's that 100,000 the levy to the uh

1651
01:26:54,719 --> 01:26:59,040
transition position to the to the tax.

1652
01:26:59,040 --> 01:27:01,360
So next year there'll be another 100,000

1653
01:27:01,360 --> 01:27:04,239
or 11 not used for reserves for these

1654
01:27:04,239 --> 01:27:07,360
positions or more.

1655
01:27:07,360 --> 01:27:08,629
>> Correct. [clears throat] Yes. So that

1656
01:27:08,629 --> 01:27:08,639
» Correct. [clears throat] Yes. So that

1657
01:27:08,639 --> 01:27:13,199
that 841,000 use of reserves. Um unless

1658
01:27:13,199 --> 01:27:16,320
next year we continue to use some of

1659
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:20,080
that those reserves. Um, you can think

1660
01:27:20,080 --> 01:27:21,600
of the next year's budget as

1661
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:25,679
automatically starting at roughly a 4%

1662
01:27:25,679 --> 01:27:31,590
increase just to not put that on.

1663
01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:33,760
» Sorry to say that again. Like the next

1664
01:27:33,760 --> 01:27:35,920
budget they will be distorting at 4%

1665
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:38,159
because the positions

1666
01:27:38,159 --> 01:27:39,510
>> well not just the position without

1667
01:27:39,510 --> 01:27:39,520
» well not just the position without

1668
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:41,360
saying anytime we use our reserve.

1669
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,910
>> Right. I got you. Right. Okay, next year

1670
01:27:43,910 --> 01:27:43,920
» Right. I got you. Right. Okay, next year

1671
01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:46,800
we will use our reserve and that goes

1672
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:50,719
right onto the 11 then so this year

1673
01:27:50,719 --> 01:27:54,400
overall given all [clears throat] use of

1674
01:27:54,400 --> 01:27:57,600
the full reserve prior surpluses that

1675
01:27:57,600 --> 01:27:59,360
are they're normally traditional in the

1676
01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:03,600
past municipalities just the surpluses

1677
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:06,639
um we're now strategically using some of

1678
01:28:06,639 --> 01:28:09,520
those surpluses in certain areas but to

1679
01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:11,360
uh what I'm saying is yes anytime we use

1680
01:28:11,360 --> 01:28:13,920
a reserve that would go onto the levy

1681
01:28:13,920 --> 01:28:16,639
next year unless we determine you still

1682
01:28:16,639 --> 01:28:19,920
want to continue

1683
01:28:19,920 --> 01:28:21,679
to do nothing else if we don't apply the

1684
01:28:21,679 --> 01:28:25,760
reserves means that that's the starting

1685
01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:27,920
point actually

1686
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:31,990
>> thank you I think um also um one of the

1687
01:28:31,990 --> 01:28:32,000
» thank you I think um also um one of the

1688
01:28:32,000 --> 01:28:34,880
examples where council gave direction to

1689
01:28:34,880 --> 01:28:37,440
use reserves to phase in was the IT

1690
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:39,760
department which is a phase in over

1691
01:28:39,760 --> 01:28:42,239
three years which draws down a

1692
01:28:42,239 --> 01:28:45,520
significant amount in that um labor

1693
01:28:45,520 --> 01:28:48,080
reserve, but will at one point add a

1694
01:28:48,080 --> 01:28:49,600
significant

1695
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:57,510
increase of budget.

1696
01:28:57,520 --> 01:29:00,639
Any further questions?

1697
01:29:00,639 --> 01:29:03,120
I see I think we'll take a 10 minute

1698
01:29:03,120 --> 01:29:05,120
break

1699
01:29:05,120 --> 01:29:08,470
some

1700
01:29:08,480 --> 01:29:10,880
10 to 29.

1701
01:29:10,880 --> 01:29:52,629
104

1702
01:29:52,639 --> 01:30:06,070
Right.

1703
01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:08,320
» Are we all?

1704
01:30:08,320 --> 01:30:09,590
>> Yeah, I think I'm here. Would you like

1705
01:30:09,590 --> 01:30:09,600
» Yeah, I think I'm here. Would you like

1706
01:30:09,600 --> 01:30:13,120
to What do you think?

1707
01:30:13,120 --> 01:30:17,910
>> Um, okay. So, we're back at it and

1708
01:30:17,910 --> 01:30:17,920
» Um, okay. So, we're back at it and

1709
01:30:17,920 --> 01:30:21,030
>> we're moving item 5.31 and I'm turning

1710
01:30:21,030 --> 01:30:21,040
» we're moving item 5.31 and I'm turning

1711
01:30:21,040 --> 01:30:23,840
it right over to

1712
01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:26,080
to represent the office of the CEO.

1713
01:30:26,080 --> 01:30:27,750
>> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Want to make

1714
01:30:27,750 --> 01:30:27,760
» Thank you, Madam Mayor. Want to make

1715
01:30:27,760 --> 01:30:30,320
sure the slides are working now. They

1716
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:35,590
are

1717
01:30:35,600 --> 01:30:37,440
today. I just want to go some of the key

1718
01:30:37,440 --> 01:30:40,480
points of the office of the CO the items

1719
01:30:40,480 --> 01:30:43,199
in the business plan or what that

1720
01:30:43,199 --> 01:30:46,870
financial impact.

1721
01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:49,120
First one is recruitment position. As

1722
01:30:49,120 --> 01:30:51,760
you can see, uh there's $70,000 in the

1723
01:30:51,760 --> 01:30:54,080
budget for support the matrix for doctor

1724
01:30:54,080 --> 01:30:56,880
recruitment. Uh on the January 12th

1725
01:30:56,880 --> 01:30:59,040
council meeting that should be reported

1726
01:30:59,040 --> 01:31:02,400
from council to adopt the new matrix

1727
01:31:02,400 --> 01:31:04,159
review with the healthcare committee. In

1728
01:31:04,159 --> 01:31:06,320
addition to that, there's $30,000 in the

1729
01:31:06,320 --> 01:31:08,719
budget to support a shared grant that we

1730
01:31:08,719 --> 01:31:11,440
have applied for. Uh that grant will aid

1731
01:31:11,440 --> 01:31:13,360
in the development and of promotional

1732
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:15,600
materials, launches a new advertising

1733
01:31:15,600 --> 01:31:17,920
campaign across multiple channels and

1734
01:31:17,920 --> 01:31:20,480
attendance activity recruitment events.

1735
01:31:20,480 --> 01:31:22,480
Uh next is the ongoing project of the

1736
01:31:22,480 --> 01:31:24,639
town halls. Uh we're looking to move

1737
01:31:24,639 --> 01:31:26,320
forward with this project. Again, at the

1738
01:31:26,320 --> 01:31:28,320
January 12th council meeting, there will

1739
01:31:28,320 --> 01:31:31,360
be a report of council has been approved

1740
01:31:31,360 --> 01:31:34,400
and in the queue in there similar to

1741
01:31:34,400 --> 01:31:35,600
what the mayor was talking about

1742
01:31:35,600 --> 01:31:37,679
earlier. Uh if we're staying at the

1743
01:31:37,679 --> 01:31:40,639
customer service center there over the

1744
01:31:40,639 --> 01:31:43,120
10-year capital life of that in the next

1745
01:31:43,120 --> 01:31:45,920
10 years, there's approximately 3.5

1746
01:31:45,920 --> 01:31:47,840
million dollars of work. We do some of

1747
01:31:47,840 --> 01:31:49,760
that work now will be a savings of over

1748
01:31:49,760 --> 01:31:52,239
a million dollars of of that capital. So

1749
01:31:52,239 --> 01:31:53,280
we're going to move forward with that

1750
01:31:53,280 --> 01:31:55,440
project as well at that or hoping to

1751
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:57,280
move forward with that project and have

1752
01:31:57,280 --> 01:32:00,400
council on the J meeting. Next is 31

1753
01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:02,880
Earl Street that has been moving forward

1754
01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:04,800
in 2025.

1755
01:32:04,800 --> 01:32:06,880
Kudos to the affordable posting

1756
01:32:06,880 --> 01:32:08,800
committee of moving that budget forward.

1757
01:32:08,800 --> 01:32:10,800
Uh the next steps with that will be to

1758
01:32:10,800 --> 01:32:13,280
bring a report council discuss next

1759
01:32:13,280 --> 01:32:15,040
steps with the land and evaluation of

1760
01:32:15,040 --> 01:32:18,880
that and of course that

1761
01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:22,719
would be sponsored and ready to

1762
01:32:22,719 --> 01:32:24,400
um one of the items is the application

1763
01:32:24,400 --> 01:32:26,239
portfolio review and optimization. So

1764
01:32:26,239 --> 01:32:28,320
the manager strategic initiatives to the

1765
01:32:28,320 --> 01:32:31,280
pass to that individual uh we have

1766
01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:33,360
multiple licenses that software it's

1767
01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:35,840
important those places software to make

1768
01:32:35,840 --> 01:32:37,280
sure we're getting our best bang of the

1769
01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:38,880
buck and of course to make sure there's

1770
01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:40,560
no patience. So that will be a project

1771
01:32:40,560 --> 01:32:43,360
that will occur in 20126

1772
01:32:43,360 --> 01:32:45,199
and I hope to that we really some cost

1773
01:32:45,199 --> 01:32:51,910
savings project.

1774
01:32:51,920 --> 01:32:54,320
Uh next with HR uh one of the items that

1775
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:56,400
was requested by council was the equity

1776
01:32:56,400 --> 01:32:59,520
diversity diversity and inclusion uh

1777
01:32:59,520 --> 01:33:01,040
committee. So that was established in

1778
01:33:01,040 --> 01:33:04,560
2025. In 2026 they're looking to set up

1779
01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:06,400
training and policy development. They'll

1780
01:33:06,400 --> 01:33:09,840
move that project forward. Next steps uh

1781
01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:12,400
there will be multiple uh reviews of

1782
01:33:12,400 --> 01:33:15,520
policies. Some of the policies that HR

1783
01:33:15,520 --> 01:33:16,960
would be looking at is the violence

1784
01:33:16,960 --> 01:33:20,159
harassment policy, working loan policy,

1785
01:33:20,159 --> 01:33:21,920
psychological health and safety and

1786
01:33:21,920 --> 01:33:24,000
emergency procedure policy amongst

1787
01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:27,040
others. Um, and another project that I'm

1788
01:33:27,040 --> 01:33:28,800
hoping will have a good bang for its

1789
01:33:28,800 --> 01:33:32,480
buck is the SharePoint for employees.

1790
01:33:32,480 --> 01:33:35,040
So, as council knows, we moved Office

1791
01:33:35,040 --> 01:33:38,239
360. and it comes SharePoint. Uh having

1792
01:33:38,239 --> 01:33:42,320
a repository of all our records and our

1793
01:33:42,320 --> 01:33:45,760
policies is important. HR has is on that

1794
01:33:45,760 --> 01:33:48,159
platform now. We just moved all the

1795
01:33:48,159 --> 01:33:50,320
policies over but they're looking to

1796
01:33:50,320 --> 01:33:54,639
make that into other sharing for our

1797
01:33:54,639 --> 01:33:58,159
just sometimes there

1798
01:33:58,159 --> 01:34:00,400
open to any questions.

1799
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:04,149
>> Council have any questions for the CA

1800
01:34:04,149 --> 01:34:04,159
» Council have any questions for the CA

1801
01:34:04,159 --> 01:34:06,560
deputy mayor? I believe this is the

1802
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:09,600
right uh uh right time to ask this

1803
01:34:09,600 --> 01:34:12,239
question. Uh as we know and through you

1804
01:34:12,239 --> 01:34:15,679
mayor to the CEO uh as we've all been

1805
01:34:15,679 --> 01:34:18,639
watching the news there's the provincial

1806
01:34:18,639 --> 01:34:20,400
employees are expected to go back to

1807
01:34:20,400 --> 01:34:23,199
work which creates an office uh

1808
01:34:23,199 --> 01:34:26,080
environment uh may need more. Is there

1809
01:34:26,080 --> 01:34:28,639
any indication that that may trickle

1810
01:34:28,639 --> 01:34:31,440
down to the municipal level where we

1811
01:34:31,440 --> 01:34:33,360
have to make that review with extra

1812
01:34:33,360 --> 01:34:35,199
costs?

1813
01:34:35,199 --> 01:34:37,600
office talking about office space.

1814
01:34:37,600 --> 01:34:39,990
>> Yeah. Uh through the mayor to the deputy

1815
01:34:39,990 --> 01:34:40,000
» Yeah. Uh through the mayor to the deputy

1816
01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:42,159
mayor. So there's been no mandate from

1817
01:34:42,159 --> 01:34:44,960
the provincial government to uh request

1818
01:34:44,960 --> 01:34:46,800
municipalities to come to work. And in

1819
01:34:46,800 --> 01:34:49,760
fact when we saw that um the government

1820
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:51,600
was requesting

1821
01:34:51,600 --> 01:34:53,760
provincial employees to work. Cities

1822
01:34:53,760 --> 01:34:55,199
like to see abundance to the stand say

1823
01:34:55,199 --> 01:34:57,920
no we're still doing work policy. We

1824
01:34:57,920 --> 01:34:59,920
don't think that feeling you know it's

1825
01:34:59,920 --> 01:35:01,280
not based on a feeling based on what

1826
01:35:01,280 --> 01:35:03,199
we're seeing in productivity. With that

1827
01:35:03,199 --> 01:35:06,080
being said, um we have our our policy is

1828
01:35:06,080 --> 01:35:08,159
that that staff are in the office a

1829
01:35:08,159 --> 01:35:12,159
minimum three days a week. So you know

1830
01:35:12,159 --> 01:35:14,320
there's no mandate now but uh moving

1831
01:35:14,320 --> 01:35:16,159
forward with the down and getting that

1832
01:35:16,159 --> 01:35:17,440
up and running. So everyone that has

1833
01:35:17,440 --> 01:35:18,880
space will be important.

1834
01:35:18,880 --> 01:35:20,470
>> So there's no change to policy is what

1835
01:35:20,470 --> 01:35:20,480
» So there's no change to policy is what

1836
01:35:20,480 --> 01:35:23,840
you say but not right now.

1837
01:35:23,840 --> 01:35:24,239
Sorry.

1838
01:35:24,239 --> 01:35:28,629
>> Thank you.

1839
01:35:28,639 --> 01:35:30,880
» Um thank you for the chair to the CEO. I

1840
01:35:30,880 --> 01:35:32,639
have two questions. One might be an odd

1841
01:35:32,639 --> 01:35:34,960
question that I've never asked. Burl

1842
01:35:34,960 --> 01:35:36,880
Street like we put money into it. We're

1843
01:35:36,880 --> 01:35:40,639
part of it working with Oxford County.

1844
01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:44,800
Is there revenue that comes to us from

1845
01:35:44,800 --> 01:35:46,719
like once it's filled? Like does the

1846
01:35:46,719 --> 01:35:48,639
rent like where's the rent money go?

1847
01:35:48,639 --> 01:35:50,639
Like who owns the building?

1848
01:35:50,639 --> 01:35:52,470
>> Yeah. Uh through the mayor. So what

1849
01:35:52,470 --> 01:35:52,480
» Yeah. Uh through the mayor. So what

1850
01:35:52,480 --> 01:35:54,239
would happen there is as we move down

1851
01:35:54,239 --> 01:35:57,520
that line we have we own the land. Um,

1852
01:35:57,520 --> 01:35:59,440
one of the decisions that this council

1853
01:35:59,440 --> 01:36:01,679
need to make is, you know, what value

1854
01:36:01,679 --> 01:36:03,199
are we going to be putting on that land

1855
01:36:03,199 --> 01:36:07,120
and do we want to donate or or a certain

1856
01:36:07,120 --> 01:36:09,440
portion of that land to the project. But

1857
01:36:09,440 --> 01:36:11,040
once that's done, they are will go out

1858
01:36:11,040 --> 01:36:14,719
with the either the private developer or

1859
01:36:14,719 --> 01:36:16,639
maybe the county will run that and

1860
01:36:16,639 --> 01:36:20,080
select private developer there. know um

1861
01:36:20,080 --> 01:36:22,960
and that they're responsible uh for

1862
01:36:22,960 --> 01:36:24,960
having so many affordable and housing

1863
01:36:24,960 --> 01:36:27,920
units and they get that the money

1864
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:28,400
service.

1865
01:36:28,400 --> 01:36:31,030
>> Thank you. And my second question is um

1866
01:36:31,030 --> 01:36:31,040
» Thank you. And my second question is um

1867
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:34,239
in the mayor's review there was 5,000

1868
01:36:34,239 --> 01:36:37,280
expense reduction for EDI committee to

1869
01:36:37,280 --> 01:36:40,080
utilize uh the county safe and well but

1870
01:36:40,080 --> 01:36:42,639
the like you're still doing policies and

1871
01:36:42,639 --> 01:36:46,239
training regarding EDI just using the

1872
01:36:46,239 --> 01:36:49,119
model from the safe and well. Yeah. So,

1873
01:36:49,119 --> 01:36:52,159
so that $5,000 I it was put in there by

1874
01:36:52,159 --> 01:36:55,199
HR and in the review process um you know

1875
01:36:55,199 --> 01:36:57,440
the question is

1876
01:36:57,440 --> 01:36:58,960
our due diligence say hey what's this

1877
01:36:58,960 --> 01:37:00,639
$5,000 for? What's this amount of money

1878
01:37:00,639 --> 01:37:03,672
for? So was that money was to certain

1879
01:37:03,672 --> 01:37:05,119
[clears throat] amount of training and

1880
01:37:05,119 --> 01:37:06,880
of course it was to get a membership as

1881
01:37:06,880 --> 01:37:08,800
well and we decided at this juncture

1882
01:37:08,800 --> 01:37:11,840
given some budget requirements that

1883
01:37:11,840 --> 01:37:14,159
membership uh we can do things uh

1884
01:37:14,159 --> 01:37:16,239
without spending money right now.

1885
01:37:16,239 --> 01:37:19,990
>> Yeah, makes sense. Thank you.

1886
01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:23,430
Further questions

1887
01:37:23,440 --> 01:37:27,119
none. Um, thank you Kyle

1888
01:37:27,119 --> 01:37:49,990
5.3.2 financial services.

1889
01:37:50,000 --> 01:37:52,239
Thank you.

1890
01:37:52,239 --> 01:37:54,400
This is for the department of finance.

1891
01:37:54,400 --> 01:37:57,920
Um we're through 2026 a number of

1892
01:37:57,920 --> 01:38:00,480
business objectives

1893
01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:03,199
as noted already. One of them annual

1894
01:38:03,199 --> 01:38:06,400
progress review for gas management uh uh

1895
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:08,400
plan and it's a July 1st. It's a

1896
01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:11,600
legislative deadline. Um

1897
01:38:11,600 --> 01:38:13,199
going to that's going to require some

1898
01:38:13,199 --> 01:38:15,600
staff time. So not all projects that are

1899
01:38:15,600 --> 01:38:17,440
listed on the business plan necessarily

1900
01:38:17,440 --> 01:38:20,639
have actually we just have a significant

1901
01:38:20,639 --> 01:38:25,199
amount of uh time requirement staff um

1902
01:38:25,199 --> 01:38:28,320
so they're identified as a key business

1903
01:38:28,320 --> 01:38:30,960
objectives so the target completion date

1904
01:38:30,960 --> 01:38:34,320
is obviously coming by July deadline so

1905
01:38:34,320 --> 01:38:37,520
May to June to deliver that to council

1906
01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:39,600
um there's a number of items here

1907
01:38:39,600 --> 01:38:41,840
related to asset management again the

1908
01:38:41,840 --> 01:38:44,800
continuation of are uh what I call that

1909
01:38:44,800 --> 01:38:46,560
triangle between systems people's

1910
01:38:46,560 --> 01:38:49,360
systems and processes to try and align

1911
01:38:49,360 --> 01:38:52,239
uh our systems

1912
01:38:52,239 --> 01:38:55,520
to support uh the individuals uh and the

1913
01:38:55,520 --> 01:38:58,159
processes to what's the change our

1914
01:38:58,159 --> 01:39:01,600
goals. So one of them is a a a module

1915
01:39:01,600 --> 01:39:05,119
implementation that is that uh is a work

1916
01:39:05,119 --> 01:39:08,000
order system uh to ensure that all of

1917
01:39:08,000 --> 01:39:11,360
the maintenance items performed uh on

1918
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:14,239
our all of our assets are tracked and

1919
01:39:14,239 --> 01:39:17,119
that we can uh assess the amount of

1920
01:39:17,119 --> 01:39:18,560
maintenance that is done on all the

1921
01:39:18,560 --> 01:39:22,159
assets to ensure that uh being sort of

1922
01:39:22,159 --> 01:39:24,320
picture

1923
01:39:24,320 --> 01:39:28,239
or the amount of work that has to be

1924
01:39:28,239 --> 01:39:32,800
understand that 10 year life cycle but

1925
01:39:32,800 --> 01:39:35,840
cost of the entire passive base. So this

1926
01:39:35,840 --> 01:39:38,960
would help with for example need to all

1927
01:39:38,960 --> 01:39:41,840
the maintenance uh schedules both

1928
01:39:41,840 --> 01:39:44,159
preventative and then those that are

1929
01:39:44,159 --> 01:39:46,800
reactive to be able to track the cost of

1930
01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:50,719
each of those work orders

1931
01:39:50,719 --> 01:39:53,280
they're assigned to that and have a lot

1932
01:39:53,280 --> 01:39:56,159
of information to our budgeting system

1933
01:39:56,159 --> 01:39:59,830
in terms of

1934
01:39:59,840 --> 01:40:01,920
asset classes.

1935
01:40:01,920 --> 01:40:04,080
Um this is a carry forward. A number of

1936
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:06,000
these items where where you see that the

1937
01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:09,119
project cost is funded from tax

1938
01:40:09,119 --> 01:40:10,639
reserves.

1939
01:40:10,639 --> 01:40:13,040
Some of these have been carried forward

1940
01:40:13,040 --> 01:40:14,639
for

1941
01:40:14,639 --> 01:40:18,080
a couple of years. Um then sort of a

1942
01:40:18,080 --> 01:40:20,960
continuation of the work where we're now

1943
01:40:20,960 --> 01:40:25,679
at the stage where we um with this uh

1944
01:40:25,679 --> 01:40:30,880
this which actually will then result in

1945
01:40:30,880 --> 01:40:32,800
so there'll be an increase initially to

1946
01:40:32,800 --> 01:40:35,520
get the uh the software in place and

1947
01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:37,920
then this

1948
01:40:37,920 --> 01:40:40,960
is replacing for one of the existing

1949
01:40:40,960 --> 01:40:43,280
software that we are using currently

1950
01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:45,119
does not integrate with the asset

1951
01:40:45,119 --> 01:40:47,119
management system and so the benefits

1952
01:40:47,119 --> 01:40:49,440
would be better integration, better deal

1953
01:40:49,440 --> 01:40:53,679
traffic. Uh the next one is the uh it's

1954
01:40:53,679 --> 01:40:57,760
part of our by doing software. Uh it is

1955
01:40:57,760 --> 01:41:00,159
just a $10,000

1956
01:41:00,159 --> 01:41:03,440
amount to uh ensure that our reserves

1957
01:41:03,440 --> 01:41:05,040
are integrated with our capital

1958
01:41:05,040 --> 01:41:07,280
budgeting so we can have better tracking

1959
01:41:07,280 --> 01:41:10,480
that that feeds into uh capital budget

1960
01:41:10,480 --> 01:41:12,400
software.

1961
01:41:12,400 --> 01:41:14,800
We're then looking at looking at policy

1962
01:41:14,800 --> 01:41:18,320
update on financing. So these would be

1963
01:41:18,320 --> 01:41:20,960
decisions for example as we have looked

1964
01:41:20,960 --> 01:41:24,960
at and manualized lead for example as to

1965
01:41:24,960 --> 01:41:29,040
when should we take out that versus

1966
01:41:29,040 --> 01:41:32,320
u there is these type of policies that

1967
01:41:32,320 --> 01:41:35,199
help determine for example that we it's

1968
01:41:35,199 --> 01:41:38,400
anything 500,000 that should be uh

1969
01:41:38,400 --> 01:41:40,320
eligible for debt but anything that

1970
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:42,239
below that threshold should be

1971
01:41:42,239 --> 01:41:44,960
designated as those from the levy that

1972
01:41:44,960 --> 01:41:47,840
are through that reserve so we And we

1973
01:41:47,840 --> 01:41:50,639
need a policy on that in terms of all

1974
01:41:50,639 --> 01:41:53,600
asset losses when what are those trade

1975
01:41:53,600 --> 01:41:56,880
what is that criteria

1976
01:41:56,880 --> 01:41:59,920
that and that will help with forecasting

1977
01:41:59,920 --> 01:42:02,800
the 10ear forecast so that we understand

1978
01:42:02,800 --> 01:42:05,440
when those thresholds are triggered uh

1979
01:42:05,440 --> 01:42:08,480
to be able to know what should be on the

1980
01:42:08,480 --> 01:42:12,400
levy versus what should be forecast.

1981
01:42:12,400 --> 01:42:17,360
Um the surplus deficit allocation policy

1982
01:42:17,360 --> 01:42:20,239
uh that is again just an update required

1983
01:42:20,239 --> 01:42:23,600
on that to help align with uh the other

1984
01:42:23,600 --> 01:42:28,159
policy changes in terms of um

1985
01:42:28,159 --> 01:42:29,840
the surpluses that occur every year and

1986
01:42:29,840 --> 01:42:34,480
where those go reserves. Um, we're also

1987
01:42:34,480 --> 01:42:37,360
looking at again enhancing the budgeting

1988
01:42:37,360 --> 01:42:39,920
software and with the module to help us

1989
01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:44,239
with budgeting for all of our salaries.

1990
01:42:44,239 --> 01:42:47,760
So, currently finance helps budget uh

1991
01:42:47,760 --> 01:42:50,159
for the full-time labor targets look at

1992
01:42:50,159 --> 01:42:53,920
budgeting for the part-time labor. Um

1993
01:42:53,920 --> 01:42:56,000
but there there could be that that is

1994
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:59,840
prone to some inconsistencies and use

1995
01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:02,480
different variables for what impacts all

1996
01:43:02,480 --> 01:43:06,719
the different uh labor uh impacts such

1997
01:43:06,719 --> 01:43:10,400
as the overhead benefits and so forth.

1998
01:43:10,400 --> 01:43:13,760
So this is to bring it all into uh the

1999
01:43:13,760 --> 01:43:17,520
budget software that will allow sort of

2000
01:43:17,520 --> 01:43:22,239
sal planning to to enable to level

2001
01:43:22,239 --> 01:43:26,400
have all the software. Uh we'll also be

2002
01:43:26,400 --> 01:43:28,320
looking at our accounts receable light

2003
01:43:28,320 --> 01:43:31,600
policy. So with the work that Ted has

2004
01:43:31,600 --> 01:43:35,360
been doing from our accounts receivables

2005
01:43:35,360 --> 01:43:38,239
um there's also elements of accounts

2006
01:43:38,239 --> 01:43:39,920
receable

2007
01:43:39,920 --> 01:43:44,320
collectible and so um we need a policy

2008
01:43:44,320 --> 01:43:46,400
where it comes to provide certain

2009
01:43:46,400 --> 01:43:48,800
thresholds as to when things should be

2010
01:43:48,800 --> 01:43:52,000
written off at what stage of any

2011
01:43:52,000 --> 01:43:54,320
collection process

2012
01:43:54,320 --> 01:43:56,960
and to designate the ability for staff

2013
01:43:56,960 --> 01:43:59,119
to be able to be those writers.

2014
01:43:59,119 --> 01:44:02,639
Um currently there's no policy so that's

2015
01:44:02,639 --> 01:44:06,239
just an administrator of element to put

2016
01:44:06,239 --> 01:44:11,040
in place. Um there's also the software

2017
01:44:11,040 --> 01:44:13,679
implementation what's called case where

2018
01:44:13,679 --> 01:44:15,199
so this is to assist with the

2019
01:44:15,199 --> 01:44:17,520
preparation of financial statements and

2020
01:44:17,520 --> 01:44:20,560
processing group uh currently in solid

2021
01:44:20,560 --> 01:44:24,320
in Excel. It's very time consuming uh

2022
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:26,639
discuss this with our auditors that it's

2023
01:44:26,639 --> 01:44:28,480
the type of software that they utilize

2024
01:44:28,480 --> 01:44:30,800
and and to assist us with the

2025
01:44:30,800 --> 01:44:32,320
implementing

2026
01:44:32,320 --> 01:44:34,480
uh the software that will allow us to

2027
01:44:34,480 --> 01:44:37,679
stream speed our financial value

2028
01:44:37,679 --> 01:44:41,350
machine.

2029
01:44:41,360 --> 01:44:43,600
Um on the purchasing side we're also

2030
01:44:43,600 --> 01:44:46,480
looking at uh the platform that we use

2031
01:44:46,480 --> 01:44:49,199
when we it's called bits and tenders uh

2032
01:44:49,199 --> 01:44:52,320
includingly utilizing the full extent of

2033
01:44:52,320 --> 01:44:55,280
that software. So the intent is to look

2034
01:44:55,280 --> 01:44:58,480
at providing a fully end to end digital

2035
01:44:58,480 --> 01:45:01,440
platform for all of our purchases. So

2036
01:45:01,440 --> 01:45:04,960
when we issue an RFP or a tender or an

2037
01:45:04,960 --> 01:45:10,080
RF um we want to be able to do that all

2038
01:45:10,080 --> 01:45:12,239
digitally electronically

2039
01:45:12,239 --> 01:45:14,480
um the system right now we do that on

2040
01:45:14,480 --> 01:45:16,800
the system but then once we get the

2041
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:19,440
results award the contract that's where

2042
01:45:19,440 --> 01:45:21,360
the original support ends and so

2043
01:45:21,360 --> 01:45:23,360
everybody sort of manages their own

2044
01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:27,360
contract uh right now on an annual basis

2045
01:45:27,360 --> 01:45:29,440
we don't have a corporatewide sort of

2046
01:45:29,440 --> 01:45:31,040
repository

2047
01:45:31,040 --> 01:45:33,760
of information as to uh how we manage

2048
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:35,840
those contracts. So there's a contract

2049
01:45:35,840 --> 01:45:38,719
management module. So right from the RFP

2050
01:45:38,719 --> 01:45:43,199
RT stage uh we award the contract that

2051
01:45:43,199 --> 01:45:44,960
information then for the successful

2052
01:45:44,960 --> 01:45:47,600
getter also bring to this module that

2053
01:45:47,600 --> 01:45:50,159
where it will assist in contract

2054
01:45:50,159 --> 01:45:53,119
management. So for example uh there are

2055
01:45:53,119 --> 01:45:54,800
requirements under health and safety

2056
01:45:54,800 --> 01:46:00,239
under uh the vehicle waiver where uh

2057
01:46:00,239 --> 01:46:01,920
contractors are supposed to provide us

2058
01:46:01,920 --> 01:46:05,119
with uh a certificate to ensure that

2059
01:46:05,119 --> 01:46:08,320
that they're compliance with the BSA

2060
01:46:08,320 --> 01:46:10,480
standards act. So those certificates

2061
01:46:10,480 --> 01:46:14,880
only last 90 days if you have a jack

2062
01:46:14,880 --> 01:46:17,760
are supposed to utilize the system then

2063
01:46:17,760 --> 01:46:20,560
to upload the certificate. So stay

2064
01:46:20,560 --> 01:46:23,040
currently

2065
01:46:23,040 --> 01:46:27,679
with all of that. Um and then from

2066
01:46:27,679 --> 01:46:29,920
managing the contract to then evaluating

2067
01:46:29,920 --> 01:46:31,199
the performance at the end of that

2068
01:46:31,199 --> 01:46:34,480
contract. Um we should say and let's say

2069
01:46:34,480 --> 01:46:37,119
that there is project that did not go so

2070
01:46:37,119 --> 01:46:39,840
well that we want to then evaluate by

2071
01:46:39,840 --> 01:46:42,400
contractor

2072
01:46:42,400 --> 01:46:45,119
and let's say not use them future

2073
01:46:45,119 --> 01:46:47,600
projects within the system that have to

2074
01:46:47,600 --> 01:46:49,600
be identified and then then they could

2075
01:46:49,600 --> 01:46:52,560
be excluded from getting in the future

2076
01:46:52,560 --> 01:46:55,600
retirement if we so wish uh then we can

2077
01:46:55,600 --> 01:47:00,239
also manage this um platform and so a

2078
01:47:00,239 --> 01:47:02,400
number of these Especially

2079
01:47:02,400 --> 01:47:05,040
in this case, the project cost is not a

2080
01:47:05,040 --> 01:47:07,600
lot because a number of these platform

2081
01:47:07,600 --> 01:47:11,440
costs are a great for the municipality.

2082
01:47:11,440 --> 01:47:14,320
They're bored by the cost of the biders

2083
01:47:14,320 --> 01:47:17,760
who pay a fee to use that system and so

2084
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:19,679
this is just an enhancement to

2085
01:47:19,679 --> 01:47:21,199
digitizing

2086
01:47:21,199 --> 01:47:22,800
processes.

2087
01:47:22,800 --> 01:47:25,520
Um

2088
01:47:25,520 --> 01:47:27,600
likewise for a number of years now we've

2089
01:47:27,600 --> 01:47:29,119
tried to take a look and look at our

2090
01:47:29,119 --> 01:47:32,239
accounts paper looking at how we can

2091
01:47:32,239 --> 01:47:35,119
digitize that process. So instead of

2092
01:47:35,119 --> 01:47:39,119
having uh invoices and then uh you know

2093
01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:42,719
paper um where the sector has moved

2094
01:47:42,719 --> 01:47:45,520
there in a number of uh given the level

2095
01:47:45,520 --> 01:47:47,920
of technology currently available today

2096
01:47:47,920 --> 01:47:49,840
is where invoses can come in

2097
01:47:49,840 --> 01:47:51,360
electronically.

2098
01:47:51,360 --> 01:47:54,239
the software can read uh the information

2099
01:47:54,239 --> 01:47:58,880
off that invoice pretty uh the interest

2100
01:47:58,880 --> 01:48:02,080
to our system that can be then redeemed

2101
01:48:02,080 --> 01:48:05,360
by the uh whoever's whichever managers

2102
01:48:05,360 --> 01:48:07,920
to sign up on that process of that

2103
01:48:07,920 --> 01:48:10,400
invoice all that can be tracked

2104
01:48:10,400 --> 01:48:13,360
digitally so we ensure that if it

2105
01:48:13,360 --> 01:48:16,960
regards to signatures on an invoice sure

2106
01:48:16,960 --> 01:48:19,440
the system is set up so that it will

2107
01:48:19,440 --> 01:48:22,080
place them a lower value uh and which

2108
01:48:22,080 --> 01:48:24,960
department that it was for that can be

2109
01:48:24,960 --> 01:48:27,360
uh the workflow to be assigned according

2110
01:48:27,360 --> 01:48:31,920
to that. Um so that again digitizes and

2111
01:48:31,920 --> 01:48:34,480
streamines the whole process and that

2112
01:48:34,480 --> 01:48:38,719
will improve oversight in terms of the

2113
01:48:38,719 --> 01:48:40,400
accountability

2114
01:48:40,400 --> 01:48:43,520
or of purchasing based on the designated

2115
01:48:43,520 --> 01:48:45,760
purchasing policy which is one of the

2116
01:48:45,760 --> 01:48:48,400
areas that end terms of management

2117
01:48:48,400 --> 01:48:51,119
processes.

2118
01:48:51,119 --> 01:48:53,760
The next item is

2119
01:48:53,760 --> 01:48:56,080
probably one of the bigger items in the

2120
01:48:56,080 --> 01:48:58,880
finance portfolio place. That is that

2121
01:48:58,880 --> 01:49:03,440
our existing system um will no longer be

2122
01:49:03,440 --> 01:49:07,360
supported as of 2021 which means that we

2123
01:49:07,360 --> 01:49:11,600
are uh we will have to review

2124
01:49:11,600 --> 01:49:13,760
replacement options

2125
01:49:13,760 --> 01:49:16,880
where we have to rise and replace the

2126
01:49:16,880 --> 01:49:19,679
entire financial system. And so that is

2127
01:49:19,679 --> 01:49:21,679
just the current version of the software

2128
01:49:21,679 --> 01:49:25,440
is just no longer so important. So we've

2129
01:49:25,440 --> 01:49:28,080
been advised this year that uh as the

2130
01:49:28,080 --> 01:49:32,400
dead end of 2029 call

2131
01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:34,320
on that system

2132
01:49:34,320 --> 01:49:39,669
it was it has been in place

2133
01:49:39,679 --> 01:49:43,119
it is time to this just opportunity for

2134
01:49:43,119 --> 01:49:46,080
us to look at

2135
01:49:46,080 --> 01:49:48,639
don't only just replace the system but

2136
01:49:48,639 --> 01:49:51,760
the entire structure the whole uh geo

2137
01:49:51,760 --> 01:49:54,800
structure um and all the workflows to go

2138
01:49:54,800 --> 01:49:57,520
out. So this will take substantial

2139
01:49:57,520 --> 01:50:00,320
amount tonight uh over the next few

2140
01:50:00,320 --> 01:50:03,600
years because this is years in the

2141
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:06,480
planning to uh to change over this type

2142
01:50:06,480 --> 01:50:08,639
of system.

2143
01:50:08,639 --> 01:50:10,800
Um we'll also be looking at updating our

2144
01:50:10,800 --> 01:50:13,920
procurement policy. uh we identified

2145
01:50:13,920 --> 01:50:17,440
units of gaps in that LC that uh

2146
01:50:17,440 --> 01:50:21,360
requires some updating uh and

2147
01:50:21,360 --> 01:50:25,669
accidentally.

2148
01:50:25,679 --> 01:50:28,080
So over the next three years the outlook

2149
01:50:28,080 --> 01:50:30,480
again the the major item is the

2150
01:50:30,480 --> 01:50:32,159
replacement of the entire financial

2151
01:50:32,159 --> 01:50:35,199
system. We'll also then be looking at uh

2152
01:50:35,199 --> 01:50:38,000
as we talked about the the revenues

2153
01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:41,040
looking at a revenue policy um and

2154
01:50:41,040 --> 01:50:43,600
elements around that uh refinement of a

2155
01:50:43,600 --> 01:50:45,040
multi-year budgeting system and

2156
01:50:45,040 --> 01:50:47,119
processes

2157
01:50:47,119 --> 01:50:49,040
we've done some components in terms of

2158
01:50:49,040 --> 01:50:52,880
10ear capital but it's still based on

2159
01:50:52,880 --> 01:50:55,360
Excel spreadsheets that some of these

2160
01:50:55,360 --> 01:50:57,199
projects that are to continue that

2161
01:50:57,199 --> 01:51:01,600
defining the system to um to be able to

2162
01:51:01,600 --> 01:51:05,040
have technology assist departments and

2163
01:51:05,040 --> 01:51:07,840
managers with all those processes. One

2164
01:51:07,840 --> 01:51:10,000
of the benefits of that is that as

2165
01:51:10,000 --> 01:51:12,320
employees the new employees come on

2166
01:51:12,320 --> 01:51:15,360
board if they can log on to the system

2167
01:51:15,360 --> 01:51:18,639
and all the information is there

2168
01:51:18,639 --> 01:51:21,840
digital um will be a huge benefit in

2169
01:51:21,840 --> 01:51:25,280
terms of on board staff and for staff to

2170
01:51:25,280 --> 01:51:27,119
be able to have historical information

2171
01:51:27,119 --> 01:51:31,030
available

2172
01:51:31,040 --> 01:51:33,360
and so

2173
01:51:33,360 --> 01:51:34,800
continuation of asset management and

2174
01:51:34,800 --> 01:51:38,000
data enhancement. Again one of the big

2175
01:51:38,000 --> 01:51:39,920
still items in the asset management is

2176
01:51:39,920 --> 01:51:42,639
to ensure that we have better

2177
01:51:42,639 --> 01:51:44,320
data

2178
01:51:44,320 --> 01:51:47,040
on all of our assets that will involve

2179
01:51:47,040 --> 01:51:50,080
all asset managers. We have now by the

2180
01:51:50,080 --> 01:51:51,679
way been trained they've all received

2181
01:51:51,679 --> 01:51:56,320
the certificate that we um through NES

2182
01:51:56,320 --> 01:51:59,040
Canada uh who provided we're very

2183
01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:00,639
grateful to Canada for providing

2184
01:52:00,639 --> 01:52:02,800
subsidized training. We now have all

2185
01:52:02,800 --> 01:52:06,719
asset managers trained uh on the NAPS uh

2186
01:52:06,719 --> 01:52:10,159
on the asset management

2187
01:52:10,159 --> 01:52:13,599
framework and so we'll need to engage

2188
01:52:13,599 --> 01:52:15,920
with them this year as one of the

2189
01:52:15,920 --> 01:52:20,000
biggest range items to enhance that data

2190
01:52:20,000 --> 01:52:22,000
and then working towards the next few

2191
01:52:22,000 --> 01:52:24,080
years developing the financial

2192
01:52:24,080 --> 01:52:26,320
sustainability plan

2193
01:52:26,320 --> 01:52:29,199
which we kind of talked about as the

2194
01:52:29,199 --> 01:52:30,800
forecast

2195
01:52:30,800 --> 01:52:34,080
uh But developing the plan which is a

2196
01:52:34,080 --> 01:52:35,760
component of part of that data

2197
01:52:35,760 --> 01:52:38,480
enhancement uh but also all the relative

2198
01:52:38,480 --> 01:52:41,119
policies then relative systems it all

2199
01:52:41,119 --> 01:52:42,880
feed into the asset management what I

2200
01:52:42,880 --> 01:52:46,960
call an ecosystem um to ensure that as

2201
01:52:46,960 --> 01:52:50,800
work is done on asset management uh

2202
01:52:50,800 --> 01:52:53,920
every year that all those inputs are

2203
01:52:53,920 --> 01:52:57,119
channelneled through

2204
01:52:57,119 --> 01:53:00,800
the ecosystem to ensure that it informs

2205
01:53:00,800 --> 01:53:03,840
better decision making than budgeting

2206
01:53:03,840 --> 01:53:06,800
speak.

2207
01:53:06,800 --> 01:53:09,599
Some of the risks um

2208
01:53:09,599 --> 01:53:12,080
strengthen our internal processes is the

2209
01:53:12,080 --> 01:53:15,679
opportunity to look at the risk of the

2210
01:53:15,679 --> 01:53:17,599
improving of financial integrity within

2211
01:53:17,599 --> 01:53:20,320
the system. Again, it was the system is

2212
01:53:20,320 --> 01:53:23,840
there for more than two decades.

2213
01:53:23,840 --> 01:53:26,639
And so with looking at the new system,

2214
01:53:26,639 --> 01:53:29,280
we'll be looking to enhancing internal

2215
01:53:29,280 --> 01:53:33,760
controls. um of course the next few

2216
01:53:33,760 --> 01:53:38,719
years um our mental transitions um

2217
01:53:38,719 --> 01:53:41,599
workloads and so forth is a risk that we

2218
01:53:41,599 --> 01:53:44,159
need to look at is upskilling uh

2219
01:53:44,159 --> 01:53:47,360
expanding uh training development and

2220
01:53:47,360 --> 01:53:49,679
shared out

2221
01:53:49,679 --> 01:53:52,639
these are supported um and can be

2222
01:53:52,639 --> 01:53:55,520
successful

2223
01:53:55,520 --> 01:53:57,440
and of course the risk is legacy systems

2224
01:53:57,440 --> 01:54:00,880
and processes um so the opportunity was

2225
01:54:00,880 --> 01:54:04,159
to innovate the most strategic advance

2226
01:54:04,159 --> 01:54:07,040
investments and utilizing technology to

2227
01:54:07,040 --> 01:54:11,510
modernize.

2228
01:54:11,520 --> 01:54:14,480
So on a budget perspective the uh and

2229
01:54:14,480 --> 01:54:19,679
finance uh budget itself um has a lot of

2230
01:54:19,679 --> 01:54:23,760
external numbers uh introduced uh within

2231
01:54:23,760 --> 01:54:25,920
this budget. One of the things that

2232
01:54:25,920 --> 01:54:28,960
we'll be looking at exploring is uh

2233
01:54:28,960 --> 01:54:31,520
taking those elements that are external

2234
01:54:31,520 --> 01:54:34,239
uh to the department of activities and

2235
01:54:34,239 --> 01:54:37,920
goes through a different uh budget item.

2236
01:54:37,920 --> 01:54:41,760
Um and so again as Shane had noted one

2237
01:54:41,760 --> 01:54:45,119
of reserves transfers um both through

2238
01:54:45,119 --> 01:54:46,800
finance.

2239
01:54:46,800 --> 01:54:49,199
So it's hard to gauge looking at this

2240
01:54:49,199 --> 01:54:52,639
shouldn't be activity of France itself

2241
01:54:52,639 --> 01:54:54,719
but overall given all the food what

2242
01:54:54,719 --> 01:54:58,000
we're seeing is having

2243
01:54:58,000 --> 01:55:00,560
all the grants school

2244
01:55:00,560 --> 01:55:02,239
charges

2245
01:55:02,239 --> 01:55:04,880
contributions to service but in terms of

2246
01:55:04,880 --> 01:55:06,719
the expenditures

2247
01:55:06,719 --> 01:55:08,480
uh

2248
01:55:08,480 --> 01:55:12,159
labor and purchases those are all tied

2249
01:55:12,159 --> 01:55:16,560
to so just that provide

2250
01:55:16,560 --> 01:55:21,510
have been

2251
01:55:21,520 --> 01:55:25,119
projects that we look at on a three-year

2252
01:55:25,119 --> 01:55:27,599
basis. Again, we'll hopefully be able to

2253
01:55:27,599 --> 01:55:29,520
take a look at taking out some of the

2254
01:55:29,520 --> 01:55:32,560
components related to finance activities

2255
01:55:32,560 --> 01:55:34,800
and be able to hopefully provide better

2256
01:55:34,800 --> 01:55:37,520
venture. So just the finance department

2257
01:55:37,520 --> 01:55:41,589
itself

2258
01:55:41,599 --> 01:55:45,440
that's finance there's any questions

2259
01:55:45,440 --> 01:55:50,790
have any questions for motion

2260
01:55:50,800 --> 01:55:54,880
» um if it's not for this or for you just

2261
01:55:54,880 --> 01:55:57,920
let me know um through the chair the

2262
01:55:57,920 --> 01:56:01,040
director I have wondered and I've had a

2263
01:56:01,040 --> 01:56:03,679
couple people ask me how we come up with

2264
01:56:03,679 --> 01:56:06,080
the average house

2265
01:56:06,080 --> 01:56:08,159
amount

2266
01:56:08,159 --> 01:56:11,280
like for the levy like uh the increase

2267
01:56:11,280 --> 01:56:14,080
will be this amount based on the average

2268
01:56:14,080 --> 01:56:17,760
house of 243,000.

2269
01:56:17,760 --> 01:56:19,760
Um and people will comment that that

2270
01:56:19,760 --> 01:56:22,800
seems really low for a house in 2026.

2271
01:56:22,800 --> 01:56:25,840
I'm just wondering how um finance or

2272
01:56:25,840 --> 01:56:28,639
whoever comes up with that number comes

2273
01:56:28,639 --> 01:56:31,840
up with that number.

2274
01:56:31,840 --> 01:56:34,480
not for you matter

2275
01:56:34,480 --> 01:56:38,159
if I'm wrong that is the uh uh we

2276
01:56:38,159 --> 01:56:40,560
receive our assessment data from act

2277
01:56:40,560 --> 01:56:42,400
which is the municipal property

2278
01:56:42,400 --> 01:56:47,520
assessment corporation uh it is

2279
01:56:47,520 --> 01:56:49,840
an agency that is supported by all

2280
01:56:49,840 --> 01:56:51,840
municipalities but it's a provinially

2281
01:56:51,840 --> 01:56:54,080
designated agency and they undertake the

2282
01:56:54,080 --> 01:56:56,320
work of assessing all problems province

2283
01:56:56,320 --> 01:56:59,199
of Ontario they provide us with all the

2284
01:56:59,199 --> 01:57:06,000
data Um and so based on the the median

2285
01:57:06,000 --> 01:57:08,560
uh value for all properties, I think

2286
01:57:08,560 --> 01:57:11,040
we're around 77,000

2287
01:57:11,040 --> 01:57:12,960
or 8,000

2288
01:57:12,960 --> 01:57:15,360
8,000 properties.

2289
01:57:15,360 --> 01:57:20,800
uh to take a look at residential alone

2290
01:57:20,800 --> 01:57:25,119
the number uh that assessment assessment

2291
01:57:25,119 --> 01:57:26,880
provides

2292
01:57:26,880 --> 01:57:31,119
just as a vitamin D impact assessment is

2293
01:57:31,119 --> 01:57:34,400
not necessarily what value in terms of

2294
01:57:34,400 --> 01:57:37,280
resale value so assessment value is just

2295
01:57:37,280 --> 01:57:41,840
based on what you pay taxes on but

2296
01:57:41,840 --> 01:57:44,080
I'm sure most

2297
01:57:44,080 --> 01:57:45,840
say that But it would sell the house for

2298
01:57:45,840 --> 01:57:48,400
it. It's a little different than how

2299
01:57:48,400 --> 01:57:50,719
assessed.

2300
01:57:50,719 --> 01:57:51,510
>> I [clears throat] think also it's

2301
01:57:51,510 --> 01:57:51,520
» I [clears throat] think also it's

2302
01:57:51,520 --> 01:57:53,119
important to know the impact hasn't been

2303
01:57:53,119 --> 01:57:55,760
assessed since start. So the last

2304
01:57:55,760 --> 01:57:58,719
assessment was 2016.

2305
01:57:58,719 --> 01:58:00,629
>> Yeah, it was 2016 and they haven't

2306
01:58:00,629 --> 01:58:00,639
» Yeah, it was 2016 and they haven't

2307
01:58:00,639 --> 01:58:03,920
reassessed since then. Um but they do

2308
01:58:03,920 --> 01:58:05,679
like new builds they do assess though.

2309
01:58:05,679 --> 01:58:08,000
Am I correct on that? If there's a new

2310
01:58:08,000 --> 01:58:12,400
build um that is assessed. So your

2311
01:58:12,400 --> 01:58:16,159
average median does increase over time

2312
01:58:16,159 --> 01:58:17,679
even though they haven't done a

2313
01:58:17,679 --> 01:58:20,719
wholesome assessment because new builds

2314
01:58:20,719 --> 01:58:23,679
are assessed potentially

2315
01:58:23,679 --> 01:58:26,080
and their penac is a third party

2316
01:58:26,080 --> 01:58:30,560
independent already correct. Yes.

2317
01:58:30,560 --> 01:58:40,629
Thank you.

2318
01:58:40,639 --> 01:58:45,030
» To corporate services.

2319
01:58:45,040 --> 01:58:48,880
So corporate services uh currently it

2320
01:58:48,880 --> 01:58:51,840
includes four divisions and that is the

2321
01:58:51,840 --> 01:58:59,270
clerk's office uh customer service right

2322
01:58:59,280 --> 01:59:01,040
communications.

2323
01:59:01,040 --> 01:59:03,199
it was part of the closed uh division.

2324
01:59:03,199 --> 01:59:08,480
Um this slide that there's for 2026

2325
01:59:08,480 --> 01:59:11,440
was stated as a new

2326
01:59:11,440 --> 01:59:13,520
terms of reference for the advisory

2327
01:59:13,520 --> 01:59:15,679
committee structures. This was

2328
01:59:15,679 --> 01:59:20,480
identified uh required just but

2329
01:59:20,480 --> 01:59:23,760
that needs to be updated the uh also

2330
01:59:23,760 --> 01:59:25,760
business process reviews. So business

2331
01:59:25,760 --> 01:59:28,400
licensing process

2332
01:59:28,400 --> 01:59:31,199
um which includes office

2333
01:59:31,199 --> 01:59:33,440
stand by.

2334
01:59:33,440 --> 01:59:35,360
There are also a governor's policy

2335
01:59:35,360 --> 01:59:37,360
review and updates including the pursuit

2336
01:59:37,360 --> 01:59:40,159
of support

2337
01:59:40,159 --> 01:59:43,520
relations policies uh all to be updated

2338
01:59:43,520 --> 01:59:47,280
this year. Uh we also planned um over

2339
01:59:47,280 --> 01:59:49,599
the election 2026.

2340
01:59:49,599 --> 01:59:52,480
Um that piece is time and effort to

2341
01:59:52,480 --> 01:59:54,000
plan, deliver and administer the

2342
01:59:54,000 --> 01:59:58,320
election over both compliance

2343
01:59:58,320 --> 02:00:02,719
act and that is a cost but relative to

2344
02:00:02,719 --> 02:00:05,760
software the electronic voting system as

2345
02:00:05,760 --> 02:00:09,350
well as

2346
02:00:09,360 --> 02:00:12,080
processing and also this year planning

2347
02:00:12,080 --> 02:00:14,639
for of course once the election is

2348
02:00:14,639 --> 02:00:16,880
completed there'll be

2349
02:00:16,880 --> 02:00:21,840
council um facility provider team

2350
02:00:21,840 --> 02:00:23,840
orientation

2351
02:00:23,840 --> 02:00:26,239
very

2352
02:00:26,239 --> 02:00:27,760
program

2353
02:00:27,760 --> 02:00:29,679
and the records management user

2354
02:00:29,679 --> 02:00:30,880
adoption.

2355
02:00:30,880 --> 02:00:32,639
has been improved on our systems on

2356
02:00:32,639 --> 02:00:34,880
records management. The training goes

2357
02:00:34,880 --> 02:00:40,880
along with that uh will process

2358
02:00:40,880 --> 02:00:43,760
on the communications uh division side.

2359
02:00:43,760 --> 02:00:45,280
Um

2360
02:00:45,280 --> 02:00:48,080
be looking at updating uh and reviewing

2361
02:00:48,080 --> 02:00:51,679
the communication strategy

2362
02:00:51,679 --> 02:00:54,159
that will just be against that along

2363
02:00:54,159 --> 02:00:58,960
with that procedures and policies. uh

2364
02:00:58,960 --> 02:01:01,199
from that strategy

2365
02:01:01,199 --> 02:01:05,589
just as a you know

2366
02:01:05,599 --> 02:01:09,360
communications I still transition

2367
02:01:09,360 --> 02:01:11,599
on the customer service side told this

2368
02:01:11,599 --> 02:01:13,119
would be just looking at our business

2369
02:01:13,119 --> 02:01:17,270
license program

2370
02:01:17,280 --> 02:01:20,239
uh to ensure that that is extremely as

2371
02:01:20,239 --> 02:01:22,239
possible

2372
02:01:22,239 --> 02:01:25,040
looking at what are the parts of the

2373
02:01:25,040 --> 02:01:27,040
process

2374
02:01:27,040 --> 02:01:30,719
enhanced in any way on the IT division.

2375
02:01:30,719 --> 02:01:32,239
Um

2376
02:01:32,239 --> 02:01:35,473
looking at services modernization

2377
02:01:35,473 --> 02:01:36,400
[clears throat]

2378
02:01:36,400 --> 02:01:38,880
there is there's little capital conform

2379
02:01:38,880 --> 02:01:42,800
to the IT budget that is just you know

2380
02:01:42,800 --> 02:01:46,400
replacement IT equipment uh or the

2381
02:01:46,400 --> 02:01:48,400
entire network

2382
02:01:48,400 --> 02:01:50,639
the the replacement value now of all IT

2383
02:01:50,639 --> 02:01:52,880
equipment is

2384
02:01:52,880 --> 02:01:56,480
is about $2 million mark. So annually

2385
02:01:56,480 --> 02:02:01,270
different component of that but

2386
02:02:01,280 --> 02:02:03,280
so that is

2387
02:02:03,280 --> 02:02:06,400
that the time and effort then spent also

2388
02:02:06,400 --> 02:02:10,239
in terms of the major capital projects

2389
02:02:10,239 --> 02:02:13,520
along uh

2390
02:02:13,520 --> 02:02:15,360
the team

2391
02:02:15,360 --> 02:02:18,159
elements around that project then the

2392
02:02:18,159 --> 02:02:20,480
asset managing work

2393
02:02:20,480 --> 02:02:23,920
as we continue to look at um one of the

2394
02:02:23,920 --> 02:02:25,040
efforts

2395
02:02:25,040 --> 02:02:28,480
fired across all asset managers will be

2396
02:02:28,480 --> 02:02:32,239
trans of the data

2397
02:02:32,239 --> 02:02:35,199
future decisions.

2398
02:02:35,199 --> 02:02:37,840
some of the risks uh identified across

2399
02:02:37,840 --> 02:02:42,080
the board divisions obviously it u cyber

2400
02:02:42,080 --> 02:02:44,880
security is a very big top of mind

2401
02:02:44,880 --> 02:02:47,840
concern across the whole sector you know

2402
02:02:47,840 --> 02:02:49,599
there's been municipalities that has

2403
02:02:49,599 --> 02:02:53,040
been on to some of these threats and so

2404
02:02:53,040 --> 02:02:55,119
we need to be constantly evolving our

2405
02:02:55,119 --> 02:02:57,679
processes and

2406
02:02:57,679 --> 02:02:58,880
our infrastructure [clears throat]

2407
02:02:58,880 --> 02:03:03,520
to be able to uh hopefully prevent uh or

2408
02:03:03,520 --> 02:03:07,679
sometimes they say it nothing is 100%

2409
02:03:07,679 --> 02:03:11,589
>> is that if when it happens uh everything

2410
02:03:11,589 --> 02:03:11,599
» is that if when it happens uh everything

2411
02:03:11,599 --> 02:03:14,400
is set up to ensure that we cover

2412
02:03:14,400 --> 02:03:19,199
student matter. Um the clerk's in the

2413
02:03:19,199 --> 02:03:21,199
clerk's office they've identified

2414
02:03:21,199 --> 02:03:24,159
physical record storage as a key issue

2415
02:03:24,159 --> 02:03:26,480
in terms of ensuring [clears throat]

2416
02:03:26,480 --> 02:03:28,080
uh

2417
02:03:28,080 --> 02:03:30,719
preservation of records. Hopefully that

2418
02:03:30,719 --> 02:03:32,159
will be addressed as part of the

2419
02:03:32,159 --> 02:03:35,360
renovations of destiny service center uh

2420
02:03:35,360 --> 02:03:37,280
contin

2421
02:03:37,280 --> 02:03:42,159
um insurance of course we're looking at

2422
02:03:42,159 --> 02:03:45,119
um risk management systems and processes

2423
02:03:45,119 --> 02:03:47,199
as council ready for the presentation in

2424
02:03:47,199 --> 02:03:49,280
order to ensure some of the audits that

2425
02:03:49,280 --> 02:03:52,080
we've already undertaken need to

2426
02:03:52,080 --> 02:03:54,400
continue to undertake those audits to

2427
02:03:54,400 --> 02:03:57,599
ensure that we uh are doing everything

2428
02:03:57,599 --> 02:04:00,480
possible so that whenever there This he

2429
02:04:00,480 --> 02:04:03,679
kind of claims that we can propose if

2430
02:04:03,679 --> 02:04:09,189
are set up to uh minimize

2431
02:04:09,199 --> 02:04:12,950
in communications

2432
02:04:12,960 --> 02:04:16,000
by sort of being to analyze difficult to

2433
02:04:16,000 --> 02:04:17,520
build

2434
02:04:17,520 --> 02:04:19,440
the use of expansion and various

2435
02:04:19,440 --> 02:04:23,040
deliverables across the organization. So

2436
02:04:23,040 --> 02:04:24,880
as part of the world communications

2437
02:04:24,880 --> 02:04:30,149
strategy reviews

2438
02:04:30,159 --> 02:04:34,239
of communications to your development to

2439
02:04:34,239 --> 02:04:36,320
support the organization

2440
02:04:36,320 --> 02:04:38,320
uh and overall open service is just

2441
02:04:38,320 --> 02:04:39,760
keeping up with the managed service

2442
02:04:39,760 --> 02:04:41,679
levels

2443
02:04:41,679 --> 02:04:45,760
the organization and some initiatives.

2444
02:04:45,760 --> 02:04:49,760
Uh the opportunities of course are to

2445
02:04:49,760 --> 02:04:53,199
as we continue to again streamline our

2446
02:04:53,199 --> 02:04:55,760
systems uh to create a stronger

2447
02:04:55,760 --> 02:04:59,520
representative environment. um to look

2448
02:04:59,520 --> 02:05:01,599
at risk reduction practices to mitigate

2449
02:05:01,599 --> 02:05:05,360
exposure to costs. But

2450
02:05:05,360 --> 02:05:07,040
split of ways of how we can engage

2451
02:05:07,040 --> 02:05:10,719
citizens in ways

2452
02:05:10,719 --> 02:05:15,119
increase support the organization

2453
02:05:15,119 --> 02:05:17,440
records program ways of help to

2454
02:05:17,440 --> 02:05:21,280
modernize that support and just overall

2455
02:05:21,280 --> 02:05:23,599
just implementing updated tools and

2456
02:05:23,599 --> 02:05:30,629
technology and create stronger support

2457
02:05:30,639 --> 02:05:32,880
over the next three years. uh in

2458
02:05:32,880 --> 02:05:36,239
corporate services. Um again key focus

2459
02:05:36,239 --> 02:05:39,119
on our records management program. It's

2460
02:05:39,119 --> 02:05:41,920
not only just about

2461
02:05:41,920 --> 02:05:44,480
ensuring that the records are there but

2462
02:05:44,480 --> 02:05:46,719
that has a huge impact and supporting

2463
02:05:46,719 --> 02:05:50,239
decisions uh store decisions how they

2464
02:05:50,239 --> 02:05:53,119
impact the environment

2465
02:05:53,119 --> 02:05:58,719
how that information utilized to

2466
02:05:58,719 --> 02:06:00,639
mitigate risks from an insurance

2467
02:06:00,639 --> 02:06:02,320
perspective.

2468
02:06:02,320 --> 02:06:05,040
governance perspective of council

2469
02:06:05,040 --> 02:06:08,639
adequate records also the overall

2470
02:06:08,639 --> 02:06:10,400
efficiency governance of the

2471
02:06:10,400 --> 02:06:12,639
municipality

2472
02:06:12,639 --> 02:06:17,920
communication and three years behind the

2473
02:06:17,920 --> 02:06:20,080
servant growing community who's becoming

2474
02:06:20,080 --> 02:06:23,040
more

2475
02:06:23,040 --> 02:06:25,199
higher expectations while still

2476
02:06:25,199 --> 02:06:27,280
understanding that you serve the world

2477
02:06:27,280 --> 02:06:31,840
should audience still do to serve our

2478
02:06:31,840 --> 02:06:34,400
U it improvements and expansions to

2479
02:06:34,400 --> 02:06:36,800
support the organization and just

2480
02:06:36,800 --> 02:06:39,360
ongoing training andification of support

2481
02:06:39,360 --> 02:06:41,040
and training to share residents and

2482
02:06:41,040 --> 02:06:44,390
service delivery.

2483
02:06:44,400 --> 02:06:47,440
Um in this part of the budget is also

2484
02:06:47,440 --> 02:06:51,520
where the council budget exists.

2485
02:06:51,520 --> 02:06:55,199
Council just overall just items uh

2486
02:06:55,199 --> 02:06:57,440
women, parents, children services as

2487
02:06:57,440 --> 02:07:00,560
part of the election. uh invite the rest

2488
02:07:00,560 --> 02:07:03,520
is just

2489
02:07:03,520 --> 02:07:09,669
changes

2490
02:07:09,679 --> 02:07:14,870
any questions.

2491
02:07:14,880 --> 02:07:18,560
» Um I don't think it's necessary but I

2492
02:07:18,560 --> 02:07:21,440
think council's well prepared. Um just

2493
02:07:21,440 --> 02:07:23,760
pass on any questions

2494
02:07:23,760 --> 02:07:31,189
to the director

2495
02:07:31,199 --> 02:07:33,520
and do we invite

2496
02:07:33,520 --> 02:07:37,199
director of operations and

2497
02:07:37,199 --> 02:07:38,000
thank

2498
02:07:38,000 --> 02:08:05,589
Good afternoon.

2499
02:08:05,599 --> 02:08:07,760
presenting the 2026 plan for the

2500
02:08:07,760 --> 02:08:11,750
operations and development department.

2501
02:08:11,760 --> 02:08:13,440
You can see here one of the projects

2502
02:08:13,440 --> 02:08:16,159
that we are focusing on next this year

2503
02:08:16,159 --> 02:08:19,040
is a town hall project. coordination

2504
02:08:19,040 --> 02:08:21,360
with CBO, director of operations. We're

2505
02:08:21,360 --> 02:08:23,599
also working with all departments like

2506
02:08:23,599 --> 02:08:26,880
finance and CEO.

2507
02:08:26,880 --> 02:08:28,719
Another big project for for this year is

2508
02:08:28,719 --> 02:08:30,880
the continuation of the grand area

2509
02:08:30,880 --> 02:08:33,440
consulting project. That project started

2510
02:08:33,440 --> 02:08:37,040
in 2025 and will continue for this the

2511
02:08:37,040 --> 02:08:42,310
first quarters of 2026.

2512
02:08:42,320 --> 02:08:45,280
For 2026, we also have the annual road

2513
02:08:45,280 --> 02:08:48,880
present program. Um we're expecting to

2514
02:08:48,880 --> 02:08:52,400
complete this program by Q4 2026 and the

2515
02:08:52,400 --> 02:08:59,189
amount is $240,000.

2516
02:08:59,199 --> 02:09:01,920
Same way for um for this year we

2517
02:09:01,920 --> 02:09:03,920
continue with the sidewalk connectivity

2518
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:05,920
program [clears throat] with an

2519
02:09:05,920 --> 02:09:10,470
allocation of $150,000.

2520
02:09:10,480 --> 02:09:13,920
to continue with um increasing

2521
02:09:13,920 --> 02:09:16,560
connectivity within the town and we are

2522
02:09:16,560 --> 02:09:20,880
expecting to complete this by 2026.

2523
02:09:20,880 --> 02:09:23,280
There are two bridges projects for this

2524
02:09:23,280 --> 02:09:26,320
year pedestrian bridge and the other one

2525
02:09:26,320 --> 02:09:29,199
is the discover in uh these two projects

2526
02:09:29,199 --> 02:09:31,679
but we are waiting for confirmation from

2527
02:09:31,679 --> 02:09:36,159
the all study uh extinguish needed. Uh

2528
02:09:36,159 --> 02:09:39,440
we have a consultant who is currently

2529
02:09:39,440 --> 02:09:41,520
doing an assessment who needs an

2530
02:09:41,520 --> 02:09:42,880
assessment of all the bridges that we

2531
02:09:42,880 --> 02:09:45,360
have in south. Uh we're expecting final

2532
02:09:45,360 --> 02:09:48,079
report soon but that will communicate uh

2533
02:09:48,079 --> 02:09:50,000
what direction will follow what they

2534
02:09:50,000 --> 02:09:51,920
need to do to maintain this or maybe

2535
02:09:51,920 --> 02:09:54,800
fairies from here. So we wait final

2536
02:09:54,800 --> 02:09:57,599
information. So just on that because I I

2537
02:09:57,599 --> 02:09:59,280
know we've had this discussion um

2538
02:09:59,280 --> 02:10:03,520
especially regarding the late at

2539
02:10:03,520 --> 02:10:07,760
um the funding is there. So then if not

2540
02:10:07,760 --> 02:10:11,280
all that funding it goes into reserves

2541
02:10:11,280 --> 02:10:15,920
for teacher correct.

2542
02:10:15,920 --> 02:10:19,599
So for 20.6 states for office we have we

2543
02:10:19,599 --> 02:10:22,000
are showing a $300,000

2544
02:10:22,000 --> 02:10:25,280
uh this project and for the average

2545
02:10:25,280 --> 02:10:29,830
avenue for $623,000

2546
02:10:29,840 --> 02:10:31,760
I just mentioned those projects are not

2547
02:10:31,760 --> 02:10:33,760
needed but we can extend this for the

2548
02:10:33,760 --> 02:10:36,880
service life of the two assets then that

2549
02:10:36,880 --> 02:10:44,470
money that money will

2550
02:10:44,480 --> 02:10:47,510
projectation.

2551
02:10:47,520 --> 02:10:50,159
This is a county with their project 100%

2552
02:10:50,159 --> 02:10:53,840
funded by the county. Um but our

2553
02:10:53,840 --> 02:10:57,280
department will make will be the

2554
02:10:57,280 --> 02:10:59,440
in getting consultant to do the design

2555
02:10:59,440 --> 02:11:01,679
and getting a contract to the

2556
02:11:01,679 --> 02:11:03,679
constructoration required for this

2557
02:11:03,679 --> 02:11:08,320
project. There is a budget for $850,000

2558
02:11:08,320 --> 02:11:12,719
and the practice of health condition is

2559
02:11:12,719 --> 02:11:14,639
also the street lights annual renewal

2560
02:11:14,639 --> 02:11:17,520
program. This is a program that engineer

2561
02:11:17,520 --> 02:11:20,239
engineering overseas but is being

2562
02:11:20,239 --> 02:11:23,599
completed by TSI

2563
02:11:23,599 --> 02:11:26,639
for this year. We are we are budgeting

2564
02:11:26,639 --> 02:11:28,960
for $150,000.

2565
02:11:28,960 --> 02:11:31,280
This is the last year that TSH will be

2566
02:11:31,280 --> 02:11:32,841
deleted for this program and

2567
02:11:32,841 --> 02:11:34,320
[clears throat] said that they will be

2568
02:11:34,320 --> 02:11:35,920
completing their annual program this

2569
02:11:35,920 --> 02:11:39,040
year. So we are hoping internally to do

2570
02:11:39,040 --> 02:11:42,079
some assessment of all the street lights

2571
02:11:42,079 --> 02:11:44,631
assets that we have in town building

2572
02:11:44,631 --> 02:11:46,400
[snorts] a database making sure that we

2573
02:11:46,400 --> 02:11:49,119
understand uh the condition they are how

2574
02:11:49,119 --> 02:11:51,520
many do we have and how much money are

2575
02:11:51,520 --> 02:11:54,079
required going forward for overseeing

2576
02:11:54,079 --> 02:11:56,159
these assets. We're expecting to

2577
02:11:56,159 --> 02:12:00,550
complete this by Q46.

2578
02:12:00,560 --> 02:12:04,320
An important project is water storm

2579
02:12:04,320 --> 02:12:08,480
water manage and or master plan. Um this

2580
02:12:08,480 --> 02:12:11,119
is a master plan that we will look into

2581
02:12:11,119 --> 02:12:13,520
the storm water management for the town

2582
02:12:13,520 --> 02:12:16,880
as a whole big picture. um they're

2583
02:12:16,880 --> 02:12:19,920
budgeting $450,000

2584
02:12:19,920 --> 02:12:22,400
because it's an extensive study that

2585
02:12:22,400 --> 02:12:26,239
will um would require a couple of uh

2586
02:12:26,239 --> 02:12:29,760
consultation with the public and um

2587
02:12:29,760 --> 02:12:31,920
consultation with all the stakeholders.

2588
02:12:31,920 --> 02:12:33,270
>> We're anticipating that it's going to be

2589
02:12:33,270 --> 02:12:33,280
» We're anticipating that it's going to be

2590
02:12:33,280 --> 02:12:36,239
a multi-year project and ending in the

2591
02:12:36,239 --> 02:12:41,109
future

2592
02:12:41,119 --> 02:12:42,560
for the airport. There is a few projects

2593
02:12:42,560 --> 02:12:44,960
planned for this year. The first one is

2594
02:12:44,960 --> 02:12:49,119
this is a carry forward for 2023.

2595
02:12:49,119 --> 02:12:52,000
In 2023, council approved this project

2596
02:12:52,000 --> 02:12:56,000
by spending Nets and

2597
02:12:56,000 --> 02:12:59,360
we are hoping that by the end of Q2

2598
02:12:59,360 --> 02:13:00,960
there's going to be some lands at the

2599
02:13:00,960 --> 02:13:05,199
airport that will help us to proceed

2600
02:13:05,199 --> 02:13:07,040
with this project and an apron station

2601
02:13:07,040 --> 02:13:10,079
at the airport.

2602
02:13:10,079 --> 02:13:12,800
Same way there's an drainage maintenance

2603
02:13:12,800 --> 02:13:15,040
that is required at the airport ends. Um

2604
02:13:15,040 --> 02:13:17,599
they're budgeting $20,000. Um they're

2605
02:13:17,599 --> 02:13:21,280
spending to complete this six. Finally,

2606
02:13:21,280 --> 02:13:25,840
there is some shelter for uh keypad uh

2607
02:13:25,840 --> 02:13:29,840
$7,000 that is also required I expected

2608
02:13:29,840 --> 02:13:33,599
to be completed by future

2609
02:13:33,599 --> 02:13:36,229
reach [clears throat]

2610
02:13:36,239 --> 02:13:38,159
also part of the business of business we

2611
02:13:38,159 --> 02:13:41,840
are focusing on promotion

2612
02:13:41,840 --> 02:13:45,360
the next year uh sorry for this year we

2613
02:13:45,360 --> 02:13:47,520
are going to work with economic

2614
02:13:47,520 --> 02:13:51,040
development staff and public works when

2615
02:13:51,040 --> 02:13:53,199
we make sure that we promote the airport

2616
02:13:53,199 --> 02:13:54,880
uh for the community. It's an important

2617
02:13:54,880 --> 02:13:57,440
asset uh brings value to the town and to

2618
02:13:57,440 --> 02:14:00,639
the to the area. So we are trying to

2619
02:14:00,639 --> 02:14:02,320
work with the department to make sure

2620
02:14:02,320 --> 02:14:05,760
that we promote the airport.

2621
02:14:05,760 --> 02:14:07,280
The project is implementation of the

2622
02:14:07,280 --> 02:14:09,840
airport development fund. This is a

2623
02:14:09,840 --> 02:14:13,280
strategy that was identified in the

2624
02:14:13,280 --> 02:14:15,360
airport master plan that was completed

2625
02:14:15,360 --> 02:14:17,760
at 2021

2626
02:14:17,760 --> 02:14:19,840
and provide some direction of

2627
02:14:19,840 --> 02:14:23,440
coordination with um municipalities

2628
02:14:23,440 --> 02:14:25,599
neighboring municipalities

2629
02:14:25,599 --> 02:14:28,800
to make sure that we uh provide sources

2630
02:14:28,800 --> 02:14:30,560
of revenue for the airport. So we're

2631
02:14:30,560 --> 02:14:32,639
going to be looking at that with and

2632
02:14:32,639 --> 02:14:35,760
with economic development staff manager

2633
02:14:35,760 --> 02:14:37,280
of public works to make sure that we can

2634
02:14:37,280 --> 02:14:39,119
implement that or at least invest to get

2635
02:14:39,119 --> 02:14:41,840
an option to to generate more revenue

2636
02:14:41,840 --> 02:14:44,800
for you.

2637
02:14:44,800 --> 02:14:47,360
Uh we're also working with the public

2638
02:14:47,360 --> 02:14:49,920
force department and communications uh

2639
02:14:49,920 --> 02:14:51,360
to have a better strategy for

2640
02:14:51,360 --> 02:14:53,360
communication uh from the post

2641
02:14:53,360 --> 02:14:55,760
department. As you can see some emails

2642
02:14:55,760 --> 02:14:57,199
related to interventionist that's

2643
02:14:57,199 --> 02:14:59,840
something where we are looking for some

2644
02:14:59,840 --> 02:15:03,199
uh collaboration with communications and

2645
02:15:03,199 --> 02:15:05,920
the corporate neutral departments uh to

2646
02:15:05,920 --> 02:15:08,079
make sure that we communicate better.

2647
02:15:08,079 --> 02:15:09,840
green hazard communication strategy to

2648
02:15:09,840 --> 02:15:12,320
the public to staff uh especially when

2649
02:15:12,320 --> 02:15:15,119
there is winter events and any other

2650
02:15:15,119 --> 02:15:17,508
road u

2651
02:15:17,508 --> 02:15:18,079
[clears throat]

2652
02:15:18,079 --> 02:15:20,639
that are required uh events that are

2653
02:15:20,639 --> 02:15:23,599
required. So plan to complete that at

2654
02:15:23,599 --> 02:15:27,440
YouTube 26.

2655
02:15:27,440 --> 02:15:32,320
Uh also this year um the pingo contract

2656
02:15:32,320 --> 02:15:34,719
will expire. So the March 31st is the

2657
02:15:34,719 --> 02:15:38,639
last day that um we will have on

2658
02:15:38,639 --> 02:15:42,400
services for the kickoff. We already

2659
02:15:42,400 --> 02:15:44,960
advertised the RFP before the holidays.

2660
02:15:44,960 --> 02:15:47,840
So it's already out and it's closing at

2661
02:15:47,840 --> 02:15:49,840
the end of 2026.

2662
02:15:49,840 --> 02:15:53,920
We're hoping to get good good um buyers

2663
02:15:53,920 --> 02:15:58,079
good companies meeting on it. um that

2664
02:15:58,079 --> 02:16:02,960
401 to cancel in February recommending a

2665
02:16:02,960 --> 02:16:10,950
a service provided for for the people

2666
02:16:10,960 --> 02:16:13,040
for building and by law. We have a

2667
02:16:13,040 --> 02:16:16,639
project digitization

2668
02:16:16,639 --> 02:16:19,679
verified in the session project

2669
02:16:19,679 --> 02:16:25,589
cost uh 10,000 and is

2670
02:16:25,599 --> 02:16:29,280
also the building and B department is

2671
02:16:29,280 --> 02:16:31,440
planning to review the notice the animal

2672
02:16:31,440 --> 02:16:34,399
control and the low maintenance bio is

2673
02:16:34,399 --> 02:16:36,960
an annual review that we're hoping to do

2674
02:16:36,960 --> 02:16:39,439
to make sure that our policies are up to

2675
02:16:39,439 --> 02:16:42,160
date. um and again expect to be

2676
02:16:42,160 --> 02:16:45,920
finalized by Q4 2026.

2677
02:16:45,920 --> 02:16:49,200
And finally, they're implementing a new

2678
02:16:49,200 --> 02:16:52,960
traffic ticket software. Um I've been

2679
02:16:52,960 --> 02:16:55,200
told that the the current system we're

2680
02:16:55,200 --> 02:16:57,439
using is we don't have the support that

2681
02:16:57,439 --> 02:16:59,679
is required. So we're looking at a

2682
02:16:59,679 --> 02:17:01,920
strategy or something different to to be

2683
02:17:01,920 --> 02:17:05,760
able to continue providing service.

2684
02:17:05,760 --> 02:17:08,880
17 pay cost of $12,800

2685
02:17:08,880 --> 02:17:14,469
and is expected to be completed by 386

2686
02:17:14,479 --> 02:17:17,200
for fleet this year. You only have a few

2687
02:17:17,200 --> 02:17:19,519
projects.

2688
02:17:19,519 --> 02:17:22,240
First one is uh the loan factory which

2689
02:17:22,240 --> 02:17:25,519
is now unit is required for packs parks

2690
02:17:25,519 --> 02:17:27,519
and cemetery

2691
02:17:27,519 --> 02:17:33,040
proving $25,000 at 20 $25,800.

2692
02:17:33,040 --> 02:17:35,120
Um we're hoping to get this unit in

2693
02:17:35,120 --> 02:17:38,240
place by Q46.

2694
02:17:38,240 --> 02:17:41,280
There is also a trackless road banner

2695
02:17:41,280 --> 02:17:44,160
attachment that is required for road

2696
02:17:44,160 --> 02:17:47,200
that cost $33,000

2697
02:17:47,200 --> 02:17:55,030
and expected to be completed by Q3

2698
02:17:55,040 --> 02:17:57,599
project there is some risk also. So

2699
02:17:57,599 --> 02:18:01,200
first one is they're working along with

2700
02:18:01,200 --> 02:18:03,519
Norish to

2701
02:18:03,519 --> 02:18:05,519
negotiate a new boundary agreement

2702
02:18:05,519 --> 02:18:07,760
agreement. Currently there is no

2703
02:18:07,760 --> 02:18:10,319
boundary road agreement

2704
02:18:10,319 --> 02:18:12,800
and a draft has been provided to them by

2705
02:18:12,800 --> 02:18:15,120
the CEO. Last month it was provided to

2706
02:18:15,120 --> 02:18:18,160
them. We met um before the holidays

2707
02:18:18,160 --> 02:18:23,120
there was we um discussed the draft and

2708
02:18:23,120 --> 02:18:24,639
we're hoping within the next two three

2709
02:18:24,639 --> 02:18:26,559
months hopefully

2710
02:18:26,559 --> 02:18:29,120
get an agreement agreeing principle to

2711
02:18:29,120 --> 02:18:32,639
be intended to both cancel

2712
02:18:32,639 --> 02:18:36,080
and spot.

2713
02:18:36,080 --> 02:18:39,519
In addition, there is also the new 2024

2714
02:18:39,519 --> 02:18:41,840
building code. There is a new revision

2715
02:18:41,840 --> 02:18:44,160
um that continues to create some

2716
02:18:44,160 --> 02:18:45,920
frustration with contractor developers

2717
02:18:45,920 --> 02:18:48,960
and property owners. And then we're

2718
02:18:48,960 --> 02:18:50,719
working with staff making sure that we

2719
02:18:50,719 --> 02:18:54,319
provide the u training uh resources

2720
02:18:54,319 --> 02:18:57,120
available to uh stakeholders and the

2721
02:18:57,120 --> 02:18:58,880
public so they understand the

2722
02:18:58,880 --> 02:19:02,479
implication of the new building code.

2723
02:19:02,479 --> 02:19:04,800
also ensuring that all staff staff

2724
02:19:04,800 --> 02:19:06,160
maintain and upgrade the provincial

2725
02:19:06,160 --> 02:19:09,599
qualifications required by um municipal

2726
02:19:09,599 --> 02:19:11,679
affairs and housing

2727
02:19:11,679 --> 02:19:14,240
related to the new 2024 Ontario building

2728
02:19:14,240 --> 02:19:17,040
called

2729
02:19:17,040 --> 02:19:18,719
also another rift is the increase in

2730
02:19:18,719 --> 02:19:20,960
homeless homelessness

2731
02:19:20,960 --> 02:19:23,120
we have receiving a lot of inquiries and

2732
02:19:23,120 --> 02:19:26,000
complaints so again it's staff time make

2733
02:19:26,000 --> 02:19:28,639
sure that we all this working with all

2734
02:19:28,639 --> 02:19:31,359
the partners stakeholders county make

2735
02:19:31,359 --> 02:19:33,599
sure that there is Um there is a a

2736
02:19:33,599 --> 02:19:36,160
better way to deal with all this uh

2737
02:19:36,160 --> 02:19:42,790
issue

2738
02:19:42,800 --> 02:19:44,559
opportunities

2739
02:19:44,559 --> 02:19:47,120
on boundary agreements with lower tier

2740
02:19:47,120 --> 02:19:49,840
policies. Investigation of the private

2741
02:19:49,840 --> 02:19:52,880
law for the airport. Uh continue

2742
02:19:52,880 --> 02:19:54,479
implementation of record management

2743
02:19:54,479 --> 02:19:56,960
within public works engineering and

2744
02:19:56,960 --> 02:19:59,359
water with water departments.

2745
02:19:59,359 --> 02:20:01,200
evaluate and leverage storm manual

2746
02:20:01,200 --> 02:20:03,200
condition assessment that they're taking

2747
02:20:03,200 --> 02:20:04,560
and that's something that we already

2748
02:20:04,560 --> 02:20:08,000
started this year. Um as part of the

2749
02:20:08,000 --> 02:20:10,479
annual program of counting

2750
02:20:10,479 --> 02:20:12,720
every every year they go and do

2751
02:20:12,720 --> 02:20:15,760
inspection of sanitary sewers. Um this

2752
02:20:15,760 --> 02:20:17,280
year for the first time we ask the

2753
02:20:17,280 --> 02:20:20,399
county to also include the storm water

2754
02:20:20,399 --> 02:20:23,040
management tornos

2755
02:20:23,040 --> 02:20:25,359
as well as b assessment. There is an

2756
02:20:25,359 --> 02:20:27,760
asset that's been evaluated and the

2757
02:20:27,760 --> 02:20:30,080
conditions being provided to us. So we

2758
02:20:30,080 --> 02:20:31,680
are hoping to continue that program

2759
02:20:31,680 --> 02:20:34,319
every year. So we understand we know

2760
02:20:34,319 --> 02:20:37,359
better the conditions of all the sewer

2761
02:20:37,359 --> 02:20:41,910
assets

2762
02:20:41,920 --> 02:20:44,319
also improvement of developmental

2763
02:20:44,319 --> 02:20:46,399
communication to communicate I'm sorry

2764
02:20:46,399 --> 02:20:49,920
to the community and the volunteer.

2765
02:20:49,920 --> 02:20:53,520
Uh finally b review provides updates and

2766
02:20:53,520 --> 02:20:56,000
verification that are further

2767
02:20:56,000 --> 02:20:59,590
over this

2768
02:20:59,600 --> 02:21:02,080
opportunities as well continue continue

2769
02:21:02,080 --> 02:21:03,920
to use the corporate service request and

2770
02:21:03,920 --> 02:21:07,120
work to manage the system. Um there's

2771
02:21:07,120 --> 02:21:08,880
been a change with water and waste

2772
02:21:08,880 --> 02:21:11,600
water. The county town requires that the

2773
02:21:11,600 --> 02:21:14,960
town uses cargo which is a different

2774
02:21:14,960 --> 02:21:16,720
platform

2775
02:21:16,720 --> 02:21:19,520
historically will be using mesh

2776
02:21:19,520 --> 02:21:22,000
um but the request of the county now

2777
02:21:22,000 --> 02:21:24,319
starts have been trained and we're going

2778
02:21:24,319 --> 02:21:27,840
to roll up this new prog

2779
02:21:27,840 --> 02:21:32,560
tool that will be used going forward

2780
02:21:32,560 --> 02:21:33,920
social improvement of the private

2781
02:21:33,920 --> 02:21:36,080
communications the community and

2782
02:21:36,080 --> 02:21:42,870
development industry Our

2783
02:21:42,880 --> 02:21:47,200
2026 um environmental goals rehabilitate

2784
02:21:47,200 --> 02:21:52,070
replace infrastructure that is needed.

2785
02:21:52,080 --> 02:21:54,000
Implement water main direction plus

2786
02:21:54,000 --> 02:21:57,680
program. Implement san

2787
02:21:57,680 --> 02:22:00,399
program. Continue the annual truck

2788
02:22:00,399 --> 02:22:03,200
account program and then pursue

2789
02:22:03,200 --> 02:22:04,960
available commission of federal capital

2790
02:22:04,960 --> 02:22:06,880
funding opportunities. This is critical

2791
02:22:06,880 --> 02:22:08,479
for the department. We're always looking

2792
02:22:08,479 --> 02:22:10,880
for opportunities for funding from

2793
02:22:10,880 --> 02:22:14,160
provincial and federal levels. As um we

2794
02:22:14,160 --> 02:22:17,120
have as the director of finer mentioned

2795
02:22:17,120 --> 02:22:21,120
the um the opportunity

2796
02:22:21,120 --> 02:22:22,720
for additional revenue are very

2797
02:22:22,720 --> 02:22:27,190
important for us.

2798
02:22:27,200 --> 02:22:29,760
2027 there's a list of programs on

2799
02:22:29,760 --> 02:22:32,240
similar programs that we do every year.

2800
02:22:32,240 --> 02:22:35,920
And then from 20 to 28 there's the same

2801
02:22:35,920 --> 02:22:38,000
same programs that we are continue to

2802
02:22:38,000 --> 02:22:41,120
develop basis.

2803
02:22:41,120 --> 02:22:44,000
So the rest of the slides show the

2804
02:22:44,000 --> 02:22:47,200
financial information

2805
02:22:47,200 --> 02:22:49,040
and some specific about the forecast.

2806
02:22:49,040 --> 02:22:50,560
I'm happy to answer any question.

2807
02:22:50,560 --> 02:22:52,710
>> Thank you.

2808
02:22:52,710 --> 02:22:52,720
» Thank you.

2809
02:22:52,720 --> 02:22:54,880
Questions for the director

2810
02:22:54,880 --> 02:22:56,160
Spencer

2811
02:22:56,160 --> 02:22:58,550
>> uh through you chair to director of

2812
02:22:58,550 --> 02:22:58,560
» uh through you chair to director of

2813
02:22:58,560 --> 02:23:00,880
operations regarding the TICO. I've

2814
02:23:00,880 --> 02:23:03,280
heard several people still asking about

2815
02:23:03,280 --> 02:23:06,880
inner city and I know within Oxford um

2816
02:23:06,880 --> 02:23:10,720
there wasn't um

2817
02:23:10,720 --> 02:23:14,960
uh feasibility with collaboration is

2818
02:23:14,960 --> 02:23:17,760
there any way or has there been any

2819
02:23:17,760 --> 02:23:20,319
thought about approaching Elmer like I

2820
02:23:20,319 --> 02:23:22,319
know that a lot of Tilsonberg hospital

2821
02:23:22,319 --> 02:23:24,560
patients are trans or not transferred

2822
02:23:24,560 --> 02:23:26,560
but sent to Elmer for let's say

2823
02:23:26,560 --> 02:23:28,080
ultrasound

2824
02:23:28,080 --> 02:23:30,479
um is that ever is that something down

2825
02:23:30,479 --> 02:23:32,960
the line that will be approached to

2826
02:23:32,960 --> 02:23:36,319
consider inner city and with financial

2827
02:23:36,319 --> 02:23:40,800
collaboration with other cities.

2828
02:23:40,800 --> 02:23:43,760
Thank you for the mayor. So transit is

2829
02:23:43,760 --> 02:23:47,200
um we always open to is helping with

2830
02:23:47,200 --> 02:23:49,600
partners especially with the county to

2831
02:23:49,600 --> 02:23:50,960
the county and the county right now

2832
02:23:50,960 --> 02:23:53,920
leading uh transiting for for the area

2833
02:23:53,920 --> 02:23:57,359
for the county. So but staff is always

2834
02:23:57,359 --> 02:23:59,120
uh checking with them if there is any

2835
02:23:59,120 --> 02:24:01,840
way that we can collaborate that we can

2836
02:24:01,840 --> 02:24:04,560
provide our input our figures uh on the

2837
02:24:04,560 --> 02:24:06,560
TE community that was a successful

2838
02:24:06,560 --> 02:24:08,160
program [clears throat] that the

2839
02:24:08,160 --> 02:24:10,720
government funded for many years. Uh

2840
02:24:10,720 --> 02:24:12,800
fortunately it ended last year but again

2841
02:24:12,800 --> 02:24:14,640
that give us some experience of things

2842
02:24:14,640 --> 02:24:17,280
that we can do. Having said that we are

2843
02:24:17,280 --> 02:24:19,359
just collaborating right now with with

2844
02:24:19,359 --> 02:24:22,960
partners with the county. Uh I know that

2845
02:24:22,960 --> 02:24:24,800
the transit coordinator is continually

2846
02:24:24,800 --> 02:24:27,280
checking with other Norfolk for example

2847
02:24:27,280 --> 02:24:30,000
and other transit service providers

2848
02:24:30,000 --> 02:24:31,680
making sure that we have opportunities

2849
02:24:31,680 --> 02:24:34,080
to you know in the future there is a

2850
02:24:34,080 --> 02:24:35,840
opportunity that we are going to send

2851
02:24:35,840 --> 02:24:38,080
that for the consideration.

2852
02:24:38,080 --> 02:24:40,230
>> Would it be just in Oxford County that

2853
02:24:40,230 --> 02:24:40,240
» Would it be just in Oxford County that

2854
02:24:40,240 --> 02:24:43,280
we would look at or is it possible to

2855
02:24:43,280 --> 02:24:46,479
look at for Bernie or Elmer?

2856
02:24:46,479 --> 02:24:48,479
So through the mayor as mentioned before

2857
02:24:48,479 --> 02:24:49,840
uh the country is leading that

2858
02:24:49,840 --> 02:24:53,600
conversation right now uh mayor just

2859
02:24:53,600 --> 02:24:57,040
partnering and providing feedback and so

2860
02:24:57,040 --> 02:24:58,880
the county I don't know the details at

2861
02:24:58,880 --> 02:25:00,240
this point what they're doing but I know

2862
02:25:00,240 --> 02:25:02,720
that yeah there's conversation continue

2863
02:25:02,720 --> 02:25:04,720
conversation with but at this point the

2864
02:25:04,720 --> 02:25:10,950
county is doing that program

2865
02:25:10,960 --> 02:25:13,840
» thank

2866
02:25:13,840 --> 02:25:16,160
Oxford opted out of our membership

2867
02:25:16,160 --> 02:25:18,720
should but I opted to put in from the

2868
02:25:18,720 --> 02:25:23,920
county 30,000 we can go to 5,000 score

2869
02:25:23,920 --> 02:25:27,439
then this initiated through score so

2870
02:25:27,439 --> 02:25:31,120
SCTA central transit and it involved

2871
02:25:31,120 --> 02:25:35,040
middle sex and it did go um it it

2872
02:25:35,040 --> 02:25:37,760
involved multiple counties they um like

2873
02:25:37,760 --> 02:25:40,800
it involved county as well so score did

2874
02:25:40,800 --> 02:25:43,359
apply for some funding but thanks there

2875
02:25:43,359 --> 02:25:45,520
is no funding like there was available

2876
02:25:45,520 --> 02:25:46,880
So the amount of funding that's

2877
02:25:46,880 --> 02:25:49,359
available is pretty minimal to as to

2878
02:25:49,359 --> 02:25:51,920
what was available. Um but I can assure

2879
02:25:51,920 --> 02:25:54,479
you those conversations have been had

2880
02:25:54,479 --> 02:25:57,520
and are continue um continue to be had

2881
02:25:57,520 --> 02:26:07,910
um through the organization for you.

2882
02:26:07,920 --> 02:26:10,560
» Yes. Uh thank you worship. I I think my

2883
02:26:10,560 --> 02:26:12,960
question or comment here or question

2884
02:26:12,960 --> 02:26:16,240
continues in the same uh vein on page 24

2885
02:26:16,240 --> 02:26:18,800
of this [clears throat] section. Uh the

2886
02:26:18,800 --> 02:26:22,960
increase in transit services at 167%

2887
02:26:22,960 --> 02:26:26,560
a little over $100,000 is alarming. Uh I

2888
02:26:26,560 --> 02:26:28,160
I think I've been hearing in the

2889
02:26:28,160 --> 02:26:31,200
discussion that uh there's going to be

2890
02:26:31,200 --> 02:26:35,120
uh some uh further looks at uh obtaining

2891
02:26:35,120 --> 02:26:38,080
other sources of revenue, but uh and I'm

2892
02:26:38,080 --> 02:26:39,600
not sure the director can answer my

2893
02:26:39,600 --> 02:26:42,080
question. I think this comes down to uh

2894
02:26:42,080 --> 02:26:44,720
a decision of council at some point as

2895
02:26:44,720 --> 02:26:48,399
to how much uh the taxpayers uh are

2896
02:26:48,399 --> 02:26:51,520
going to augment this particular uh cost

2897
02:26:51,520 --> 02:26:53,680
center. But I sure hope something good

2898
02:26:53,680 --> 02:26:56,000
comes from this. It's it's an awful lot

2899
02:26:56,000 --> 02:26:58,960
of uh extra for the taxpayers to carry

2900
02:26:58,960 --> 02:27:01,120
and we need either uh grants or

2901
02:27:01,120 --> 02:27:02,960
writership. So I think it's probably

2902
02:27:02,960 --> 02:27:04,800
more of a comment than a question. I

2903
02:27:04,800 --> 02:27:06,720
don't think the director can answer my

2904
02:27:06,720 --> 02:27:09,920
question but um I am concerned about it.

2905
02:27:09,920 --> 02:27:12,160
I will ask a question though about the

2906
02:27:12,160 --> 02:27:14,800
uh the wood lot at the airport. It seems

2907
02:27:14,800 --> 02:27:18,560
to me this has been an ongoing um uh

2908
02:27:18,560 --> 02:27:20,720
concern to lengthen the runway for a

2909
02:27:20,720 --> 02:27:22,960
number of years as long as far back as I

2910
02:27:22,960 --> 02:27:25,359
can remember. And I just are are we are

2911
02:27:25,359 --> 02:27:27,760
we do we have some reason to believe

2912
02:27:27,760 --> 02:27:29,120
through through your worship to the

2913
02:27:29,120 --> 02:27:30,319
director that we're going to have

2914
02:27:30,319 --> 02:27:32,800
success this year with uh making way for

2915
02:27:32,800 --> 02:27:37,750
that longer runway. Thank you.

2916
02:27:37,760 --> 02:27:39,760
» I'd actually like to answer that because

2917
02:27:39,760 --> 02:27:42,399
um I raised this um like I raised this

2918
02:27:42,399 --> 02:27:44,720
when I first saw in the budget. No, I

2919
02:27:44,720 --> 02:27:47,200
don't think there'll be any restitution

2920
02:27:47,200 --> 02:27:50,319
um to be wood loted. Um the town has

2921
02:27:50,319 --> 02:27:52,080
tried multiple ways to spin the hat and

2922
02:27:52,080 --> 02:27:53,840
it's not going to happen. There is an

2923
02:27:53,840 --> 02:27:56,560
alternative though. Um which is why I

2924
02:27:56,560 --> 02:27:58,800
bumped airport sales. They were

2925
02:27:58,800 --> 02:28:01,600
originally for Q3 I believe and bumped

2926
02:28:01,600 --> 02:28:06,000
them to Q1 because um the town was

2927
02:28:06,000 --> 02:28:07,760
gifted

2928
02:28:07,760 --> 02:28:09,760
they're they were no charge and they're

2929
02:28:09,760 --> 02:28:11,840
called patty lights from the airport

2930
02:28:11,840 --> 02:28:14,240
because they were replacing them and if

2931
02:28:14,240 --> 02:28:15,840
the town were to install the pathy

2932
02:28:15,840 --> 02:28:17,920
lights it would really mitigate the

2933
02:28:17,920 --> 02:28:20,080
safety concerns. there are safety

2934
02:28:20,080 --> 02:28:22,960
concerns from lower. Um it would help

2935
02:28:22,960 --> 02:28:25,439
mitigate that but that obviously that

2936
02:28:25,439 --> 02:28:28,640
project cannot go forward without having

2937
02:28:28,640 --> 02:28:31,439
lands on the airport. Um do I think that

2938
02:28:31,439 --> 02:28:32,960
this is going to come to restitution

2939
02:28:32,960 --> 02:28:34,880
with woodlock? No, absolutely not. I'm

2940
02:28:34,880 --> 02:28:37,200
going to be completely honest and

2941
02:28:37,200 --> 02:28:39,040
transparent.

2942
02:28:39,040 --> 02:28:43,190
It's very very frustrating.

2943
02:28:43,200 --> 02:28:45,120
And I will tell you I even approached

2944
02:28:45,120 --> 02:28:47,520
the federal government through um like

2945
02:28:47,520 --> 02:28:49,520
safety regulations

2946
02:28:49,520 --> 02:28:52,399
safety and safety issue and there was a

2947
02:28:52,399 --> 02:28:56,000
safety incident at the airport and um

2948
02:28:56,000 --> 02:29:04,230
they no one's providing

2949
02:29:04,240 --> 02:29:08,469
» you have anything to add?

2950
02:29:08,479 --> 02:29:10,240
» No, I just wanted to add and thank you

2951
02:29:10,240 --> 02:29:12,800
for for the comments. Um we are also

2952
02:29:12,800 --> 02:29:15,600
working internally they're coming up

2953
02:29:15,600 --> 02:29:19,120
with a potential plan to um for this. So

2954
02:29:19,120 --> 02:29:21,920
hopefully within the next uh couple of

2955
02:29:21,920 --> 02:29:23,760
months or four or five months we'll

2956
02:29:23,760 --> 02:29:25,760
provide something back to cancer for

2957
02:29:25,760 --> 02:29:32,389
information.

2958
02:29:32,399 --> 02:29:34,080
» Uh thank you your worship. We'll

2959
02:29:34,080 --> 02:29:36,399
continue to watch this. Thank you.

2960
02:29:36,399 --> 02:29:38,550
>> And I and I would um concur with your

2961
02:29:38,550 --> 02:29:38,560
» And I and I would um concur with your

2962
02:29:38,560 --> 02:29:41,920
comments regarding transit. Um it's then

2963
02:29:41,920 --> 02:29:44,160
that just so the public knows that's

2964
02:29:44,160 --> 02:29:46,399
just in touch that's just in the town of

2965
02:29:46,399 --> 02:29:48,800
Tsburg that every m every municipality

2966
02:29:48,800 --> 02:29:52,479
is facing the same thing. Transit costs

2967
02:29:52,479 --> 02:29:56,800
are very high. Um so I I I do appreciate

2968
02:29:56,800 --> 02:29:58,880
your comments on that. Are there any

2969
02:29:58,880 --> 02:30:00,399
further questions from council because I

2970
02:30:00,399 --> 02:30:03,120
have one question?

2971
02:30:03,120 --> 02:30:06,399
Let's see. Um my question is is there an

2972
02:30:06,399 --> 02:30:08,000
RFP

2973
02:30:08,000 --> 02:30:12,399
um for the airport management?

2974
02:30:12,399 --> 02:30:14,309
>> Yes. Yes. It's also working on that one.

2975
02:30:14,309 --> 02:30:14,319
» Yes. Yes. It's also working on that one.

2976
02:30:14,319 --> 02:30:16,560
Um we're hoping to finance before the

2977
02:30:16,560 --> 02:30:18,640
holidays, but we are waiting for some

2978
02:30:18,640 --> 02:30:22,000
information. Um make sure that we eat

2979
02:30:22,000 --> 02:30:24,560
whatever place needed. Having said that,

2980
02:30:24,560 --> 02:30:26,800
uh the touring contract expires on March

2981
02:30:26,800 --> 02:30:28,960
31st. Uh so we certainly we're going to

2982
02:30:28,960 --> 02:30:31,439
be we're going to be in time to to get a

2983
02:30:31,439 --> 02:30:34,240
new service right hopefully.

2984
02:30:34,240 --> 02:30:36,790
>> Thank you. Thank you. And just unless

2985
02:30:36,790 --> 02:30:36,800
» Thank you. Thank you. And just unless

2986
02:30:36,800 --> 02:30:40,240
any further question.

2987
02:30:40,240 --> 02:30:42,640
Thank you director. And now we can

2988
02:30:42,640 --> 02:30:55,590
invite our player.

2989
02:30:55,600 --> 02:31:05,750
There's

2990
02:31:05,760 --> 02:31:17,830
a good

2991
02:31:17,840 --> 02:31:27,910
shape.

2992
02:31:27,920 --> 02:31:29,520
And good morning everyone and actually

2993
02:31:29,520 --> 02:31:32,479
happy new year say happy new year.

2994
02:31:32,479 --> 02:31:33,510
>> Happy new year. I hope everybody's

2995
02:31:33,510 --> 02:31:33,520
» Happy new year. I hope everybody's

2996
02:31:33,520 --> 02:31:40,790
holidays were fantastic and

2997
02:31:40,800 --> 02:31:42,960
» anyway I hope everybody didn't get hit

2998
02:31:42,960 --> 02:31:46,720
by this illness still suffering but uh

2999
02:31:46,720 --> 02:31:48,399
anyway I hope everybody had a pretty

3000
02:31:48,399 --> 02:31:51,600
good trip. So, as far as our business

3001
02:31:51,600 --> 02:31:54,960
objectives go for 2026, um I'll start

3002
02:31:54,960 --> 02:31:59,429
off with

3003
02:31:59,439 --> 02:32:02,080
fire communication for partnership. I

3004
02:32:02,080 --> 02:32:03,359
know that's important to everybody here

3005
02:32:03,359 --> 02:32:05,840
in this room. And then there's a there's

3006
02:32:05,840 --> 02:32:07,840
a cost to running that part of the

3007
02:32:07,840 --> 02:32:11,120
organization. One of

3008
02:32:11,120 --> 02:32:13,040
the

3009
02:32:13,040 --> 02:32:15,280
past year is the ability of time to get

3010
02:32:15,280 --> 02:32:17,359
out and build our relationships with our

3011
02:32:17,359 --> 02:32:20,399
partners. um that both for myself and

3012
02:32:20,399 --> 02:32:22,240
also

3013
02:32:22,240 --> 02:32:25,359
division is a business

3014
02:32:25,359 --> 02:32:26,880
creating and maintaining those

3015
02:32:26,880 --> 02:32:29,280
relationships. I know myself I've had

3016
02:32:29,280 --> 02:32:31,920
limited time at one opportunity to get

3017
02:32:31,920 --> 02:32:35,680
out to a couple of our partners and uh I

3018
02:32:35,680 --> 02:32:37,600
like coming to see us. They like us

3019
02:32:37,600 --> 02:32:39,920
coming to see

3020
02:32:39,920 --> 02:32:42,160
so that's something I did allocate a

3021
02:32:42,160 --> 02:32:43,359
cost to do. We're going to try to

3022
02:32:43,359 --> 02:32:46,319
squeeze that out of the record

3023
02:32:46,319 --> 02:32:48,640
next year as budget for that, but that's

3024
02:32:48,640 --> 02:32:50,800
a priority into next year. They're

3025
02:32:50,800 --> 02:32:53,359
probably slow to start, but uh we want

3026
02:32:53,359 --> 02:32:56,000
to build on that and hopefully get to

3027
02:32:56,000 --> 02:32:57,760
new people and maybe get some new

3028
02:32:57,760 --> 02:33:00,560
contracts. Uh the next item is increase

3029
02:33:00,560 --> 02:33:02,560
our part-time hours to another full-time

3030
02:33:02,560 --> 02:33:05,520
equipment. I know [clears throat] budget

3031
02:33:05,520 --> 02:33:08,240
now. I just want to say I support it.

3032
02:33:08,240 --> 02:33:12,080
the master fire plan um is in that well

3033
02:33:12,080 --> 02:33:14,479
included in that is other options

3034
02:33:14,479 --> 02:33:16,000
composite department full-time

3035
02:33:16,000 --> 02:33:17,520
firefighters

3036
02:33:17,520 --> 02:33:19,840
uh the previous chief about this when I

3037
02:33:19,840 --> 02:33:21,760
first came in he said it was introduced

3038
02:33:21,760 --> 02:33:24,479
so it was meant to be a

3039
02:33:24,479 --> 02:33:27,520
a slow way to implement uh having

3040
02:33:27,520 --> 02:33:30,800
fulltime staff on duty um during those

3041
02:33:30,800 --> 02:33:34,720
times of the day when not get fired on

3042
02:33:34,720 --> 02:33:37,680
firefighters back for responses

3043
02:33:37,680 --> 02:33:41,200
for which even outfit a couple of people

3044
02:33:41,200 --> 02:33:44,240
and very limited uh fire operations.

3045
02:33:44,240 --> 02:33:46,560
Anyway, uh those people and also we're

3046
02:33:46,560 --> 02:33:49,040
taking advantage of that now with uh the

3047
02:33:49,040 --> 02:33:50,479
people that are there can be there

3048
02:33:50,479 --> 02:33:53,280
regularly um to do other initiatives as

3049
02:33:53,280 --> 02:33:55,680
in fire prevention currently and of

3050
02:33:55,680 --> 02:33:58,000
course regular checks of equipment and

3051
02:33:58,000 --> 02:34:01,040
preparation for assistance.

3052
02:34:01,040 --> 02:34:02,880
Um

3053
02:34:02,880 --> 02:34:04,560
the next thing would be uh within our

3054
02:34:04,560 --> 02:34:07,680
budgetary process uh identify those

3055
02:34:07,680 --> 02:34:10,160
master plan opportunities that we can

3056
02:34:10,160 --> 02:34:13,680
knock on limited and identify the main

3057
02:34:13,680 --> 02:34:18,160
lens that we need to do to uh for those

3058
02:34:18,160 --> 02:34:19,680
that will be myself and I didn't have

3059
02:34:19,680 --> 02:34:22,399
any actually the whole organization my

3060
02:34:22,399 --> 02:34:24,479
goal is for us to work together as a

3061
02:34:24,479 --> 02:34:26,800
team and everybody's part of that team

3062
02:34:26,800 --> 02:34:30,240
and uh so if one straw goes missing

3063
02:34:30,240 --> 02:34:32,080
There's not a blank there and somebody

3064
02:34:32,080 --> 02:34:34,319
has some good background.

3065
02:34:34,319 --> 02:34:37,120
Uh [clears throat] goal of fire service

3066
02:34:37,120 --> 02:34:41,040
and you guys know fire is continued uh

3067
02:34:41,040 --> 02:34:43,439
enhancement of um cancer reduction

3068
02:34:43,439 --> 02:34:46,240
mental health reduction um in the

3069
02:34:46,240 --> 02:34:48,960
capital of uh projects. [clears throat]

3070
02:34:48,960 --> 02:34:52,880
You see that there was addition of a of

3071
02:34:52,880 --> 02:34:55,040
the contamination shower. I know what

3072
02:34:55,040 --> 02:34:58,399
the facility is is tight for space

3073
02:34:58,399 --> 02:35:00,880
identified an area we could do this and

3074
02:35:00,880 --> 02:35:03,920
you can please know that of two projects

3075
02:35:03,920 --> 02:35:05,520
I put in for for grant money we were

3076
02:35:05,520 --> 02:35:07,760
disapproved for grant money for that

3077
02:35:07,760 --> 02:35:10,319
disclosing around 19,000 so it can be

3078
02:35:10,319 --> 02:35:12,640
applied to one or two projects in the

3079
02:35:12,640 --> 02:35:14,399
end of the day when you receive those

3080
02:35:14,399 --> 02:35:18,160
funds um as normal to recognize this we

3081
02:35:18,160 --> 02:35:19,760
just did at the end of the year the

3082
02:35:19,760 --> 02:35:21,920
emergency management requirements on the

3083
02:35:21,920 --> 02:35:25,040
end of compliances and uh continue on

3084
02:35:25,040 --> 02:35:27,920
with this NG 911 project which again we

3085
02:35:27,920 --> 02:35:31,439
approved for the uh the grant money we

3086
02:35:31,439 --> 02:35:34,399
asked for that was approved for there

3087
02:35:34,399 --> 02:35:37,120
just before the end of year or two and

3088
02:35:37,120 --> 02:35:39,920
uh problem with that we will get some

3089
02:35:39,920 --> 02:35:42,160
with it um problem with the

3090
02:35:42,160 --> 02:35:45,600
implementation process is the uh

3091
02:35:45,600 --> 02:35:47,359
starting end up working with the site

3092
02:35:47,359 --> 02:35:51,830
man

3093
02:35:51,840 --> 02:35:54,000
to get it implemented staff training

3094
02:35:54,000 --> 02:35:56,000
staff training time and the costs are

3095
02:35:56,000 --> 02:35:58,720
included in them that that uh grant

3096
02:35:58,720 --> 02:36:01,280
money. However, there is a cut off when

3097
02:36:01,280 --> 02:36:04,399
that has to be spent. So, you know, we

3098
02:36:04,399 --> 02:36:07,200
can't get to a certain level. Hopefully,

3099
02:36:07,200 --> 02:36:09,120
it'll be another round of funding ask

3100
02:36:09,120 --> 02:36:14,309
for again.

3101
02:36:14,319 --> 02:36:17,439
Um this year I think Kyle mentioned it

3102
02:36:17,439 --> 02:36:18,880
uh human resources we have collective

3103
02:36:18,880 --> 02:36:21,120
bargaining

3104
02:36:21,120 --> 02:36:23,359
here

3105
02:36:23,359 --> 02:36:25,200
collective bargaining uh with the

3106
02:36:25,200 --> 02:36:27,840
firefighters association um this year

3107
02:36:27,840 --> 02:36:29,760
with human resources

3108
02:36:29,760 --> 02:36:33,590
>> and as you guys know the addition of

3109
02:36:33,590 --> 02:36:33,600
» and as you guys know the addition of

3110
02:36:33,600 --> 02:36:35,359
deputy fire chief that recruitment is

3111
02:36:35,359 --> 02:36:39,280
still on close to be but as far as that

3112
02:36:39,280 --> 02:36:42,479
is uh it's on boarding succession plan

3113
02:36:42,479 --> 02:36:44,000
for the organization

3114
02:36:44,000 --> 02:36:47,840
again as I reiterate it's a group it's

3115
02:36:47,840 --> 02:36:52,000
my team the team they have there

3116
02:36:52,000 --> 02:36:54,800
everybody understand

3117
02:36:54,800 --> 02:37:03,584
and then my friend to my left assist

3118
02:37:03,594 --> 02:37:07,910
[clears throat]

3119
02:37:07,920 --> 02:37:13,190
um

3120
02:37:13,200 --> 02:37:16,560
challenges that we do uh

3121
02:37:16,560 --> 02:37:20,000
capacity capacity. Um in related to

3122
02:37:20,000 --> 02:37:21,920
emergency response uh staffing and

3123
02:37:21,920 --> 02:37:25,040
supervision uh incidents that's kind of

3124
02:37:25,040 --> 02:37:28,399
goes back to having a response where we

3125
02:37:28,399 --> 02:37:30,479
have available to respond to incidents

3126
02:37:30,479 --> 02:37:33,200
availability of those people uh

3127
02:37:33,200 --> 02:37:34,960
inspections public education again

3128
02:37:34,960 --> 02:37:36,960
availability at time

3129
02:37:36,960 --> 02:37:38,630
>> we all seem like we're sharing each

3130
02:37:38,630 --> 02:37:38,640
» we all seem like we're sharing each

3131
02:37:38,640 --> 02:37:40,240
other

3132
02:37:40,240 --> 02:37:42,880
shipping go 15 times a day one to

3133
02:37:42,880 --> 02:37:46,399
another so they become challenges with

3134
02:37:46,399 --> 02:37:48,880
staff in those specific areas all the

3135
02:37:48,880 --> 02:37:51,200
time and of course uh OFM puts

3136
02:37:51,200 --> 02:37:52,640
requirements on us for professional

3137
02:37:52,640 --> 02:37:54,720
standards that we have to our

3138
02:37:54,720 --> 02:37:57,120
firefighters change at a certain level

3139
02:37:57,120 --> 02:37:59,439
that's July of this year some place

3140
02:37:59,439 --> 02:38:02,800
start having challenges my understanding

3141
02:38:02,800 --> 02:38:06,000
with uh my pat we're we're good right

3142
02:38:06,000 --> 02:38:08,640
now so I'm hoping that we can make sure

3143
02:38:08,640 --> 02:38:11,359
we take off by boxing July and then of

3144
02:38:11,359 --> 02:38:13,040
course administrative support we all

3145
02:38:13,040 --> 02:38:17,590
have those challenges every day

3146
02:38:17,600 --> 02:38:26,550
policy

3147
02:38:26,560 --> 02:38:29,760
dealing with their challenges. Um, again

3148
02:38:29,760 --> 02:38:32,080
goes back to staffing staff

3149
02:38:32,080 --> 02:38:34,399
availability. I have noticed since I've

3150
02:38:34,399 --> 02:38:35,760
been here, of course, I've spent my

3151
02:38:35,760 --> 02:38:39,439
career in a organization, but you do see

3152
02:38:39,439 --> 02:38:41,359
now that I'm part of the on call

3153
02:38:41,359 --> 02:38:44,000
volunteer system that a lot of these

3154
02:38:44,000 --> 02:38:47,040
guys I've talked a lot of my colleagues

3155
02:38:47,040 --> 02:38:49,200
recently in November

3156
02:38:49,200 --> 02:38:51,520
they don't call municipalities

3157
02:38:51,520 --> 02:38:54,160
challenges on getting staff because they

3158
02:38:54,160 --> 02:38:56,080
work outside of community. You live in

3159
02:38:56,080 --> 02:38:58,800
our community, but they work outside may

3160
02:38:58,800 --> 02:38:59,680
travel, [clears throat] they may be in

3161
02:38:59,680 --> 02:39:03,040
Toronto, they be flying somewhere. So

3162
02:39:03,040 --> 02:39:05,680
it's different years a little bit at a

3163
02:39:05,680 --> 02:39:08,560
factory or they live in state within the

3164
02:39:08,560 --> 02:39:10,720
community and there are employers now

3165
02:39:10,720 --> 02:39:13,200
that do not want in place to be as

3166
02:39:13,200 --> 02:39:16,240
validated to respond. Um it is a

3167
02:39:16,240 --> 02:39:18,800
challenge at least we do see that we

3168
02:39:18,800 --> 02:39:20,560
know you know couple of guys that have

3169
02:39:20,560 --> 02:39:22,560
retired that are around all the time and

3170
02:39:22,560 --> 02:39:25,280
fantastic help to me. Um but we we do

3171
02:39:25,280 --> 02:39:27,439
see that and of course there's risk

3172
02:39:27,439 --> 02:39:32,080
associated with that. Um and then um

3173
02:39:32,080 --> 02:39:36,800
and talk to APSD do have a couple issues

3174
02:39:36,800 --> 02:39:41,520
but uh cancer it workplace so

3175
02:39:41,520 --> 02:39:46,479
let's move along and opportunities there

3176
02:39:46,479 --> 02:39:48,640
always opportunities and everything and

3177
02:39:48,640 --> 02:39:51,520
with our people grow our organization

3178
02:39:51,520 --> 02:39:54,479
more people on the bus people on the bus

3179
02:39:54,479 --> 02:39:56,319
increase fire prevention public

3180
02:39:56,319 --> 02:39:59,040
education that helps on hopefully reduce

3181
02:39:59,040 --> 02:40:01,359
incident response so the public smarter

3182
02:40:01,359 --> 02:40:03,840
aware of what they're doing. Um that

3183
02:40:03,840 --> 02:40:06,319
said, uh we had quite a busy holiday

3184
02:40:06,319 --> 02:40:09,600
season. One day I think was 16 calls a

3185
02:40:09,600 --> 02:40:13,600
day or actually instance are up 16 in

3186
02:40:13,600 --> 02:40:16,560
over last year. zones

3187
02:40:16,560 --> 02:40:22,000
18% still got 460 calls or 399 last year

3188
02:40:22,000 --> 02:40:27,600
that was a fair increase and um

3189
02:40:27,600 --> 02:40:30,319
yeah so that's about it unless you got

3190
02:40:30,319 --> 02:40:38,710
any kind of any

3191
02:40:38,720 --> 02:40:43,520
umation of fire master practice uh as

3192
02:40:43,520 --> 02:40:45,920
I've gone through it and looked at and

3193
02:40:45,920 --> 02:40:50,000
watching you guys through the town hall

3194
02:40:50,000 --> 02:40:52,080
issues and where it's going to go and

3195
02:40:52,080 --> 02:40:54,080
how it affect my organization because

3196
02:40:54,080 --> 02:40:55,680
the communications was initially

3197
02:40:55,680 --> 02:40:58,880
supposed to go there. Um we got to have

3198
02:40:58,880 --> 02:41:00,640
a good look at the small master plaster

3199
02:41:00,640 --> 02:41:05,120
plan objectives I the fire hall it what

3200
02:41:05,120 --> 02:41:06,640
it's going to be like and you know 10

3201
02:41:06,640 --> 02:41:08,319
years down the road how municipality is

3202
02:41:08,319 --> 02:41:10,000
going to change. So as we look at the

3203
02:41:10,000 --> 02:41:12,720
fire master plan we come together and

3204
02:41:12,720 --> 02:41:15,120
discuss the risk opportunities for the

3205
02:41:15,120 --> 02:41:18,399
future. So which is for 25 30 years here

3206
02:41:18,399 --> 02:41:22,960
down the road. Um I stay pre

3207
02:41:22,960 --> 02:41:26,479
alarm programs the first January

3208
02:41:26,479 --> 02:41:30,000
presence with I got natural gas has to

3209
02:41:30,000 --> 02:41:32,880
have the background tour. So we're

3210
02:41:32,880 --> 02:41:36,080
actively social media marketing right

3211
02:41:36,080 --> 02:41:39,120
now and with the paid on call the next

3212
02:41:39,120 --> 02:41:42,960
item planning um the people that are in

3213
02:41:42,960 --> 02:41:47,600
this one double short that being uh duty

3214
02:41:47,600 --> 02:41:50,240
person we we're pretty lucky right now

3215
02:41:50,240 --> 02:41:52,479
it seems to me we have so many people

3216
02:41:52,479 --> 02:41:55,840
the same people there relatively often

3217
02:41:55,840 --> 02:41:58,640
uh but the problem is it's filled by

3218
02:41:58,640 --> 02:42:00,720
another person sporadically we don't

3219
02:42:00,720 --> 02:42:02,319
have that consistency

3220
02:42:02,319 --> 02:42:04,399
to do these things like but we can do

3221
02:42:04,399 --> 02:42:06,800
things like pre-instant planning and

3222
02:42:06,800 --> 02:42:08,960
they will things that these guys would

3223
02:42:08,960 --> 02:42:11,920
not be able to normally do at the you

3224
02:42:11,920 --> 02:42:14,560
know a Thursday night or the training

3225
02:42:14,560 --> 02:42:20,309
institute

3226
02:42:20,319 --> 02:42:23,040
» in the next three years

3227
02:42:23,040 --> 02:42:27,200
again the fire objectives uh grow uh the

3228
02:42:27,200 --> 02:42:28,880
fire communication partnerships that I

3229
02:42:28,880 --> 02:42:31,600
discussed earlier um back on your

3230
02:42:31,600 --> 02:42:35,680
question fire being in it's currently in

3231
02:42:35,680 --> 02:42:40,080
in the environ so space uh conception

3232
02:42:40,080 --> 02:42:41,600
design what is it going to look like I

3233
02:42:41,600 --> 02:42:43,359
haven't seen anything except I've been

3234
02:42:43,359 --> 02:42:45,840
here to talk about it haven't seen any

3235
02:42:45,840 --> 02:42:48,399
design conception

3236
02:42:48,399 --> 02:42:50,640
fire survey which I don't think we've

3237
02:42:50,640 --> 02:42:53,920
done here for a number of years u

3238
02:42:53,920 --> 02:42:56,160
development's a huge in our organization

3239
02:42:56,160 --> 02:43:00,240
we have eight workforce staff uh you

3240
02:43:00,240 --> 02:43:01,760
know hopefully These guys be around for

3241
02:43:01,760 --> 02:43:03,280
a little bit longer, but eventually it

3242
02:43:03,280 --> 02:43:06,479
go once. We have developed those people

3243
02:43:06,479 --> 02:43:10,960
within our suppression suppression staff

3244
02:43:10,960 --> 02:43:13,359
and even in communications

3245
02:43:13,359 --> 02:43:16,720
and uh officer development succession

3246
02:43:16,720 --> 02:43:19,760
has written by deputy fire trying to get

3247
02:43:19,760 --> 02:43:21,439
that that in there. And then of course

3248
02:43:21,439 --> 02:43:24,160
another great organization we have two

3249
02:43:24,160 --> 02:43:26,000
communication supervisors this year

3250
02:43:26,000 --> 02:43:28,000
communications same thing. Vanessa's not

3251
02:43:28,000 --> 02:43:32,080
there. They separated and uh carry on

3252
02:43:32,080 --> 02:43:35,120
and risk management. This is the regular

3253
02:43:35,120 --> 02:43:38,560
legislative requirement

3254
02:43:38,560 --> 02:43:40,479
addition.

3255
02:43:40,479 --> 02:43:42,479
Any questions?

3256
02:43:42,479 --> 02:43:44,710
>> Open up the floor. This council have any

3257
02:43:44,710 --> 02:43:44,720
» Open up the floor. This council have any

3258
02:43:44,720 --> 02:43:48,080
questions. Fire chief council

3259
02:43:48,080 --> 02:43:50,960
may fire chief. So the two people that

3260
02:43:50,960 --> 02:43:53,200
you have on board at the station at all

3261
02:43:53,200 --> 02:43:55,680
times now, are they the first ones that

3262
02:43:55,680 --> 02:43:59,439
won't call them?

3263
02:43:59,439 --> 02:44:03,920
uh coun for sure. Um right now there's

3264
02:44:03,920 --> 02:44:07,680
two people a duty Monday to Friday 8

3265
02:44:07,680 --> 02:44:10,399
hours a day if those ro if those

3266
02:44:10,399 --> 02:44:13,359
positions get filled not every day to go

3267
02:44:13,359 --> 02:44:15,439
is to that's the other other side of the

3268
02:44:15,439 --> 02:44:17,439
coin we have to have available people

3269
02:44:17,439 --> 02:44:19,040
want to sign up for those slots. So

3270
02:44:19,040 --> 02:44:20,720
that's kind of thing but [clears throat]

3271
02:44:20,720 --> 02:44:22,399
those two people are only allowed to do

3272
02:44:22,399 --> 02:44:25,279
so many things and respond right now to

3273
02:44:25,279 --> 02:44:29,439
a medical seal call and that's it.

3274
02:44:29,439 --> 02:44:32,319
taking in fire firefighting

3275
02:44:32,319 --> 02:44:35,439
operations. What they do do is in one

3276
02:44:35,439 --> 02:44:38,240
individual she's joint interested in

3277
02:44:38,240 --> 02:44:41,840
fire prevention. She fire prevention 20

3278
02:44:41,840 --> 02:44:44,880
to 30 hours a week which is successions

3279
02:44:44,880 --> 02:44:47,120
for her organization when the fire

3280
02:44:47,120 --> 02:44:50,479
prevention officer may except shortly

3281
02:44:50,479 --> 02:44:51,760
he's getting closer to the age of

3282
02:44:51,760 --> 02:44:52,960
retirement. So that's trying to use

3283
02:44:52,960 --> 02:44:56,319
their own people. Then the other other

3284
02:44:56,319 --> 02:44:58,474
thing they do daily chores within the

3285
02:44:58,474 --> 02:45:01,200
[clears throat] fireball which is normal

3286
02:45:01,200 --> 02:45:03,760
operation equipment maintenance which

3287
02:45:03,760 --> 02:45:05,760
they get trucks and equipment gets

3288
02:45:05,760 --> 02:45:08,000
trucked daily regularly which is

3289
02:45:08,000 --> 02:45:10,240
something that never happened before.

3290
02:45:10,240 --> 02:45:13,439
the uh the equipment is in a more ready

3291
02:45:13,439 --> 02:45:17,040
mode if you will versus you know as

3292
02:45:17,040 --> 02:45:18,640
before when you have a person there

3293
02:45:18,640 --> 02:45:20,479
every day

3294
02:45:20,479 --> 02:45:22,080
equipment being tracked which is a

3295
02:45:22,080 --> 02:45:24,800
normal normal fulltime department that's

3296
02:45:24,800 --> 02:45:27,840
what happens aerial gets every day by

3297
02:45:27,840 --> 02:45:30,800
exercise and being extended up operates

3298
02:45:30,800 --> 02:45:33,520
um but issues are identified quickly

3299
02:45:33,520 --> 02:45:36,880
takes care of very efficiently for us so

3300
02:45:36,880 --> 02:45:38,880
that's the benefit we get from that and

3301
02:45:38,880 --> 02:45:41,439
we're hoping you build on that what one

3302
02:45:41,439 --> 02:45:44,000
of the gaps are really not this with

3303
02:45:44,000 --> 02:45:45,520
previous

3304
02:45:45,520 --> 02:45:48,479
coming in trying to understand

3305
02:45:48,479 --> 02:45:50,560
and how everything works and getting you

3306
02:45:50,560 --> 02:45:53,200
know a rush of information all at once

3307
02:45:53,200 --> 02:45:57,279
some of the there's gaps in how these

3308
02:45:57,279 --> 02:46:00,640
I guess you want to call it

3309
02:46:00,640 --> 02:46:03,600
job descriptions or they don't call

3310
02:46:03,600 --> 02:46:06,800
they're really not fully developed

3311
02:46:06,800 --> 02:46:08,880
so there's more of a structure when they

3312
02:46:08,880 --> 02:46:12,000
come This gets accomplished. consistency

3313
02:46:12,000 --> 02:46:13,680
possible and that's what we want by

3314
02:46:13,680 --> 02:46:22,790
adding

3315
02:46:22,800 --> 02:46:25,760
» um thank you chair I did it was similar

3316
02:46:25,760 --> 02:46:27,439
I I just wanted to ask like so the

3317
02:46:27,439 --> 02:46:30,080
full-time that are being funded they're

3318
02:46:30,080 --> 02:46:33,120
doing more of the bell mounts if you

3319
02:46:33,120 --> 02:46:36,720
will calls the calls like that that are

3320
02:46:36,720 --> 02:46:41,040
not fire prep Yeah, but so they're able

3321
02:46:41,040 --> 02:46:43,680
to respond two people can can go and

3322
02:46:43,680 --> 02:46:47,680
perform it was better. Now if it were

3323
02:46:47,680 --> 02:46:49,359
escalation

3324
02:46:49,359 --> 02:46:52,319
um they under [clears throat]

3325
02:46:52,319 --> 02:46:54,080
rules Dr. their job and safety. They can

3326
02:46:54,080 --> 02:46:57,760
only do so much, right? So, they can't

3327
02:46:57,760 --> 02:46:59,680
enter into a building. They can't, you

3328
02:46:59,680 --> 02:47:02,080
know, they're not taking a full bump or

3329
02:47:02,080 --> 02:47:04,235
to an instant response, but they

3330
02:47:04,235 --> 02:47:05,200
[clears throat] can take, you know, take

3331
02:47:05,200 --> 02:47:09,510
a truck with medical bag

3332
02:47:09,520 --> 02:47:13,279
just the other day in the afternoon and

3333
02:47:13,279 --> 02:47:15,439
uh those type of things and then a call

3334
02:47:15,439 --> 02:47:17,359
for assistance. There's another thing I

3335
02:47:17,359 --> 02:47:19,040
guess should add to this what I which

3336
02:47:19,040 --> 02:47:21,266
I've noticed which is um happens

3337
02:47:21,266 --> 02:47:22,720
[clears throat] in a growing community

3338
02:47:22,720 --> 02:47:27,600
request for um fire department certain

3339
02:47:27,600 --> 02:47:30,160
events during the day or at schools or

3340
02:47:30,160 --> 02:47:32,479
at any we have a lot of requests for

3341
02:47:32,479 --> 02:47:34,800
that and one of the questions I've had

3342
02:47:34,800 --> 02:47:37,680
in Ken Chief's vote is how did we ever

3343
02:47:37,680 --> 02:47:39,040
fill these before because there was

3344
02:47:39,040 --> 02:47:41,279
nobody available and he said well we

3345
02:47:41,279 --> 02:47:43,200
kind of piece the puzzle together to

3346
02:47:43,200 --> 02:47:46,399
kind of get make it happening this But I

3347
02:47:46,399 --> 02:47:47,840
can tell that you can tell the community

3348
02:47:47,840 --> 02:47:50,319
is growing through my past experience

3349
02:47:50,319 --> 02:47:51,680
going through this. But the community

3350
02:47:51,680 --> 02:47:55,600
coaching is so much more requests for

3351
02:47:55,600 --> 02:47:57,840
everybody wants fire

3352
02:47:57,840 --> 02:48:00,000
and it's coming. That's part of your

3353
02:48:00,000 --> 02:48:01,760
public services is getting out there and

3354
02:48:01,760 --> 02:48:03,600
representing the community passing on

3355
02:48:03,600 --> 02:48:06,479
the safety message is public education.

3356
02:48:06,479 --> 02:48:08,240
That's that's the first public

3357
02:48:08,240 --> 02:48:10,319
education.

3358
02:48:10,319 --> 02:48:12,319
Do you have any number off the top of

3359
02:48:12,319 --> 02:48:14,160
your head of how many those kind of

3360
02:48:14,160 --> 02:48:16,560
calls that those folks would make like

3361
02:48:16,560 --> 02:48:21,520
for the alarms or the smells or the um

3362
02:48:21,520 --> 02:48:22,160
assistant

3363
02:48:22,160 --> 02:48:23,750
>> or the daytime calls? Yeah,

3364
02:48:23,750 --> 02:48:23,760
» or the daytime calls? Yeah,

3365
02:48:23,760 --> 02:48:25,670
>> we're getting Yeah, actually I did do

3366
02:48:25,670 --> 02:48:25,680
» we're getting Yeah, actually I did do

3367
02:48:25,680 --> 02:48:28,240
have a graph somewhere I printed off

3368
02:48:28,240 --> 02:48:32,000
actually early on in this process.

3369
02:48:32,000 --> 02:48:34,150
>> Yeah, we can break it down actually

3370
02:48:34,150 --> 02:48:34,160
» Yeah, we can break it down actually

3371
02:48:34,160 --> 02:48:37,680
calls you between let's say 9 to 4.

3372
02:48:37,680 --> 02:48:40,309
>> Yeah. and you know what we can do and

3373
02:48:40,309 --> 02:48:40,319
» Yeah. and you know what we can do and

3374
02:48:40,319 --> 02:48:41,359
can't do, right?

3375
02:48:41,359 --> 02:48:44,469
>> Awesome. Thank you.

3376
02:48:44,469 --> 02:48:44,479
» Awesome. Thank you.

3377
02:48:44,479 --> 02:48:47,040
That could be part of the quarterly

3378
02:48:47,040 --> 02:48:49,760
quarterly results as we've seen have the

3379
02:48:49,760 --> 02:48:51,760
calls and maybe it could just be broken

3380
02:48:51,760 --> 02:48:54,399
up further.

3381
02:48:54,399 --> 02:48:56,790
>> Any further questions from council? I

3382
02:48:56,790 --> 02:48:56,800
» Any further questions from council? I

3383
02:48:56,800 --> 02:48:59,279
have one. Um and I know that the

3384
02:48:59,279 --> 02:49:02,720
firefighters were busy in the fall.

3385
02:49:02,720 --> 02:49:06,080
Um, has there ever been a situation

3386
02:49:06,080 --> 02:49:08,240
where we haven't had enough people

3387
02:49:08,240 --> 02:49:11,297
respond

3388
02:49:11,307 --> 02:49:13,040
[clears throat]

3389
02:49:13,040 --> 02:49:15,030
>> question

3390
02:49:15,030 --> 02:49:15,040
» question

3391
02:49:15,040 --> 02:49:17,680
in my experience here?

3392
02:49:17,680 --> 02:49:19,840
No, I do not believe so. It's an element

3393
02:49:19,840 --> 02:49:22,479
of time. How much time does it take for

3394
02:49:22,479 --> 02:49:25,439
those individuals to respond? Which

3395
02:49:25,439 --> 02:49:29,600
reflects what we can do. So time in

3396
02:49:29,600 --> 02:49:31,680
these fire emergencies time makes all

3397
02:49:31,680 --> 02:49:35,200
the difference loss loss of life. You

3398
02:49:35,200 --> 02:49:38,319
can only move interior so many have so

3399
02:49:38,319 --> 02:49:41,359
many things on fire right and then fire

3400
02:49:41,359 --> 02:49:43,600
burns

3401
02:49:43,600 --> 02:49:47,600
fast faster nowadays. So in my

3402
02:49:47,600 --> 02:49:50,319
experience here in nos all the time one

3403
02:49:50,319 --> 02:49:53,439
thing I have noticed with points we've

3404
02:49:53,439 --> 02:49:54,960
had some meetings honestly the guys have

3405
02:49:54,960 --> 02:49:58,399
been extremely busy and I have noticed

3406
02:49:58,399 --> 02:50:01,520
when I look at the exit reports

3407
02:50:01,520 --> 02:50:03,439
the response

3408
02:50:03,439 --> 02:50:05,840
then let's say they've had a busier week

3409
02:50:05,840 --> 02:50:07,920
the response may be you know these guys

3410
02:50:07,920 --> 02:50:09,680
are working other places where they have

3411
02:50:09,680 --> 02:50:12,560
young families that it's elsewhere let's

3412
02:50:12,560 --> 02:50:15,040
say they've gone you know had like

3413
02:50:15,040 --> 02:50:17,920
decent instance three of four days at

3414
02:50:17,920 --> 02:50:20,479
the end of the week, you know, come

3415
02:50:20,479 --> 02:50:23,920
Saturday, think Friday, you know, the

3416
02:50:23,920 --> 02:50:25,920
response may a little bit late a little

3417
02:50:25,920 --> 02:50:28,160
bit because availability guy's been

3418
02:50:28,160 --> 02:50:31,520
waiting for four days, been up all night

3419
02:50:31,520 --> 02:50:36,479
and, you know, is is not able to make.

3420
02:50:36,479 --> 02:50:38,880
So do so um you track [clears throat]

3421
02:50:38,880 --> 02:50:41,200
like response times like say but from

3422
02:50:41,200 --> 02:50:43,600
when the call comes in to the time that

3423
02:50:43,600 --> 02:50:45,439
you arrive to the incident like that

3424
02:50:45,439 --> 02:50:47,760
would be track like similar to EMS but

3425
02:50:47,760 --> 02:50:50,720
EMS has a they have times that they have

3426
02:50:50,720 --> 02:50:51,920
time stamp everything.

3427
02:50:51,920 --> 02:50:53,590
>> Yeah they have they have to give their

3428
02:50:53,590 --> 02:50:53,600
» Yeah they have they have to give their

3429
02:50:53,600 --> 02:50:55,120
original

3430
02:50:55,120 --> 02:50:59,520
um so you time stamp everything

3431
02:50:59,520 --> 02:51:03,190
>> right. Is there a trend that it's seems

3432
02:51:03,190 --> 02:51:03,200
» right. Is there a trend that it's seems

3433
02:51:03,200 --> 02:51:05,359
to be getting longer like or how far

3434
02:51:05,359 --> 02:51:08,240
back do we have this data?

3435
02:51:08,240 --> 02:51:11,110
>> I guess you have to bring it back to

3436
02:51:11,110 --> 02:51:11,120
» I guess you have to bring it back to

3437
02:51:11,120 --> 02:51:14,640
2005 if

3438
02:51:14,640 --> 02:51:17,269
>> sorry thank you. So, so then my question

3439
02:51:17,269 --> 02:51:17,279
» sorry thank you. So, so then my question

3440
02:51:17,279 --> 02:51:23,429
would be is the return

3441
02:51:23,439 --> 02:51:25,120
» from

3442
02:51:25,120 --> 02:51:26,640
level

3443
02:51:26,640 --> 02:51:29,830
>> based on

3444
02:51:29,830 --> 02:51:29,840
» based on

3445
02:51:29,840 --> 02:51:32,800
having

3446
02:51:32,800 --> 02:51:35,429
>> all thank you. Any further questions?

3447
02:51:35,429 --> 02:51:35,439
» all thank you. Any further questions?

3448
02:51:35,439 --> 02:51:39,510
Thank you very much.

3449
02:51:39,520 --> 02:51:42,640
I think um poling section I know we've

3450
02:51:42,640 --> 02:51:46,160
discussed it um quite a bit already.

3451
02:51:46,160 --> 02:51:48,720
We're facing a gu

3452
02:51:48,720 --> 02:51:51,760
of 11%

3453
02:51:51,760 --> 02:51:55,600
um because of paying plus. Is there

3454
02:51:55,600 --> 02:52:07,830
anything that you wanted to add?

3455
02:52:07,840 --> 02:52:11,680
Well, just you just just to reiterate

3456
02:52:11,680 --> 02:52:13,520
the full point that again we don't know

3457
02:52:13,520 --> 02:52:17,120
what the what the next year may hold. Um

3458
02:52:17,120 --> 02:52:18,880
so it's again it's just one of those

3459
02:52:18,880 --> 02:52:22,160
unknowns. Normally according to the

3460
02:52:22,160 --> 02:52:24,319
ministry's calculations that the

3461
02:52:24,319 --> 02:52:26,160
increase would have been a 30% increase

3462
02:52:26,160 --> 02:52:29,520
would have been about 1.1 million change

3463
02:52:29,520 --> 02:52:36,389
for 26. It was cap 11% or 44,000.

3464
02:52:36,399 --> 02:52:39,600
» Um the timing is a little frustrating.

3465
02:52:39,600 --> 02:52:41,840
So there was um they did call um many of

3466
02:52:41,840 --> 02:52:44,479
us in Toronto as a department and a lot

3467
02:52:44,479 --> 02:52:47,120
of mayors were reiterating reiterating

3468
02:52:47,120 --> 02:52:49,840
the same concern that our budgets

3469
02:52:49,840 --> 02:52:52,720
budgets are prepared and then we're

3470
02:52:52,720 --> 02:52:55,200
still not having the police information

3471
02:52:55,200 --> 02:52:59,279
and it took I think it was a week longer

3472
02:52:59,279 --> 02:53:01,760
was at the end of November we finally

3473
02:53:01,760 --> 02:53:04,960
got it um longer than they had said it

3474
02:53:04,960 --> 02:53:07,439
would take. So, it's always a bit of a

3475
02:53:07,439 --> 02:53:09,359
struggle because we're not quite sure

3476
02:53:09,359 --> 02:53:12,160
where we're going to go and then all of

3477
02:53:12,160 --> 02:53:14,319
a sudden we get the bill. So, um we're

3478
02:53:14,319 --> 02:53:16,319
not always correct. A lot of

3479
02:53:16,319 --> 02:53:18,479
municipalities including ours have said

3480
02:53:18,479 --> 02:53:21,359
like we need something more tangible,

3481
02:53:21,359 --> 02:53:24,560
earlier and more long um more of a

3482
02:53:24,560 --> 02:53:26,960
longer forecast, but the contract is

3483
02:53:26,960 --> 02:53:29,359
expiring summer 31st between the police

3484
02:53:29,359 --> 02:53:32,960
and the province. So, um, we, um,

3485
02:53:32,960 --> 02:53:34,399
hopefully then there'll be like a

3486
02:53:34,399 --> 02:53:36,399
multi-ter agreement, which would kind of

3487
02:53:36,399 --> 02:53:38,800
give us a better view is what we're

3488
02:53:38,800 --> 02:53:41,680
anticipating. But I do, I do want to

3489
02:53:41,680 --> 02:53:43,600
make it clear to the public that if we

3490
02:53:43,600 --> 02:53:48,399
have a missing person or any type of

3491
02:53:48,399 --> 02:53:51,200
special investigation, we have access to

3492
02:53:51,200 --> 02:53:54,800
a lot of things at no charge with the

3493
02:53:54,800 --> 02:53:57,359
OP, whereas private forces will be

3494
02:53:57,359 --> 02:53:59,920
built. And I'm telling you, those tabs

3495
02:53:59,920 --> 02:54:02,240
can run into the millions of dollars

3496
02:54:02,240 --> 02:54:05,600
when you're bringing in doctors, dogs,

3497
02:54:05,600 --> 02:54:09,439
special search teams. Um, the no borders

3498
02:54:09,439 --> 02:54:13,120
is definitely a benefit to the

3499
02:54:13,120 --> 02:54:16,399
just want to make that very clear.

3500
02:54:16,399 --> 02:54:18,319
Are there any questions on the placing

3501
02:54:18,319 --> 02:54:20,399
budget? Yes, deputy mayor.

3502
02:54:20,399 --> 02:54:22,550
>> Yeah, just a quick question to you. Uh,

3503
02:54:22,550 --> 02:54:22,560
» Yeah, just a quick question to you. Uh,

3504
02:54:22,560 --> 02:54:24,560
you mentioned multi-year. You're talking

3505
02:54:24,560 --> 02:54:27,520
fiveyear. It it [clears throat] depends.

3506
02:54:27,520 --> 02:54:29,840
We all we have no control. So what

3507
02:54:29,840 --> 02:54:32,479
what's happening now is that the um

3508
02:54:32,479 --> 02:54:36,080
contracts expiring the end of December,

3509
02:54:36,080 --> 02:54:38,399
December 31st between the police and the

3510
02:54:38,399 --> 02:54:42,160
province. So it depends on what type of

3511
02:54:42,160 --> 02:54:44,640
multi-year deal they work out. Let's say

3512
02:54:44,640 --> 02:54:46,399
they work out. I'm just throwing out

3513
02:54:46,399 --> 02:54:49,279
this as an example, a two-year deal or a

3514
02:54:49,279 --> 02:54:52,240
three-year deal. That should help us um

3515
02:54:52,240 --> 02:54:54,160
you know give us some indication of what

3516
02:54:54,160 --> 02:54:55,760
our increases are going to be moving

3517
02:54:55,760 --> 02:54:56,240
forward.

3518
02:54:56,240 --> 02:54:59,110
>> So in fact it's not between Tulsa.

3519
02:54:59,110 --> 02:54:59,120
» So in fact it's not between Tulsa.

3520
02:54:59,120 --> 02:55:01,030
>> It's between the province.

3521
02:55:01,030 --> 02:55:01,040
» It's between the province.

3522
02:55:01,040 --> 02:55:02,230
>> That answers my question.

3523
02:55:02,230 --> 02:55:02,240
» That answers my question.

3524
02:55:02,240 --> 02:55:05,830
>> Okay. Perfect. Any further questions

3525
02:55:05,830 --> 02:55:05,840
» Okay. Perfect. Any further questions

3526
02:55:05,840 --> 02:55:08,319
seeing then um CEUS [snorts] about how

3527
02:55:08,319 --> 02:55:11,680
long is your presentation?

3528
02:55:11,680 --> 02:55:13,349
>> 15. Yeah. Yeah. Tell me about that.

3529
02:55:13,349 --> 02:55:13,359
» 15. Yeah. Yeah. Tell me about that.

3530
02:55:13,359 --> 02:55:14,870
>> Okay. That'll be perfect because after

3531
02:55:14,870 --> 02:55:14,880
» Okay. That'll be perfect because after

3532
02:55:14,880 --> 02:55:16,880
CIS we will stop for lunch because the

3533
02:55:16,880 --> 02:55:20,720
BIA is going to be presenting at 1:00

3534
02:55:20,720 --> 02:55:32,469
where um council

3535
02:55:32,479 --> 02:55:35,040
» sorry just is there a reason why that

3536
02:55:35,040 --> 02:55:36,560
mouse maybe there's a mouse or

3537
02:55:36,560 --> 02:55:39,750
something.

3538
02:55:39,760 --> 02:55:42,000
Yeah. Can you get res?

3539
02:55:42,000 --> 02:55:42,950
>> No, I can't give it.

3540
02:55:42,950 --> 02:55:42,960
» No, I can't give it.

3541
02:55:42,960 --> 02:55:45,830
>> Okay, you can move it up. Yeah, thank

3542
02:55:45,830 --> 02:55:45,840
» Okay, you can move it up. Yeah, thank

3543
02:55:45,840 --> 02:55:48,800
you.

3544
02:55:48,800 --> 02:55:49,910
>> Well, thank you, mayor, members of

3545
02:55:49,910 --> 02:55:49,920
» Well, thank you, mayor, members of

3546
02:55:49,920 --> 02:55:52,560
council, and my colleagues. Uh, so

3547
02:55:52,560 --> 02:55:54,399
giving you a bit of an overview of the

3548
02:55:54,399 --> 02:55:56,960
economic development and marketing

3549
02:55:56,960 --> 02:55:59,200
needed to talk.

3550
02:55:59,200 --> 02:56:01,920
I said kiss the microphone earlier.

3551
02:56:01,920 --> 02:56:03,840
Um, just again want to give you a bit of

3552
02:56:03,840 --> 02:56:05,520
an overview of the economic development

3553
02:56:05,520 --> 02:56:09,359
marketing uh business plan. Uh so uh

3554
02:56:09,359 --> 02:56:11,359
next slide I put the slide here. There

3555
02:56:11,359 --> 02:56:13,680
we go. Uh so you'll see just to note off

3556
02:56:13,680 --> 02:56:16,080
the top I guess I'll go back a slide. Um

3557
02:56:16,080 --> 02:56:18,000
you'll see a much a little bit more

3558
02:56:18,000 --> 02:56:19,600
paired back business plan this year. So

3559
02:56:19,600 --> 02:56:21,520
a number of things have been removed. Uh

3560
02:56:21,520 --> 02:56:23,680
so for example the SNA membership is

3561
02:56:23,680 --> 02:56:25,279
removed so we won't participate in that

3562
02:56:25,279 --> 02:56:26,960
organization. The budget is approved as

3563
02:56:26,960 --> 02:56:29,040
is. Um but there's also been some

3564
02:56:29,040 --> 02:56:31,040
streamlining the business plan as well

3565
02:56:31,040 --> 02:56:32,880
to note things that aren't that we still

3566
02:56:32,880 --> 02:56:34,479
continue to fund but aren't really uh

3567
02:56:34,479 --> 02:56:36,960
shame. So for example, the chamber of

3568
02:56:36,960 --> 02:56:39,600
business awards gala which is you know

3569
02:56:39,600 --> 02:56:42,080
does cost about 10 grand to participate

3570
02:56:42,080 --> 02:56:43,920
with that that's still in the budget but

3571
02:56:43,920 --> 02:56:46,240
just down there because we do that and

3572
02:56:46,240 --> 02:56:49,279
raise a grant uh to the chandel

3573
02:56:49,279 --> 02:56:50,720
in terms of the community improvement

3574
02:56:50,720 --> 02:56:52,960
plan. Uh again many items you'll be

3575
02:56:52,960 --> 02:56:54,240
familiar with. Uh so the community

3576
02:56:54,240 --> 02:56:56,399
improvement plan uh we're funding we

3577
02:56:56,399 --> 02:56:58,640
have funding about 30,000 this year. Um

3578
02:56:58,640 --> 02:57:00,080
the next project of course we've talked

3579
02:57:00,080 --> 02:57:01,359
about a little bit already is the

3580
02:57:01,359 --> 02:57:03,600
affordable uh attainable housing project

3581
02:57:03,600 --> 02:57:06,000
at 31 Earl. Uh this project is

3582
02:57:06,000 --> 02:57:07,680
anticipated to be a revenue generation

3583
02:57:07,680 --> 02:57:10,800
project uh from both the uh sale of the

3584
02:57:10,800 --> 02:57:12,479
surplus land but also the building's

3585
02:57:12,479 --> 02:57:14,880
goal was council that was delivered. Uh

3586
02:57:14,880 --> 02:57:16,479
town hall support will be revenue

3587
02:57:16,479 --> 02:57:17,920
generation. We're already well on our

3588
02:57:17,920 --> 02:57:19,840
way there but again uh the goals

3589
02:57:19,840 --> 02:57:21,920
identified by council and previous

3590
02:57:21,920 --> 02:57:24,479
budget was size 5 million. Uh so that's

3591
02:57:24,479 --> 02:57:26,319
what we can work. Oh, you're not

3592
02:57:26,319 --> 02:57:27,910
>> I'm not moving. I'm talking but not

3593
02:57:27,910 --> 02:57:27,920
» I'm not moving. I'm talking but not

3594
02:57:27,920 --> 02:57:30,319
moving. Yeah. Okay.

3595
02:57:30,319 --> 02:57:31,990
>> Need a little bit more coffee. Go ahead.

3596
02:57:31,990 --> 02:57:32,000
» Need a little bit more coffee. Go ahead.

3597
02:57:32,000 --> 02:57:33,110
>> Yeah. Yeah. Need a little bit more

3598
02:57:33,110 --> 02:57:33,120
» Yeah. Yeah. Need a little bit more

3599
02:57:33,120 --> 02:57:37,190
coffee. Thanks, Carlos.

3600
02:57:37,200 --> 02:57:38,880
» Uh, so I was looking at my screen here.

3601
02:57:38,880 --> 02:57:40,160
That's why because I can't read that.

3602
02:57:40,160 --> 02:57:41,760
So, it was moving on my screen but not

3603
02:57:41,760 --> 02:57:44,560
up there. Um, so then the next part here

3604
02:57:44,560 --> 02:57:46,160
moving to the next slide. Some of these

3605
02:57:46,160 --> 02:57:47,680
items here. So, the asset management

3606
02:57:47,680 --> 02:57:50,080
work again management is a priority

3607
02:57:50,080 --> 02:57:52,560
across the departments. Uh so this is

3608
02:57:52,560 --> 02:57:55,040
looking at the ident item identified by

3609
02:57:55,040 --> 02:57:57,359
council for disposal of adjacent of

3610
02:57:57,359 --> 02:57:59,600
lands that we may not need. So basically

3611
02:57:59,600 --> 02:58:01,840
there's lands adjacent to roadways small

3612
02:58:01,840 --> 02:58:03,600
pieces. We already use some of this.

3613
02:58:03,600 --> 02:58:06,080
This is adding to that work as well. Uh

3614
02:58:06,080 --> 02:58:07,279
we're looking at doing a little bit more

3615
02:58:07,279 --> 02:58:08,960
video production as we do from year to

3616
02:58:08,960 --> 02:58:11,200
year and supporting uh manufacturers in

3617
02:58:11,200 --> 02:58:13,680
our community with uh well I guess

3618
02:58:13,680 --> 02:58:17,920
diversification but also manufacturing

3619
02:58:17,920 --> 02:58:22,710
action high-tech manufacturing action.

3620
02:58:22,720 --> 02:58:25,520
Uh we talked director Carlos Reyes has

3621
02:58:25,520 --> 02:58:26,880
to talk about airport promotion. So

3622
02:58:26,880 --> 02:58:28,479
we've noted that as well. And we've also

3623
02:58:28,479 --> 02:58:30,640
noted a couple projects here relating to

3624
02:58:30,640 --> 02:58:32,479
land assets at the airport. So one is

3625
02:58:32,479 --> 02:58:35,120
the surplus lands to generate revenue

3626
02:58:35,120 --> 02:58:37,520
and the other item is the wood lot issue

3627
02:58:37,520 --> 02:58:39,600
which again again as talked about we

3628
02:58:39,600 --> 02:58:41,279
continue to work on that. There are some

3629
02:58:41,279 --> 02:58:42,800
challenges there for sure as noted

3630
02:58:42,800 --> 02:58:45,920
earlier but uh still an active project

3631
02:58:45,920 --> 02:58:48,399
by far working with operations and

3632
02:58:48,399 --> 02:58:50,960
development.

3633
02:58:50,960 --> 02:58:52,880
Uh project basing is again these are

3634
02:58:52,880 --> 02:58:54,319
carry forward projects. So project

3635
02:58:54,319 --> 02:58:56,000
basing we look to we're looking to go

3636
02:58:56,000 --> 02:58:58,000
out with the public consultation on that

3637
02:58:58,000 --> 02:59:00,720
in the very near future and also with

3638
02:59:00,720 --> 02:59:03,520
the public uh sorry the film policy

3639
02:59:03,520 --> 02:59:05,840
implementation as well. Uh the next step

3640
02:59:05,840 --> 02:59:07,600
working with our manager of innovation

3641
02:59:07,600 --> 02:59:10,000
strategic initiatives is to consult on

3642
02:59:10,000 --> 02:59:11,439
that as well and bring that back to

3643
02:59:11,439 --> 02:59:17,590
council for resolution.

3644
02:59:17,600 --> 02:59:19,760
Uh again some prior capback projects.

3645
02:59:19,760 --> 02:59:21,200
The biggest project that we have of

3646
02:59:21,200 --> 02:59:22,800
course is phase two the van own

3647
02:59:22,800 --> 02:59:24,240
innovation park. So a number of these

3648
02:59:24,240 --> 02:59:26,479
projects relate to that. Uh the progress

3649
02:59:26,479 --> 02:59:28,319
drive extension was actually in phase

3650
02:59:28,319 --> 02:59:31,600
one. That project as you know is uh is

3651
02:59:31,600 --> 02:59:33,120
actually completed. What we're waiting

3652
02:59:33,120 --> 02:59:34,560
for is the revenue portion of that

3653
02:59:34,560 --> 02:59:36,479
project to come in. Once that comes in

3654
02:59:36,479 --> 02:59:38,399
we close that project off this business

3655
02:59:38,399 --> 02:59:40,479
plan and we're currently negotiating on

3656
02:59:40,479 --> 02:59:42,720
that right now. Uh the road remote

3657
02:59:42,720 --> 02:59:44,720
construction project is uh previously

3658
02:59:44,720 --> 02:59:47,040
funded through a combination of reserves

3659
02:59:47,040 --> 02:59:50,240
operations and also local county. That

3660
02:59:50,240 --> 02:59:52,319
project is moving mode ahead with

3661
02:59:52,319 --> 02:59:54,000
operation and development to completing

3662
02:59:54,000 --> 02:59:58,309
that in 2026.

3663
02:59:58,319 --> 03:00:01,040
Uh next we have uh the project poly iso.

3664
03:00:01,040 --> 03:00:04,000
So this relates to road industrial area

3665
03:00:04,000 --> 03:00:06,160
and there's $75,000 that have been

3666
03:00:06,160 --> 03:00:07,600
included in the budget relating to

3667
03:00:07,600 --> 03:00:09,439
easement we have to acquire off of

3668
03:00:09,439 --> 03:00:11,439
street. And then we're also looking to

3669
03:00:11,439 --> 03:00:13,120
bring forward as directed by council

3670
03:00:13,120 --> 03:00:14,240
some funding on the environmental

3671
03:00:14,240 --> 03:00:16,800
assessment for that industrial road. So

3672
03:00:16,800 --> 03:00:20,640
this is not $200,000 in repair is not in

3673
03:00:20,640 --> 03:00:22,960
the uh budget right now brought back as

3674
03:00:22,960 --> 03:00:25,920
the finance have been identified and of

3675
03:00:25,920 --> 03:00:27,439
course the most important part of

3676
03:00:27,439 --> 03:00:30,240
selling is perhaps marketing.

3677
03:00:30,240 --> 03:00:32,640
Cornbart marketing is selling integrity

3678
03:00:32,640 --> 03:00:34,640
group. In this case here, we have some

3679
03:00:34,640 --> 03:00:37,200
funds to market phase 2 industrial park

3680
03:00:37,200 --> 03:00:42,160
and to sell those industrial links.

3681
03:00:42,160 --> 03:00:44,960
Uh for discoverenberg council may recall

3682
03:00:44,960 --> 03:00:46,479
a number of years ago, actually over a

3683
03:00:46,479 --> 03:00:48,640
decade ago, we started a cooperative

3684
03:00:48,640 --> 03:00:50,319
marketing campaign with home builders to

3685
03:00:50,319 --> 03:00:53,120
market Tosenberg for growth. Um that

3686
03:00:53,120 --> 03:00:55,120
obviously had some success. I think was

3687
03:00:55,120 --> 03:00:57,200
quite successful and of course it was

3688
03:00:57,200 --> 03:00:59,359
successful because we had good builders

3689
03:00:59,359 --> 03:01:01,840
I would say um as well and maybe hard

3690
03:01:01,840 --> 03:01:03,439
does. So looking at it again we've had

3691
03:01:03,439 --> 03:01:05,040
some slowdown in housing as well as

3692
03:01:05,040 --> 03:01:07,359
council's aware looking at maybe uh what

3693
03:01:07,359 --> 03:01:08,880
we may need to do to resurrect that if

3694
03:01:08,880 --> 03:01:09,920
it's needed. We're going to talk to our

3695
03:01:09,920 --> 03:01:12,319
builder committee HS staff investigation

3696
03:01:12,319 --> 03:01:14,160
time at this point. Uh but wanted to

3697
03:01:14,160 --> 03:01:16,640
know if that is in it. And uh next of

3698
03:01:16,640 --> 03:01:18,399
course we have as mentioned earlier an

3699
03:01:18,399 --> 03:01:20,800
affiliate membership um sport um which

3700
03:01:20,800 --> 03:01:27,030
would be at at our $5,000.

3701
03:01:27,040 --> 03:01:29,520
» Yeah. So I guess um the risk really

3702
03:01:29,520 --> 03:01:31,920
relate to revenue generation. Um in real

3703
03:01:31,920 --> 03:01:33,520
estate there's you know the three famous

3704
03:01:33,520 --> 03:01:35,680
words are location, location, location.

3705
03:01:35,680 --> 03:01:37,920
For Ronaldo the three favorite words are

3706
03:01:37,920 --> 03:01:40,240
show me the money. And so for me the

3707
03:01:40,240 --> 03:01:41,920
three favorite words are sell, sell,

3708
03:01:41,920 --> 03:01:44,319
sell. Um so really the risk related to

3709
03:01:44,319 --> 03:01:46,560
my business plan do relate to selling

3710
03:01:46,560 --> 03:01:48,560
assets and those whether they're

3711
03:01:48,560 --> 03:01:50,160
industrial land which of course is the

3712
03:01:50,160 --> 03:01:52,479
primary focus or related to project

3713
03:01:52,479 --> 03:01:54,800
swing as a secondary focus and then of

3714
03:01:54,800 --> 03:01:56,640
course those odds and s you want to

3715
03:01:56,640 --> 03:01:58,560
involve that those bits of lands they

3716
03:01:58,560 --> 03:02:00,640
can generate no amounts of revenue but

3717
03:02:00,640 --> 03:02:02,560
are still important our overall revenue

3718
03:02:02,560 --> 03:02:04,960
generation goals. So really when we look

3719
03:02:04,960 --> 03:02:07,120
at this uh there's the land sales

3720
03:02:07,120 --> 03:02:09,200
there's the investment and the council

3721
03:02:09,200 --> 03:02:11,600
supported in uh developing those lands

3722
03:02:11,600 --> 03:02:13,040
and bring those lands to market whether

3723
03:02:13,040 --> 03:02:15,120
it's planning approvals uh for Earl

3724
03:02:15,120 --> 03:02:17,920
Street or whether it's uh the design for

3725
03:02:17,920 --> 03:02:20,399
van innovation part right now we're in

3726
03:02:20,399 --> 03:02:23,439
spending part of that project those

3727
03:02:23,439 --> 03:02:25,600
projects we're spending in making those

3728
03:02:25,600 --> 03:02:27,439
investments necessary in those events to

3729
03:02:27,439 --> 03:02:29,279
market and as we do that of course what

3730
03:02:29,279 --> 03:02:31,359
that will do is uh those costs will be

3731
03:02:31,359 --> 03:02:33,359
offset by landing sales as we move

3732
03:02:33,359 --> 03:02:34,080
forward

3733
03:02:34,080 --> 03:02:36,469
future [clears throat]

3734
03:02:36,479 --> 03:02:38,640
certainly uh we know that as well I mean

3735
03:02:38,640 --> 03:02:40,640
the economy I think most most economists

3736
03:02:40,640 --> 03:02:41,840
will say that the economy has been

3737
03:02:41,840 --> 03:02:43,359
relatively robust and not withstanding

3738
03:02:43,359 --> 03:02:44,800
these hits that we're getting with

3739
03:02:44,800 --> 03:02:46,479
respect to all this tariff uh

3740
03:02:46,479 --> 03:02:48,800
uncertainty and economic uncertainty and

3741
03:02:48,800 --> 03:02:50,240
not withstanding all of that that the

3742
03:02:50,240 --> 03:02:52,640
economy actually is relatively strong

3743
03:02:52,640 --> 03:02:54,560
but certainly a risk downside risk to

3744
03:02:54,560 --> 03:02:56,479
the business plan is that if there is a

3745
03:02:56,479 --> 03:02:58,800
real slowdown in investment then we're

3746
03:02:58,800 --> 03:03:01,200
going to see this slowdown in in in

3747
03:03:01,200 --> 03:03:04,000
potentially land sales and that revenue

3748
03:03:04,000 --> 03:03:05,520
as well. So I certainly think it's a

3749
03:03:05,520 --> 03:03:06,880
risk when you look at the economy. The

3750
03:03:06,880 --> 03:03:08,960
first half of last year was a really

3751
03:03:08,960 --> 03:03:10,800
possibility. Many people will speak to

3752
03:03:10,800 --> 03:03:12,560
that. In the latter half the year,

3753
03:03:12,560 --> 03:03:14,240
people got used to the uncertainty. We

3754
03:03:14,240 --> 03:03:16,399
saw some of that cementing come back. So

3755
03:03:16,399 --> 03:03:18,720
um the hope is that that uncertainty is

3756
03:03:18,720 --> 03:03:20,479
kind of dealt with and as we head

3757
03:03:20,479 --> 03:03:22,560
forward that that investment will

3758
03:03:22,560 --> 03:03:24,560
continue to grow. And of course as noted

3759
03:03:24,560 --> 03:03:26,080
by the mayor at the beginning of this

3760
03:03:26,080 --> 03:03:28,399
speech is that you know industrial wise

3761
03:03:28,399 --> 03:03:29,760
there has been actually a lot of

3762
03:03:29,760 --> 03:03:32,080
investment uh not just in Tenberg but

3763
03:03:32,080 --> 03:03:33,920
across southwest Ontario the industrial

3764
03:03:33,920 --> 03:03:36,880
sector is probably the strongest sector

3765
03:03:36,880 --> 03:03:41,750
over the last number of months as well.

3766
03:03:41,760 --> 03:03:44,000
» Yeah. So again, I think that as I noted

3767
03:03:44,000 --> 03:03:46,560
already, this business plan talks about

3768
03:03:46,560 --> 03:03:48,720
investing in mannation park and

3769
03:03:48,720 --> 03:03:50,960
financial recreation facilities and for

3770
03:03:50,960 --> 03:03:52,160
the businesses to our community

3771
03:03:52,160 --> 03:03:53,920
improvement plan to support our growth

3772
03:03:53,920 --> 03:03:56,080
and diversification [clears throat] of

3773
03:03:56,080 --> 03:03:57,840
the economy. Uh we want to do some

3774
03:03:57,840 --> 03:04:00,000
promotion whether it's uh video

3775
03:04:00,000 --> 03:04:02,000
production, chamber boards, newsletters

3776
03:04:02,000 --> 03:04:03,680
or just on the street and talking

3777
03:04:03,680 --> 03:04:05,279
investors and trying to make invest

3778
03:04:05,279 --> 03:04:06,800
here. That's really what this

3779
03:04:06,800 --> 03:04:10,399
opportunity is. um looking at maintain

3780
03:04:10,399 --> 03:04:12,080
our partnerships of course and generate

3781
03:04:12,080 --> 03:04:14,160
I think the bottom line is uh generate

3782
03:04:14,160 --> 03:04:16,000
significant revenues uh toward those

3783
03:04:16,000 --> 03:04:18,960
capital projects that already mentioned

3784
03:04:18,960 --> 03:04:21,920
yeah just from a three-year

3785
03:04:21,920 --> 03:04:24,479
three-year plan uh really as mentioned

3786
03:04:24,479 --> 03:04:27,120
uh nothing new here innovation market is

3787
03:04:27,120 --> 03:04:34,469
the biggest surp

3788
03:04:34,479 --> 03:04:35,840
this this graph here or sorry this

3789
03:04:35,840 --> 03:04:38,000
budget summary really plan summary

3790
03:04:38,000 --> 03:04:40,080
speaks do some of the in and out. So one

3791
03:04:40,080 --> 03:04:42,560
is significant out is that uh with the

3792
03:04:42,560 --> 03:04:43,840
decline projected decline in the

3793
03:04:43,840 --> 03:04:45,760
economic development reserve right now

3794
03:04:45,760 --> 03:04:48,160
uh we reached to fund a fair bit of our

3795
03:04:48,160 --> 03:04:50,479
debenture cost from that reserve we're

3796
03:04:50,479 --> 03:04:51,840
not able to do that in this budget. So

3797
03:04:51,840 --> 03:04:53,680
we've seen increase in that and then

3798
03:04:53,680 --> 03:04:56,000
similarly there's that $75,000 I

3799
03:04:56,000 --> 03:04:58,720
mentioned with the acquisition of both

3800
03:04:58,720 --> 03:05:00,160
revenue and expenditure items. So

3801
03:05:00,160 --> 03:05:03,439
there's some in and out

3802
03:05:03,439 --> 03:05:07,600
bottom line that you see there as well.

3803
03:05:07,600 --> 03:05:09,750
>> I think mayor um I think we can get into

3804
03:05:09,750 --> 03:05:09,760
» I think mayor um I think we can get into

3805
03:05:09,760 --> 03:05:11,040
much more detail of course but I think

3806
03:05:11,040 --> 03:05:12,857
at that point I will certainly

3807
03:05:12,857 --> 03:05:15,030
[clears throat]

3808
03:05:15,040 --> 03:05:21,429
open questions.

3809
03:05:21,439 --> 03:05:24,000
um to the chair to the development

3810
03:05:24,000 --> 03:05:27,439
commissioner. Um I just wanted a comment

3811
03:05:27,439 --> 03:05:30,880
maybe um that in the budget it was it

3812
03:05:30,880 --> 03:05:33,680
says turtle festival seekers would

3813
03:05:33,680 --> 03:05:35,600
prefer to have this in the budget over

3814
03:05:35,600 --> 03:05:38,160
the 9k council.

3815
03:05:38,160 --> 03:05:42,479
Can you explain to the mayor? Um the uh

3816
03:05:42,479 --> 03:05:44,720
I believe there's $9,000 in the council

3817
03:05:44,720 --> 03:05:47,760
grant budget. Can someone confirm that?

3818
03:05:47,760 --> 03:05:49,269
>> 45

3819
03:05:49,269 --> 03:05:49,279
» 45

3820
03:05:49,279 --> 03:05:51,760
$4,500. So, at that point when this line

3821
03:05:51,760 --> 03:05:53,760
was written, there was nine grand out of

3822
03:05:53,760 --> 03:05:55,040
that capital budget. It's now been

3823
03:05:55,040 --> 03:05:57,040
reduced to it sounds like half of that.

3824
03:05:57,040 --> 03:05:59,600
Um, in my budget, I had a $2,500

3825
03:05:59,600 --> 03:06:02,800
allocation to sponsor um an event for

3826
03:06:02,800 --> 03:06:04,479
the internal request. Um, and that's

3827
03:06:04,479 --> 03:06:06,080
been in the loop. That was just

3828
03:06:06,080 --> 03:06:07,680
indicating that I was hoping to have

3829
03:06:07,680 --> 03:06:10,000
that and it's not

3830
03:06:10,000 --> 03:06:12,950
>> And could you explain what that like

3831
03:06:12,950 --> 03:06:12,960
» And could you explain what that like

3832
03:06:12,960 --> 03:06:15,040
separate like from the grant money what

3833
03:06:15,040 --> 03:06:17,760
that money is used for? Yeah, it was it

3834
03:06:17,760 --> 03:06:19,120
was part of our through the mayor again.

3835
03:06:19,120 --> 03:06:20,800
It was part of our discoverenber

3836
03:06:20,800 --> 03:06:22,479
promotion. So when we were we did a lot

3837
03:06:22,479 --> 03:06:23,439
more of that of course when we

3838
03:06:23,439 --> 03:06:24,880
discovered tenber which was that

3839
03:06:24,880 --> 03:06:26,640
partnership with the I mentioned that we

3840
03:06:26,640 --> 03:06:28,560
had previously we used to sponsor a

3841
03:06:28,560 --> 03:06:30,319
number of events that we were trying to

3842
03:06:30,319 --> 03:06:32,479
um build awareness of the home builders

3843
03:06:32,479 --> 03:06:34,880
in town and buying opportunities. So

3844
03:06:34,880 --> 03:06:36,240
when we sponsored trophus and that

3845
03:06:36,240 --> 03:06:38,240
aluminum sorry that was out of that

3846
03:06:38,240 --> 03:06:40,160
budget as well and so the only thing we

3847
03:06:40,160 --> 03:06:41,120
carried forward from really that

3848
03:06:41,120 --> 03:06:43,520
discover initiative was the trophus

3849
03:06:43,520 --> 03:06:45,760
sponsorship and so in this case it's uh

3850
03:06:45,760 --> 03:06:47,520
yeah it's it's we have we don't have

3851
03:06:47,520 --> 03:06:49,040
that initiative either but it was a nice

3852
03:06:49,040 --> 03:06:50,560
thing that we did to kind of raise

3853
03:06:50,560 --> 03:06:54,319
awareness on our website discover.ca and

3854
03:06:54,319 --> 03:06:59,750
also trust

3855
03:06:59,760 --> 03:07:09,590
mad mayor. Thank you for the question.

3856
03:07:09,600 --> 03:07:11,359
So I think what's important here too is

3857
03:07:11,359 --> 03:07:15,429
very discussion around

3858
03:07:15,439 --> 03:07:18,319
you just also comment

3859
03:07:18,319 --> 03:07:21,760
status where there are turtles

3860
03:07:21,760 --> 03:07:27,429
where positive zones now.

3861
03:07:27,439 --> 03:07:29,439
» Yes.

3862
03:07:29,439 --> 03:07:33,600
Mor, we uh um based on the change in the

3863
03:07:33,600 --> 03:07:36,319
grant policy last year, two of us was

3864
03:07:36,319 --> 03:07:39,520
provided $9,000 grant. As part of that

3865
03:07:39,520 --> 03:07:43,760
decided to read which during provide a a

3866
03:07:43,760 --> 03:07:46,800
report back to the municipality

3867
03:07:46,800 --> 03:07:49,760
their financials and that report uh

3868
03:07:49,760 --> 03:07:52,880
while it wasn't 100% uh finalized in

3869
03:07:52,880 --> 03:07:55,040
terms of there was some forecasted

3870
03:07:55,040 --> 03:07:57,920
amounts uh they indicated that they

3871
03:07:57,920 --> 03:08:00,720
forecasted $10,000 surplus in the

3872
03:08:00,720 --> 03:08:05,200
overall financials to so that led part

3873
03:08:05,200 --> 03:08:07,760
to the discussions around the level of

3874
03:08:07,760 --> 03:08:09,680
council support and we felt the board

3875
03:08:09,680 --> 03:08:16,230
was filter

3876
03:08:16,240 --> 03:08:17,680
for

3877
03:08:17,680 --> 03:08:20,710
>> that makes sense. That was the biggest

3878
03:08:20,710 --> 03:08:20,720
» that makes sense. That was the biggest

3879
03:08:20,720 --> 03:08:25,830
Yeah. Thank you.

3880
03:08:25,840 --> 03:08:32,469
» Are there questions?

3881
03:08:32,479 --> 03:08:35,680
» Thank you very much, Sus.

3882
03:08:35,680 --> 03:08:39,920
So, um, we will break her lunch until

3883
03:08:39,920 --> 03:08:42,240
100 p.m.

3884
03:08:42,240 --> 03:08:44,000
because, uh, the next kindergarten is

3885
03:08:44,000 --> 03:08:47,200
big. So, I don't

3886
03:08:47,200 --> 03:08:49,279
that fast. So, we will break for lunch.

3887
03:08:49,279 --> 03:08:52,640
And at 1:00 p.m., council seemed

3888
03:08:52,640 --> 03:08:55,520
shared. Um, because the B presentation

3889
03:08:55,520 --> 03:08:57,840
is happening at 1. So, he's just going

3890
03:08:57,840 --> 03:09:00,319
to go a little bit out of order and then

3891
03:09:00,319 --> 03:09:07,910
we'll come back in and finish the other.

3892
03:09:07,920 --> 03:12:12,710
I have to remember.

3893
03:12:12,720 --> 03:12:16,880
102. Welcome back everyone.

3894
03:12:16,880 --> 03:12:19,750
>> It's going to be resumeuming the taking

3895
03:12:19,750 --> 03:12:19,760
» It's going to be resumeuming the taking

3896
03:12:19,760 --> 03:12:22,800
the chair for the uh the BIA

3897
03:12:22,800 --> 03:12:25,120
presentation. The mayor, deputy mayor

3898
03:12:25,120 --> 03:12:29,279
Mozart the conflict of interest. So, uh,

3899
03:12:29,279 --> 03:12:31,680
we've got a BIA presentation from, uh,

3900
03:12:31,680 --> 03:12:34,160
executive director Mark from BIA who

3901
03:12:34,160 --> 03:12:38,479
will lead us through the law. Thank you.

3902
03:12:38,479 --> 03:12:40,710
>> Well, thank you very much, uh, Mr.

3903
03:12:40,710 --> 03:12:40,720
» Well, thank you very much, uh, Mr.

3904
03:12:40,720 --> 03:12:43,359
Acting Mayor. Is that your moment?

3905
03:12:43,359 --> 03:12:44,870
>> Chair

3906
03:12:44,870 --> 03:12:44,880
» Chair

3907
03:12:44,880 --> 03:12:46,399
negative. Thank you.

3908
03:12:46,399 --> 03:12:48,150
>> Well, thank you very much everybody and,

3909
03:12:48,150 --> 03:12:48,160
» Well, thank you very much everybody and,

3910
03:12:48,160 --> 03:12:49,840
uh, thank you for having us here today.

3911
03:12:49,840 --> 03:12:52,479
Uh, welcome to, uh, thank you to the

3912
03:12:52,479 --> 03:12:54,560
senior leadership team. Uh we have a

3913
03:12:54,560 --> 03:12:57,359
number of members from uh the BIA that

3914
03:12:57,359 --> 03:12:58,960
are with us today. We have board member

3915
03:12:58,960 --> 03:13:00,880
Mike Bossy. We have uh one of our

3916
03:13:00,880 --> 03:13:03,760
special projects guys Mefield and our

3917
03:13:03,760 --> 03:13:06,800
wonderful marketing domestic partner. So

3918
03:13:06,800 --> 03:13:09,120
we follow a process every year uh very

3919
03:13:09,120 --> 03:13:10,720
similar to council under the municipal

3920
03:13:10,720 --> 03:13:13,680
act and we worked on the budget

3921
03:13:13,680 --> 03:13:15,760
presented it after getting advice from

3922
03:13:15,760 --> 03:13:17,760
Ronaldo and the changes that were

3923
03:13:17,760 --> 03:13:19,520
necessary because of the strong mayor

3924
03:13:19,520 --> 03:13:22,240
powers we advanced our decision-m

3925
03:13:22,240 --> 03:13:24,640
process through the BIA the board

3926
03:13:24,640 --> 03:13:26,640
doubled the budget at special meetings

3927
03:13:26,640 --> 03:13:29,680
in August and September of 2025

3928
03:13:29,680 --> 03:13:31,520
that budget was then approved at the

3929
03:13:31,520 --> 03:13:34,160
board level we then had a presentation

3930
03:13:34,160 --> 03:13:36,000
with an engagement with the members of

3931
03:13:36,000 --> 03:13:38,720
the uh BIA at the annual general meeting

3932
03:13:38,720 --> 03:13:41,200
on October 29th. That brings us here to

3933
03:13:41,200 --> 03:13:43,279
today where we are presenting the point

3934
03:13:43,279 --> 03:13:45,600
of council

3935
03:13:45,600 --> 03:13:48,720
and we're not over here.

3936
03:13:48,720 --> 03:13:50,479
So the one good thing that everybody in

3937
03:13:50,479 --> 03:13:51,624
this room should feel about

3938
03:13:51,624 --> 03:13:52,720
[clears throat] is that with the

3939
03:13:52,720 --> 03:13:55,040
downtown is that we're healing building

3940
03:13:55,040 --> 03:13:58,239
on a very successful number of years. We

3941
03:13:58,239 --> 03:14:00,160
have a strong foundation. There are a

3942
03:14:00,160 --> 03:14:01,520
number of things that have happened the

3943
03:14:01,520 --> 03:14:03,520
last few years, some of them in the last

3944
03:14:03,520 --> 03:14:06,080
couple years, the last few months where

3945
03:14:06,080 --> 03:14:09,359
we are among, you know, a top performer

3946
03:14:09,359 --> 03:14:12,000
in many categories across one of them's

3947
03:14:12,000 --> 03:14:14,479
population as the everybody in the room

3948
03:14:14,479 --> 03:14:16,000
knows. We're the fourth strongest

3949
03:14:16,000 --> 03:14:18,239
downtown in Canada with our similar

3950
03:14:18,239 --> 03:14:20,160
pureized municipalities. I'll talk about

3951
03:14:20,160 --> 03:14:22,800
that a little bit later. We are in the

3952
03:14:22,800 --> 03:14:24,880
top 10 best places to live in Canada and

3953
03:14:24,880 --> 03:14:27,120
that's not the first time that we've

3954
03:14:27,120 --> 03:14:29,600
been blessed with that type of honor and

3955
03:14:29,600 --> 03:14:32,000
we are recognized by our EIU peers. They

3956
03:14:32,000 --> 03:14:34,720
always look like toler

3957
03:14:34,720 --> 03:14:36,720
as some of the things that we have done.

3958
03:14:36,720 --> 03:14:38,080
We've won awards for these at the

3959
03:14:38,080 --> 03:14:39,920
provincial level. So that's something

3960
03:14:39,920 --> 03:14:42,399
that everybody in this room is the BIA

3961
03:14:42,399 --> 03:14:44,880
should feel bit about.

3962
03:14:44,880 --> 03:14:46,880
I did mention we are a leader in all of

3963
03:14:46,880 --> 03:14:50,479
Canada. Our downtown between population

3964
03:14:50,479 --> 03:14:53,760
of 15 and 25,000 after calling wood and

3965
03:14:53,760 --> 03:14:56,080
Colberg and Swami

3966
03:14:56,080 --> 03:14:58,319
we are among the tops in the entire

3967
03:14:58,319 --> 03:15:00,319
country in terms of what our downtown is

3968
03:15:00,319 --> 03:15:02,960
and how it uh behaves and how it acts.

3969
03:15:02,960 --> 03:15:04,960
We have a very well planned central

3970
03:15:04,960 --> 03:15:07,279
business district. Uh, one thing that I

3971
03:15:07,279 --> 03:15:09,120
learned when I was in this room for 11

3972
03:15:09,120 --> 03:15:11,439
years as deputy mayor and council is the

3973
03:15:11,439 --> 03:15:14,160
importance of planning and I think this

3974
03:15:14,160 --> 03:15:16,319
municipality has done an outstanding job

3975
03:15:16,319 --> 03:15:19,040
over many decades planning for our

3976
03:15:19,040 --> 03:15:21,600
success. Uh, councelor Parsons often

3977
03:15:21,600 --> 03:15:24,479
reminds me even before there was a BIA,

3978
03:15:24,479 --> 03:15:27,040
they had the Tulsa Dispense Association

3979
03:15:27,040 --> 03:15:28,720
which was the precursor which was an

3980
03:15:28,720 --> 03:15:32,800
informal body back then but it 1960s

3981
03:15:32,800 --> 03:15:36,479
until the BIA came along in the 1970s.

3982
03:15:36,479 --> 03:15:38,319
The other thing out of all of our pure

3983
03:15:38,319 --> 03:15:40,080
communities in our population group, we

3984
03:15:40,080 --> 03:15:42,160
have the lowest vacancy rate. We

3985
03:15:42,160 --> 03:15:44,000
continue to see investment,

3986
03:15:44,000 --> 03:15:45,840
reinvestment, and development in the

3987
03:15:45,840 --> 03:15:48,720
central core. All you have to do is walk

3988
03:15:48,720 --> 03:15:50,720
through the town center mall to see the

3989
03:15:50,720 --> 03:15:52,640
the thousands of dollars that have been

3990
03:15:52,640 --> 03:15:55,040
invested in close shopping mall, which

3991
03:15:55,040 --> 03:15:57,520
is quite striking nowadays. You continue

3992
03:15:57,520 --> 03:15:59,760
to have a high level of aesthetic in our

3993
03:15:59,760 --> 03:16:02,399
public realm. high concentration of body

3994
03:16:02,399 --> 03:16:04,160
style stores in our central district

3995
03:16:04,160 --> 03:16:05,760
that really doesn't exist anywhere else

3996
03:16:05,760 --> 03:16:08,880
in the country by and large and we'll

3997
03:16:08,880 --> 03:16:10,479
talk a lot today about our community

3998
03:16:10,479 --> 03:16:12,880
events, our activations and things that

3999
03:16:12,880 --> 03:16:16,160
we do all year long. It is important for

4000
03:16:16,160 --> 03:16:17,920
a minute to talk about the performance

4001
03:16:17,920 --> 03:16:20,160
of the Tilsenberg Town Center because

4002
03:16:20,160 --> 03:16:22,319
they are the largest BIA member. It's a

4003
03:16:22,319 --> 03:16:25,600
281,000 square foot enclosed shopping

4004
03:16:25,600 --> 03:16:28,000
facility and it is at the top of the

4005
03:16:28,000 --> 03:16:30,560
class from coast to coast to coast. Uh

4006
03:16:30,560 --> 03:16:34,000
in 2024 and in 2025, I just got the

4007
03:16:34,000 --> 03:16:36,080
numbers from Salt Hill Capital this

4008
03:16:36,080 --> 03:16:39,279
week, there was 2 million people that

4009
03:16:39,279 --> 03:16:43,120
went through the mall in 2024 and 2025.

4010
03:16:43,120 --> 03:16:45,920
If you compare that to example Kitchener

4011
03:16:45,920 --> 03:16:47,439
Park Mall, which I'm sure some of you

4012
03:16:47,439 --> 03:16:49,920
been to, it's obviously a much larger

4013
03:16:49,920 --> 03:16:52,399
regional facility. It had 6 million

4014
03:16:52,399 --> 03:16:56,080
visits. However, they have 31% of their

4015
03:16:56,080 --> 03:16:59,520
gross leasable area is vacant. White Oak

4016
03:16:59,520 --> 03:17:01,520
Mall Small, very similar large regional

4017
03:17:01,520 --> 03:17:05,359
center. It has 12 vacancies or 26.1

4018
03:17:05,359 --> 03:17:08,399
retail space is vacant. And then close

4019
03:17:08,399 --> 03:17:11,040
by, Sinco Town Center, much more

4020
03:17:11,040 --> 03:17:12,880
comparable in size to Tulsum Town

4021
03:17:12,880 --> 03:17:15,439
Center, but they even have 12 vacancies

4022
03:17:15,439 --> 03:17:18,479
or 22,000 square ft. So what's really

4023
03:17:18,479 --> 03:17:20,640
important here is enclosed shopping

4024
03:17:20,640 --> 03:17:23,680
malls have really struggled since co and

4025
03:17:23,680 --> 03:17:25,279
particularly with the influences of

4026
03:17:25,279 --> 03:17:27,920
Amazon. So this truly is one of the

4027
03:17:27,920 --> 03:17:29,760
reasons why the downtown performs at the

4028
03:17:29,760 --> 03:17:32,399
level it does because of the success of

4029
03:17:32,399 --> 03:17:35,279
that. The next slide here we are a

4030
03:17:35,279 --> 03:17:37,600
leader in downtown economic development.

4031
03:17:37,600 --> 03:17:39,439
We work not only handinand with

4032
03:17:39,439 --> 03:17:41,200
development commissioner BA we work hand

4033
03:17:41,200 --> 03:17:42,640
in hand with all of our downtown

4034
03:17:42,640 --> 03:17:45,439
community partners. We uh went to county

4035
03:17:45,439 --> 03:17:47,840
council last year as a delegation to

4036
03:17:47,840 --> 03:17:50,800
support station development. We lead the

4037
03:17:50,800 --> 03:17:52,560
effort for downtown business incubation

4038
03:17:52,560 --> 03:17:54,239
through our business incubation center.

4039
03:17:54,239 --> 03:17:56,080
We'll talk about that. We have a

4040
03:17:56,080 --> 03:17:57,520
seamless relationship with all of our

4041
03:17:57,520 --> 03:18:00,880
downtown partners and we do events from

4042
03:18:00,880 --> 03:18:02,319
right through January through to

4043
03:18:02,319 --> 03:18:05,040
December of every year. We are a

4044
03:18:05,040 --> 03:18:06,880
foundational community partner. We

4045
03:18:06,880 --> 03:18:08,800
participate in so many things to do in

4046
03:18:08,800 --> 03:18:10,960
the town from my my attendance at the

4047
03:18:10,960 --> 03:18:13,439
act meetings, station arts. They're all

4048
03:18:13,439 --> 03:18:15,760
here. We sponsor the airport courtesy

4049
03:18:15,760 --> 03:18:17,040
vehicle to get pilots and their

4050
03:18:17,040 --> 03:18:19,600
passengers from the airport to downtown.

4051
03:18:19,600 --> 03:18:21,359
Job fairs, the entrepreneur pop-up

4052
03:18:21,359 --> 03:18:24,479
events, of course, Turtle Fest, all the

4053
03:18:24,479 --> 03:18:26,720
events we do in the mall. That's why

4054
03:18:26,720 --> 03:18:28,720
their numbers are where they are. Our

4055
03:18:28,720 --> 03:18:30,720
BIA affiliate program, Chamber of

4056
03:18:30,720 --> 03:18:34,399
Commer, and the Optimist grade. When I

4057
03:18:34,399 --> 03:18:36,399
first uh took the leadership role with

4058
03:18:36,399 --> 03:18:38,800
BIA back in December of 2018, we

4059
03:18:38,800 --> 03:18:42,160
articulated five strategies that were

4060
03:18:42,160 --> 03:18:43,840
going to take us forward to ensure that

4061
03:18:43,840 --> 03:18:46,720
we had growth resilience in terms of our

4062
03:18:46,720 --> 03:18:48,319
business community and our long-term

4063
03:18:48,319 --> 03:18:51,359
success. The first strategy which you

4064
03:18:51,359 --> 03:18:52,880
can see every day is that we make the

4065
03:18:52,880 --> 03:18:54,960
area clean and safe. That's one of the

4066
03:18:54,960 --> 03:18:56,640
most important parameters and our most

4067
03:18:56,640 --> 03:18:59,200
important effort every day. Our second

4068
03:18:59,200 --> 03:19:01,040
strategy is to beautify the public

4069
03:19:01,040 --> 03:19:04,080
spaces. That is ongoing and critical to

4070
03:19:04,080 --> 03:19:06,160
economic development. One of the things

4071
03:19:06,160 --> 03:19:08,560
I hear from real estate community day in

4072
03:19:08,560 --> 03:19:10,080
and day out is why people chose

4073
03:19:10,080 --> 03:19:11,680
Tilosenberg is because they drove

4074
03:19:11,680 --> 03:19:13,840
through downtown. They saw the quality

4075
03:19:13,840 --> 03:19:16,880
of condition what things looked like.

4076
03:19:16,880 --> 03:19:19,520
Key strategy four facilitating

4077
03:19:19,520 --> 03:19:21,520
redevelopment in the long term

4078
03:19:21,520 --> 03:19:23,760
addressing the gaps that exist in the uh

4079
03:19:23,760 --> 03:19:26,160
marketplace and also working on things

4080
03:19:26,160 --> 03:19:28,960
like the bridge street reimagination.

4081
03:19:28,960 --> 03:19:31,439
And lastly, a critical piece is we have

4082
03:19:31,439 --> 03:19:33,600
to find a way to connect till the

4083
03:19:33,600 --> 03:19:35,760
outside world because transit is going

4084
03:19:35,760 --> 03:19:38,080
to be one of our key challenges to the

4085
03:19:38,080 --> 03:19:39,760
future

4086
03:19:39,760 --> 03:19:42,800
with our finances for 2025. Our revenues

4087
03:19:42,800 --> 03:19:44,239
are going to be slightly higher than our

4088
03:19:44,239 --> 03:19:46,399
forecast. We've had careful, cautious

4089
03:19:46,399 --> 03:19:48,560
spending all year long. We've continued

4090
03:19:48,560 --> 03:19:50,479
to make investments in our public realm

4091
03:19:50,479 --> 03:19:52,800
assets, including new trees,

4092
03:19:52,800 --> 03:19:55,359
landscaping, and additional LED lights.

4093
03:19:55,359 --> 03:19:58,080
We continue to find focus on our revenue

4094
03:19:58,080 --> 03:20:00,319
generation outside of the levy. We have

4095
03:20:00,319 --> 03:20:02,239
a fantastic team. I'll talk a little bit

4096
03:20:02,239 --> 03:20:05,040
more about their the ambassadors and how

4097
03:20:05,040 --> 03:20:07,279
how dedicated they are to keeping things

4098
03:20:07,279 --> 03:20:09,359
clean and organized. We had a very

4099
03:20:09,359 --> 03:20:11,840
profitable Turofest festival this year

4100
03:20:11,840 --> 03:20:14,080
with the payment to the BIA. We had

4101
03:20:14,080 --> 03:20:16,160
success in all of our grant applications

4102
03:20:16,160 --> 03:20:18,319
last year which is phenomenal. We're

4103
03:20:18,319 --> 03:20:21,439
going to end the year model surplus and

4104
03:20:21,439 --> 03:20:23,840
working with uh Whitney Dean from large

4105
03:20:23,840 --> 03:20:25,200
to make sure that we're full in

4106
03:20:25,200 --> 03:20:27,520
compliance with all of our audit

4107
03:20:27,520 --> 03:20:29,200
guidelines.

4108
03:20:29,200 --> 03:20:33,040
For 2026 we have an 8.8% 8% increase in

4109
03:20:33,040 --> 03:20:35,040
the levy which we use the revenue

4110
03:20:35,040 --> 03:20:37,439
calculator that is provided by uh the

4111
03:20:37,439 --> 03:20:40,160
revenue manager here present today and

4112
03:20:40,160 --> 03:20:43,200
that translates to a 7.77%

4113
03:20:43,200 --> 03:20:45,600
increase to the median BIA commercial

4114
03:20:45,600 --> 03:20:47,600
property. We're going to continue to

4115
03:20:47,600 --> 03:20:49,680
execute our strategies. We are

4116
03:20:49,680 --> 03:20:51,439
restructuring the facade improvement

4117
03:20:51,439 --> 03:20:53,279
program to make sure that it is

4118
03:20:53,279 --> 03:20:55,520
sustainable for the long term and also

4119
03:20:55,520 --> 03:20:57,439
dealing with the accountability program

4120
03:20:57,439 --> 03:20:59,040
itself.

4121
03:20:59,040 --> 03:21:00,800
uh the town capital contribution which

4122
03:21:00,800 --> 03:21:02,720
is our request the same for the last

4123
03:21:02,720 --> 03:21:05,040
three years. There's no increase. We

4124
03:21:05,040 --> 03:21:06,800
have a the board has supported a

4125
03:21:06,800 --> 03:21:09,120
complete debt reduction strategy. We're

4126
03:21:09,120 --> 03:21:11,680
paying off another $18,000 of debt in

4127
03:21:11,680 --> 03:21:14,160
2026. We're going to be making a

4128
03:21:14,160 --> 03:21:16,880
significant contribution to reserves. Uh

4129
03:21:16,880 --> 03:21:19,120
investing in our IT and assets which is

4130
03:21:19,120 --> 03:21:21,439
critical to us becoming more efficient.

4131
03:21:21,439 --> 03:21:23,040
We do have a prioritized capital

4132
03:21:23,040 --> 03:21:25,600
expenditure plan through the board and

4133
03:21:25,600 --> 03:21:28,080
we want to continue to operate and grow

4134
03:21:28,080 --> 03:21:31,439
our business incubation center. These

4135
03:21:31,439 --> 03:21:34,000
are I apologize this is very small but

4136
03:21:34,000 --> 03:21:36,479
this is something that we very closely

4137
03:21:36,479 --> 03:21:39,439
his team and Ted Bian we work and this

4138
03:21:39,439 --> 03:21:41,279
is how we figure out what the impact to

4139
03:21:41,279 --> 03:21:43,600
the taxation is. It's really important

4140
03:21:43,600 --> 03:21:46,160
to remember that BIA through sorry the

4141
03:21:46,160 --> 03:21:49,760
town center mall through the uh bylaw

4142
03:21:49,760 --> 03:21:55,200
they are enoring 50% of the levy 43% for

4143
03:21:55,200 --> 03:21:58,319
the actual physical 7% for community

4144
03:21:58,319 --> 03:22:00,479
retire

4145
03:22:00,479 --> 03:22:03,600
terms of our we did a complete update

4146
03:22:03,600 --> 03:22:07,279
forecast for our finances uh retire

4147
03:22:07,279 --> 03:22:10,319
they're 8.8% 8% increase. If you look

4148
03:22:10,319 --> 03:22:13,439
down on the bottom page, there is a a

4149
03:22:13,439 --> 03:22:16,640
transfer to reserves of $24,500.

4150
03:22:16,640 --> 03:22:18,160
That's going to set us up for success

4151
03:22:18,160 --> 03:22:20,239
going into the future. The other major

4152
03:22:20,239 --> 03:22:22,479
factor is we did listen carefully to the

4153
03:22:22,479 --> 03:22:23,840
feedback from some of the council

4154
03:22:23,840 --> 03:22:26,160
members where they felt that it was

4155
03:22:26,160 --> 03:22:28,239
appropriate for the BIA to allocate

4156
03:22:28,239 --> 03:22:30,560
money for legal fees going forward. So

4157
03:22:30,560 --> 03:22:33,200
there's an $8,750

4158
03:22:33,200 --> 03:22:36,720
allocation which ones almost 4% uh of

4159
03:22:36,720 --> 03:22:39,840
the increase. And in terms of the

4160
03:22:39,840 --> 03:22:41,520
expenses, I want to go over a couple of

4161
03:22:41,520 --> 03:22:44,399
the assumptions we made. Uh we follow a

4162
03:22:44,399 --> 03:22:46,319
lot of the guidance that the town uh

4163
03:22:46,319 --> 03:22:48,080
does with his own internal budgeting.

4164
03:22:48,080 --> 03:22:50,399
For example, the finance team I think

4165
03:22:50,399 --> 03:22:53,200
was a 2% wage increase is what was

4166
03:22:53,200 --> 03:22:55,359
forecast in the budget and we took that

4167
03:22:55,359 --> 03:22:57,439
and that's what we have included in

4168
03:22:57,439 --> 03:23:00,479
terms of the BIA and you will see uh

4169
03:23:00,479 --> 03:23:02,800
council directed the BIA uh through a

4170
03:23:02,800 --> 03:23:06,319
resolution to repay the uh remaining FIP

4171
03:23:06,319 --> 03:23:09,040
deficit which you'll see in years 2026

4172
03:23:09,040 --> 03:23:13,439
to 2029 and then the PI will uh uh

4173
03:23:13,439 --> 03:23:16,880
reimplement a uh contribution to that uh

4174
03:23:16,880 --> 03:23:19,200
in their 2028

4175
03:23:19,200 --> 03:23:20,319
and you'll see that we'll have a

4176
03:23:20,319 --> 03:23:24,319
balanced budget in the next 5 years 2026

4177
03:23:24,319 --> 03:23:26,319
and along with that is a contribution to

4178
03:23:26,319 --> 03:23:28,080
reserves which will help with our

4179
03:23:28,080 --> 03:23:31,760
financial sustainability to contribute.

4180
03:23:31,760 --> 03:23:34,000
We continue to work with all levels of

4181
03:23:34,000 --> 03:23:35,680
government. We have an excellent working

4182
03:23:35,680 --> 03:23:38,080
relation relationship with everybody on

4183
03:23:38,080 --> 03:23:40,239
the town team. We also do that at the

4184
03:23:40,239 --> 03:23:42,080
provincial level, federal level. We have

4185
03:23:42,080 --> 03:23:44,080
a great relationship with our member of

4186
03:23:44,080 --> 03:23:47,040
parliament Mr. Connor and our Mr.

4187
03:23:47,040 --> 03:23:50,239
Hardman who was our MPPP as well as our

4188
03:23:50,239 --> 03:23:52,080
memberships in the various organizations

4189
03:23:52,080 --> 03:23:54,319
you see listed there. We're going to

4190
03:23:54,319 --> 03:23:55,920
continue to build on our proven

4191
03:23:55,920 --> 03:23:58,239
strategies. We number one, we want to

4192
03:23:58,239 --> 03:23:59,840
make sure that our oversight and our

4193
03:23:59,840 --> 03:24:02,000
audit to ensure excellence and financial

4194
03:24:02,000 --> 03:24:04,239
results is always there. We're a strong

4195
03:24:04,239 --> 03:24:05,840
community partner. I talked a lot about

4196
03:24:05,840 --> 03:24:07,840
that. Make sure we're communicating

4197
03:24:07,840 --> 03:24:10,080
effectively with our members. We're

4198
03:24:10,080 --> 03:24:11,760
finding our non-levy revenue

4199
03:24:11,760 --> 03:24:13,439
opportunity. Continuing [clears throat]

4200
03:24:13,439 --> 03:24:15,760
to invest in our downtown. That's what

4201
03:24:15,760 --> 03:24:17,359
it physically looks like which is

4202
03:24:17,359 --> 03:24:19,840
supporting strategy number one and

4203
03:24:19,840 --> 03:24:22,800
ongoing improvement in all aspects of

4204
03:24:22,800 --> 03:24:24,800
how do business

4205
03:24:24,800 --> 03:24:26,160
uh the leader of our marketing

4206
03:24:26,160 --> 03:24:28,720
department is here. She continues to do

4207
03:24:28,720 --> 03:24:31,439
an excellent job. We have excellence in

4208
03:24:31,439 --> 03:24:33,120
all our marketing initiatives that

4209
03:24:33,120 --> 03:24:34,399
includes branding and digital

4210
03:24:34,399 --> 03:24:36,800
strategies. Everybody here knows we're a

4211
03:24:36,800 --> 03:24:38,560
foundational partner of Turofest.

4212
03:24:38,560 --> 03:24:41,279
Turofest was fantastic last year and

4213
03:24:41,279 --> 03:24:43,760
it's going to be even better for 2026.

4214
03:24:43,760 --> 03:24:45,840
We had a f really good initiative this

4215
03:24:45,840 --> 03:24:47,840
year. We had a late night Thursday's

4216
03:24:47,840 --> 03:24:50,239
promotion and there was one that was

4217
03:24:50,239 --> 03:24:52,000
themed after the Gilmore Girls uh

4218
03:24:52,000 --> 03:24:54,880
television program and it was so busy

4219
03:24:54,880 --> 03:24:56,960
that night that was actually rivaled the

4220
03:24:56,960 --> 03:24:58,479
amount of business that people had

4221
03:24:58,479 --> 03:25:00,720
during Turo Fest. So there's an example

4222
03:25:00,720 --> 03:25:03,279
of the quality of the phase uh that

4223
03:25:03,279 --> 03:25:05,920
happened with that. Uh we have strategic

4224
03:25:05,920 --> 03:25:08,560
partnerships. I actually spoke with Alan

4225
03:25:08,560 --> 03:25:10,800
Duncan today who is the general manager

4226
03:25:10,800 --> 03:25:13,359
for two stations. The SEO now is through

4227
03:25:13,359 --> 03:25:15,120
my broadcasting corporation. We bought

4228
03:25:15,120 --> 03:25:17,279
the assets from Rogers Media and we're

4229
03:25:17,279 --> 03:25:19,760
meeting next week to discuss long-term

4230
03:25:19,760 --> 03:25:23,200
partnership as well as sponsorship

4231
03:25:23,200 --> 03:25:25,520
uh creativity and management with Tilson

4232
03:25:25,520 --> 03:25:27,359
Town Center. We manage their social

4233
03:25:27,359 --> 03:25:29,439
media accounts and is starting to manage

4234
03:25:29,439 --> 03:25:31,359
their Instagram page with Town Centry

4235
03:25:31,359 --> 03:25:34,080
Mall in February. And of course, sorry

4236
03:25:34,080 --> 03:25:36,319
I'm not advancing auto didn't tell me

4237
03:25:36,319 --> 03:25:37,920
that.

4238
03:25:37,920 --> 03:25:40,399
Sorry. Sorry. And we do a lot of things

4239
03:25:40,399 --> 03:25:41,840
throughout the year. Our pub shammy

4240
03:25:41,840 --> 03:25:43,840
we're planning now Easter turtlefest

4241
03:25:43,840 --> 03:25:47,040
Canada Day Halloween and pending

4242
03:25:47,040 --> 03:25:48,640
resources we want to start doing an

4243
03:25:48,640 --> 03:25:50,720
annual Christmas time those are very

4244
03:25:50,720 --> 03:25:55,040
popular so that's too speaking of turtle

4245
03:25:55,040 --> 03:25:56,960
fest want to spend a little bit of time

4246
03:25:56,960 --> 03:25:59,040
on this I did want to show you a couple

4247
03:25:59,040 --> 03:26:01,040
of things

4248
03:26:01,040 --> 03:26:03,600
we were fortunate this year to receive

4249
03:26:03,600 --> 03:26:05,680
money from the province of Ontario

4250
03:26:05,680 --> 03:26:07,600
through the I don't know how many of you

4251
03:26:07,600 --> 03:26:09,120
got to be there but this is the quality

4252
03:26:09,120 --> 03:26:11,200
of the effort we had on the

4253
03:26:11,200 --> 03:26:13,359
to acknowledge our sponsors. So you'll

4254
03:26:13,359 --> 03:26:16,000
see of course who's at the very top is

4255
03:26:16,000 --> 03:26:18,319
our friend the town of Tulsenberg. Uh

4256
03:26:18,319 --> 03:26:20,319
traditionally the town was always the

4257
03:26:20,319 --> 03:26:22,319
largest contributor to Turbo Trust

4258
03:26:22,319 --> 03:26:24,880
financial perspective and we didn't know

4259
03:26:24,880 --> 03:26:26,720
we were going to get the $20,000 from

4260
03:26:26,720 --> 03:26:29,520
Experience Ontario. sort of happy. Okay.

4261
03:26:29,520 --> 03:26:32,000
So, but anyway, the provincial logo is

4262
03:26:32,000 --> 03:26:33,760
there is on the bottom and we had to put

4263
03:26:33,760 --> 03:26:37,840
that on there obviously their $20,000

4264
03:26:37,840 --> 03:26:40,160
contribution and then these are the

4265
03:26:40,160 --> 03:26:42,880
other uh major sponsors that we had and

4266
03:26:42,880 --> 03:26:45,200
Turtlefest would not take place. We

4267
03:26:45,200 --> 03:26:50,000
didn't have sponsors associated there.

4268
03:26:50,000 --> 03:26:52,880
Uh Turtlefest is the largest event in

4269
03:26:52,880 --> 03:26:54,880
town every year. About 40,000 people

4270
03:26:54,880 --> 03:26:57,439
attended this year. The only Turtlefest

4271
03:26:57,439 --> 03:26:59,120
I could find anywhere that's bigger than

4272
03:26:59,120 --> 03:27:00,960
Tilsburg first Turtlefest is in Miami,

4273
03:27:00,960 --> 03:27:02,720
Florida. So, we're the largest turtle

4274
03:27:02,720 --> 03:27:05,040
themed event in Canada. Vanessa and

4275
03:27:05,040 --> 03:27:06,880
Naomi from our marketing team, they did

4276
03:27:06,880 --> 03:27:09,040
a fantastic job with the new logo, the

4277
03:27:09,040 --> 03:27:11,200
branding. We received the grant. We

4278
03:27:11,200 --> 03:27:12,800
applied for the 20,000, which is the

4279
03:27:12,800 --> 03:27:15,600
maximum allowable. Uh we continue to

4280
03:27:15,600 --> 03:27:17,520
staff and support Turtlefest all year

4281
03:27:17,520 --> 03:27:19,439
round. And the other major thing, I

4282
03:27:19,439 --> 03:27:21,439
didn't point this out, but for the first

4283
03:27:21,439 --> 03:27:23,439
time, we actually had a national

4284
03:27:23,439 --> 03:27:25,359
sponsor. And I think that had a lot to

4285
03:27:25,359 --> 03:27:26,640
do with the fact that the town of banks

4286
03:27:26,640 --> 03:27:29,520
so TD quite honestly but TD Bank

4287
03:27:29,520 --> 03:27:31,279
Financial Group was the first national

4288
03:27:31,279 --> 03:27:34,479
sponsor of Turo Fest. So I think that's

4289
03:27:34,479 --> 03:27:36,880
a heck from the

4290
03:27:36,880 --> 03:27:39,200
and I just had a couple pictures here.

4291
03:27:39,200 --> 03:27:41,680
Those of you who were at the event, the

4292
03:27:41,680 --> 03:27:44,080
concert was well attended and for the

4293
03:27:44,080 --> 03:27:45,680
first time in the reptilia exhibit we

4294
03:27:45,680 --> 03:27:48,800
had as a 50 foot 53t trailer filled with

4295
03:27:48,800 --> 03:27:51,600
boa constrictor and turtles and a bunch

4296
03:27:51,600 --> 03:27:53,600
of other crazy things but it was well

4297
03:27:53,600 --> 03:27:55,520
attended.

4298
03:27:55,520 --> 03:27:59,200
Our aqua co-work face another knocked

4299
03:27:59,200 --> 03:28:01,600
out of the park year 33% increase in

4300
03:28:01,600 --> 03:28:03,920
revenue. We have a couple of new

4301
03:28:03,920 --> 03:28:07,439
licenses businesses in there and it's

4302
03:28:07,439 --> 03:28:09,520
just been an overall success and that

4303
03:28:09,520 --> 03:28:13,359
helps to offset a lot of our costs.

4304
03:28:13,359 --> 03:28:15,840
Want to talk about our human resource uh

4305
03:28:15,840 --> 03:28:18,640
plan and our summary here. First of all,

4306
03:28:18,640 --> 03:28:21,200
um we have an amazing team of people. We

4307
03:28:21,200 --> 03:28:22,560
need to refine our policies and

4308
03:28:22,560 --> 03:28:24,239
procedures. We need to update our job

4309
03:28:24,239 --> 03:28:27,840
descriptions. Um, board member Bossi is

4310
03:28:27,840 --> 03:28:29,840
here working diligently with us through

4311
03:28:29,840 --> 03:28:31,680
the HR committee to work on pay scales

4312
03:28:31,680 --> 03:28:33,920
for our physicians. We want to implement

4313
03:28:33,920 --> 03:28:35,680
proper development plans for all of our

4314
03:28:35,680 --> 03:28:37,279
keen high potential people and our

4315
03:28:37,279 --> 03:28:39,600
full-time employees reviewing our

4316
03:28:39,600 --> 03:28:41,200
benefits plan. We have manual life

4317
03:28:41,200 --> 03:28:43,680
benefits for two full-time employees.

4318
03:28:43,680 --> 03:28:45,439
And our HR committee does a great job

4319
03:28:45,439 --> 03:28:47,200
and they meet as needed, usually on a

4320
03:28:47,200 --> 03:28:50,080
quarterly basis. On this screen, you'll

4321
03:28:50,080 --> 03:28:52,080
see our chart. We have five buckets on

4322
03:28:52,080 --> 03:28:53,600
there. It does look like it's a lot of

4323
03:28:53,600 --> 03:28:54,960
people, but there's only two of us on

4324
03:28:54,960 --> 03:28:56,800
there that are full-time. The rest of

4325
03:28:56,800 --> 03:28:58,880
the people on the chart, and I can start

4326
03:28:58,880 --> 03:29:00,720
on the left, uh, Vanessa is our

4327
03:29:00,720 --> 03:29:02,640
full-time marketing lead, has done a

4328
03:29:02,640 --> 03:29:05,120
fantastic job, and our digital marketing

4329
03:29:05,120 --> 03:29:07,680
activations coordinator, Naomi Dubet,

4330
03:29:07,680 --> 03:29:09,279
sorry to say, she's moving on to the

4331
03:29:09,279 --> 03:29:12,000
West Queen West BIA Toronto at the end

4332
03:29:12,000 --> 03:29:14,640
of January. And we're currently,

4333
03:29:14,640 --> 03:29:16,960
recruiting to replace that position. We

4334
03:29:16,960 --> 03:29:18,560
have our ambassador team, which is our

4335
03:29:18,560 --> 03:29:20,880
clean team on the street. We also have

4336
03:29:20,880 --> 03:29:24,160
our finance team and we use of course

4337
03:29:24,160 --> 03:29:25,680
through the municipal act we use the

4338
03:29:25,680 --> 03:29:27,680
municipal auditor Whitney Dean. We have

4339
03:29:27,680 --> 03:29:30,080
a contract bookkeeper Agnes Brazinski

4340
03:29:30,080 --> 03:29:33,840
who's fantastic and we have a new co-op

4341
03:29:33,840 --> 03:29:35,279
student who started with us after he

4342
03:29:35,279 --> 03:29:38,479
finished his work ter town to he started

4343
03:29:38,479 --> 03:29:40,319
with us on Monday and he's going to be

4344
03:29:40,319 --> 03:29:42,560
working 12 hours early for us to make

4345
03:29:42,560 --> 03:29:46,160
sure that we're doing basis and very

4346
03:29:46,160 --> 03:29:47,760
excited Michael Lefield who's in the

4347
03:29:47,760 --> 03:29:49,520
back of the room with us. Uh Michael

4348
03:29:49,520 --> 03:29:52,000
moved back to Tossenberg Toronto. He

4349
03:29:52,000 --> 03:29:54,239
managed nine facilities for the city of

4350
03:29:54,239 --> 03:29:56,720
Toronto through guardscape project and

4351
03:29:56,720 --> 03:30:00,000
his uh resource and his information and

4352
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:02,560
his ability to help inculcate his

4353
03:30:02,560 --> 03:30:04,640
knowledge from that into our co-working

4354
03:30:04,640 --> 03:30:06,960
space and Michael's fantastic at grant

4355
03:30:06,960 --> 03:30:09,920
writing for Michael and Michael has done

4356
03:30:09,920 --> 03:30:12,080
fantastic job and he works with us a

4357
03:30:12,080 --> 03:30:14,160
couple of days a week. Our last bucket

4358
03:30:14,160 --> 03:30:16,880
is Turtlefest. Uh it's on here for a lot

4359
03:30:16,880 --> 03:30:19,120
of reasons. Uh it's important uh

4360
03:30:19,120 --> 03:30:20,560
underneath the turtlefest bucket there

4361
03:30:20,560 --> 03:30:22,399
was a turtlefest organizing committee

4362
03:30:22,399 --> 03:30:24,399
which is a hybrid committee between town

4363
03:30:24,399 --> 03:30:27,120
and the BIA and I end up being the chair

4364
03:30:27,120 --> 03:30:28,800
by default because nobody else wanted

4365
03:30:28,800 --> 03:30:30,880
the job but however it does work well

4366
03:30:30,880 --> 03:30:33,520
for the synergies of the organization.

4367
03:30:33,520 --> 03:30:35,279
There's a number of to-dos I would ask

4368
03:30:35,279 --> 03:30:36,720
of the town. I'm not going to go through

4369
03:30:36,720 --> 03:30:38,080
all these today, but there are some

4370
03:30:38,080 --> 03:30:39,840
long-standing things that need to be

4371
03:30:39,840 --> 03:30:41,279
addressed for safety and security

4372
03:30:41,279 --> 03:30:43,600
issues, traffic enforcement, uh some

4373
03:30:43,600 --> 03:30:45,840
traffic signals that aren't necessarily

4374
03:30:45,840 --> 03:30:47,760
functional like they should be, but

4375
03:30:47,760 --> 03:30:49,120
that's something we can talk about more

4376
03:30:49,120 --> 03:30:51,760
in detail at another time. We do have a

4377
03:30:51,760 --> 03:30:53,680
number of challenges that we've

4378
03:30:53,680 --> 03:30:56,239
identified. Uh first, I would say is

4379
03:30:56,239 --> 03:30:58,239
maintaining a safe downtown environment.

4380
03:30:58,239 --> 03:31:00,080
And I've discussed this with the manager

4381
03:31:00,080 --> 03:31:02,080
of recreation, parks and culture, the

4382
03:31:02,080 --> 03:31:03,760
challenges that they've had various

4383
03:31:03,760 --> 03:31:06,479
facilities and it's a daunting task

4384
03:31:06,479 --> 03:31:08,000
dealing with these things and essential

4385
03:31:08,000 --> 03:31:10,800
issues. There's also things that um

4386
03:31:10,800 --> 03:31:13,359
Sephus and I are very much aware of. We

4387
03:31:13,359 --> 03:31:14,880
have a lack of fine dining. We have a

4388
03:31:14,880 --> 03:31:16,800
lack of hotel rooms, meeting convention

4389
03:31:16,800 --> 03:31:19,359
space, lack of a performing arts center,

4390
03:31:19,359 --> 03:31:21,120
lack of movie theaters, and the lack of

4391
03:31:21,120 --> 03:31:23,840
even simple things in any store we can

4392
03:31:23,840 --> 03:31:26,720
buy a suit tie and destin.

4393
03:31:26,720 --> 03:31:28,239
So there are some things that we need to

4394
03:31:28,239 --> 03:31:31,279
definitely focus on. In summary, our

4395
03:31:31,279 --> 03:31:33,760
2026 plan is structured around

4396
03:31:33,760 --> 03:31:35,760
continuous improvement. That's something

4397
03:31:35,760 --> 03:31:37,439
in every business. I worked at PepsiCo

4398
03:31:37,439 --> 03:31:38,880
for 18 years and they drilled that into

4399
03:31:38,880 --> 03:31:40,640
their head. It's really important for us

4400
03:31:40,640 --> 03:31:42,560
to continue to get better every day at

4401
03:31:42,560 --> 03:31:44,960
what we do. We are a leadership

4402
03:31:44,960 --> 03:31:47,040
organization. All of our teams very

4403
03:31:47,040 --> 03:31:48,640
focused on providing high level of

4404
03:31:48,640 --> 03:31:50,720
service to our membership, delivering

4405
03:31:50,720 --> 03:31:52,720
the town signature event, Turtlefest.

4406
03:31:52,720 --> 03:31:55,040
There's the new logo. We believe we have

4407
03:31:55,040 --> 03:31:57,120
a responsible financial plan supported

4408
03:31:57,120 --> 03:31:59,920
by our board that will not only

4409
03:31:59,920 --> 03:32:02,160
membership but plan to make sure the IIA

4410
03:32:02,160 --> 03:32:04,880
is sustainable into the future. Talent

4411
03:32:04,880 --> 03:32:06,720
is continuing to build a resourceful,

4412
03:32:06,720 --> 03:32:09,040
efficient and creative organization. I

4413
03:32:09,040 --> 03:32:10,560
can't speak highly enough about the

4414
03:32:10,560 --> 03:32:12,160
quality of the staff that we have.

4415
03:32:12,160 --> 03:32:14,080
They're just outstanding.

4416
03:32:14,080 --> 03:32:15,600
Continuing to provide a pristine

4417
03:32:15,600 --> 03:32:17,200
downtown environment for all four

4418
03:32:17,200 --> 03:32:19,439
seasons and compliance with all

4419
03:32:19,439 --> 03:32:21,120
statutory obligations that are reflected

4420
03:32:21,120 --> 03:32:23,920
by our legislature. Uh board member

4421
03:32:23,920 --> 03:32:26,160
Bossi was with us today came in to see

4422
03:32:26,160 --> 03:32:27,840
me a couple weeks ago and he brought it

4423
03:32:27,840 --> 03:32:31,840
to that was in the weekend post and this

4424
03:32:31,840 --> 03:32:34,720
is I want really make sure this is I can

4425
03:32:34,720 --> 03:32:36,080
embellish this in the mind of everyone

4426
03:32:36,080 --> 03:32:39,200
here staff council

4427
03:32:39,200 --> 03:32:41,680
there is such a calamity of downtowns

4428
03:32:41,680 --> 03:32:43,760
collapsing everywhere doesn't matter

4429
03:32:43,760 --> 03:32:46,800
where it's a town of 15,000 50,000

4430
03:32:46,800 --> 03:32:50,080
100,000 there it's just fallen apart the

4431
03:32:50,080 --> 03:32:51,439
one thing everybody in this room should

4432
03:32:51,439 --> 03:32:52,880
feel good about is that we're not going

4433
03:32:52,880 --> 03:32:55,439
to live this. We spend an inordinate

4434
03:32:55,439 --> 03:32:57,680
amount of time responding to the crisis

4435
03:32:57,680 --> 03:32:59,279
we have downtown. Every day there's

4436
03:32:59,279 --> 03:33:00,960
sirens, there's police, there's people

4437
03:33:00,960 --> 03:33:02,960
ODing,

4438
03:33:02,960 --> 03:33:04,479
there's people can't find a place to

4439
03:33:04,479 --> 03:33:07,520
sleep and we're working feverishly as we

4440
03:33:07,520 --> 03:33:09,760
can, but we cannot allow to happen

4441
03:33:09,760 --> 03:33:11,680
what's happened everywhere else. I've

4442
03:33:11,680 --> 03:33:14,000
got colleagues that they physically

4443
03:33:14,000 --> 03:33:15,200
can't go to their office and their

4444
03:33:15,200 --> 03:33:19,040
dinner because it's fs. So, this is why

4445
03:33:19,040 --> 03:33:21,359
we need to invest in the BIA. It is the

4446
03:33:21,359 --> 03:33:23,359
core of our community. If we don't have

4447
03:33:23,359 --> 03:33:25,760
a strong downtown and a safe downtown,

4448
03:33:25,760 --> 03:33:29,600
we can say oh refuge.

4449
03:33:29,600 --> 03:33:31,600
If you haven't seen this article, it's

4450
03:33:31,600 --> 03:33:33,439
almost the entire section and it's not

4451
03:33:33,439 --> 03:33:35,920
because

4452
03:33:35,920 --> 03:33:37,439
it is really important for people to

4453
03:33:37,439 --> 03:33:39,359
understand the investment we need to

4454
03:33:39,359 --> 03:33:42,560
make a better clean city. So, three

4455
03:33:42,560 --> 03:33:44,960
final considerations for Mr. Pratt and

4456
03:33:44,960 --> 03:33:47,680
his team and or council to consider. And

4457
03:33:47,680 --> 03:33:49,040
I would say there's three things I'd

4458
03:33:49,040 --> 03:33:51,600
like to say. Number one, we need to

4459
03:33:51,600 --> 03:33:53,520
prioritize an expansion of the central

4460
03:33:53,520 --> 03:33:55,680
commercial area to accommodate new

4461
03:33:55,680 --> 03:33:58,399
retail commercial service businesses.

4462
03:33:58,399 --> 03:34:00,239
And I I'm going to explain my comment

4463
03:34:00,239 --> 03:34:02,239
that I put in bold and underline here is

4464
03:34:02,239 --> 03:34:04,560
we need to resist fragmentation. We're

4465
03:34:04,560 --> 03:34:06,319
already starting to see in Tulsenberg

4466
03:34:06,319 --> 03:34:08,479
where businesses are located outside of

4467
03:34:08,479 --> 03:34:11,279
the port area because there's no

4468
03:34:11,279 --> 03:34:13,439
in a short-term basis the development at

4469
03:34:13,439 --> 03:34:15,840
671 Broadway which the BIA worked

4470
03:34:15,840 --> 03:34:18,239
collectively and collaboratively with we

4471
03:34:18,239 --> 03:34:19,840
didn't say no to anything happened out

4472
03:34:19,840 --> 03:34:21,520
there and we worked constructively with

4473
03:34:21,520 --> 03:34:24,560
them to I'm not that concerned about it

4474
03:34:24,560 --> 03:34:26,160
because it's a landlocked piece of

4475
03:34:26,160 --> 03:34:28,000
property and it's only three and a half

4476
03:34:28,000 --> 03:34:30,319
acres that's not going to have a

4477
03:34:30,319 --> 03:34:32,080
materially negative effect on the

4478
03:34:32,080 --> 03:34:34,319
downtown. What will have a materially

4479
03:34:34,319 --> 03:34:36,319
negative effect on the downtown is if

4480
03:34:36,319 --> 03:34:39,600
there were to be unfettered development.

4481
03:34:39,600 --> 03:34:42,080
If you go back through history, we don't

4482
03:34:42,080 --> 03:34:44,880
control that portion of the land.

4483
03:34:44,880 --> 03:34:46,880
Obviously, it's in Northfolk County.

4484
03:34:46,880 --> 03:34:48,960
More importantly than that, there was an

4485
03:34:48,960 --> 03:34:50,479
official plan that governs that

4486
03:34:50,479 --> 03:34:52,319
property. But a number of years ago,

4487
03:34:52,319 --> 03:34:55,359
Lavla Properties from Toronto, they uh

4488
03:34:55,359 --> 03:34:57,279
severed their land and they have another

4489
03:34:57,279 --> 03:34:59,600
14 acres that's beside the Sarah Shore.

4490
03:34:59,600 --> 03:35:01,520
And that concerns me. We know that a

4491
03:35:01,520 --> 03:35:04,319
winners is opening there next August and

4492
03:35:04,319 --> 03:35:06,800
we could open up to Pandora's club

4493
03:35:06,800 --> 03:35:08,560
Pandora's [clears throat] box but

4494
03:35:08,560 --> 03:35:10,399
unfortunately nobody in this room

4495
03:35:10,399 --> 03:35:14,160
controls what therapist not to that

4496
03:35:14,160 --> 03:35:15,760
scares me and I don't want to see what's

4497
03:35:15,760 --> 03:35:17,520
happened in London Kitchener Hamilton

4498
03:35:17,520 --> 03:35:19,840
Phoenix town Florida where you end up

4499
03:35:19,840 --> 03:35:21,359
with all these box stores around the

4500
03:35:21,359 --> 03:35:23,200
periphery and kills the middle that's

4501
03:35:23,200 --> 03:35:25,359
what's happened in London

4502
03:35:25,359 --> 03:35:27,439
transit is a significant issue I can

4503
03:35:27,439 --> 03:35:30,640
share with you a number of people that I

4504
03:35:30,640 --> 03:35:32,319
moved here from somewhere else because

4505
03:35:32,319 --> 03:35:33,840
we don't have transit. They can't afford

4506
03:35:33,840 --> 03:35:36,560
an $80 cab ride to go get the via train

4507
03:35:36,560 --> 03:35:39,600
in Woodstock or a $45 cab ride to get

4508
03:35:39,600 --> 03:35:41,840
the flex bus or Onyx bus at the Tim

4509
03:35:41,840 --> 03:35:43,520
Hortons.

4510
03:35:43,520 --> 03:35:44,479
So, this is something that will

4511
03:35:44,479 --> 03:35:46,479
negatively affect our future if we

4512
03:35:46,479 --> 03:35:48,880
cannot connect to the outside world and

4513
03:35:48,880 --> 03:35:49,840
continuing to [clears throat] have a

4514
03:35:49,840 --> 03:35:52,479
dialogue with the VIA and with our

4515
03:35:52,479 --> 03:35:54,160
partners at the county box for human

4516
03:35:54,160 --> 03:35:57,040
services. We need to continue and

4517
03:35:57,040 --> 03:35:59,840
address urgently the impacts of the

4518
03:35:59,840 --> 03:36:02,239
social issues of Newton.

4519
03:36:02,239 --> 03:36:04,479
And with that, Mr. Chair, I would be

4520
03:36:04,479 --> 03:36:06,160
more than happy to answer any questions,

4521
03:36:06,160 --> 03:36:08,960
comments, or suggestions by press.

4522
03:36:08,960 --> 03:36:10,870
>> Thank you, Mark. There's no doubt the uh

4523
03:36:10,870 --> 03:36:10,880
» Thank you, Mark. There's no doubt the uh

4524
03:36:10,880 --> 03:36:13,760
the value that the IA brings in this.

4525
03:36:13,760 --> 03:36:18,399
Now um any questions from our

4526
03:36:18,399 --> 03:36:24,160
seeing none uh council sorry seeing one

4527
03:36:24,160 --> 03:36:25,040
or

4528
03:36:25,040 --> 03:36:28,389
>> I don't know if that's

4529
03:36:28,389 --> 03:36:28,399
» I don't know if that's

4530
03:36:28,399 --> 03:36:32,000
um through you chair to the executive

4531
03:36:32,000 --> 03:36:36,479
director um there's no doubt uh that our

4532
03:36:36,479 --> 03:36:38,880
downtown has

4533
03:36:38,880 --> 03:36:42,000
um seen an increase with homelessness

4534
03:36:42,000 --> 03:36:44,800
addiction mental And if any of us have

4535
03:36:44,800 --> 03:36:48,239
walked up there, we've seen that. Um,

4536
03:36:48,239 --> 03:36:51,279
how is the BIA combating this? Like I

4537
03:36:51,279 --> 03:36:53,279
know you guys do a lot. I've heard like

4538
03:36:53,279 --> 03:36:56,960
you either expert or other bodily

4539
03:36:56,960 --> 03:36:59,040
fluids. Do you guys take any training to

4540
03:36:59,040 --> 03:37:02,479
do that like needle pickup or anything

4541
03:37:02,479 --> 03:37:04,160
like that? Like it seems to me that

4542
03:37:04,160 --> 03:37:06,000
there should probably be like some

4543
03:37:06,000 --> 03:37:07,520
hazmat training.

4544
03:37:07,520 --> 03:37:09,269
>> Yes. So that's that is Thank you for the

4545
03:37:09,269 --> 03:37:09,279
» Yes. So that's that is Thank you for the

4546
03:37:09,279 --> 03:37:11,520
question, Cer Spencer. Um it's one of

4547
03:37:11,520 --> 03:37:14,160
the most severe aspects of the job. Um I

4548
03:37:14,160 --> 03:37:15,840
think that the thing that we do best is

4549
03:37:15,840 --> 03:37:18,160
we try and connect people to resources.

4550
03:37:18,160 --> 03:37:20,160
We try to get there's we get outreach

4551
03:37:20,160 --> 03:37:23,439
from county Oxford Mondays in West and

4552
03:37:23,439 --> 03:37:25,439
the rest of the time our team is fairly

4553
03:37:25,439 --> 03:37:26,880
well trained that we know how to point

4554
03:37:26,880 --> 03:37:28,960
people in the right direction. However,

4555
03:37:28,960 --> 03:37:31,439
we are not social workers. But the de

4556
03:37:31,439 --> 03:37:33,920
facto BAS are becoming sort of catchall

4557
03:37:33,920 --> 03:37:37,520
where if you don't have a team out there

4558
03:37:37,520 --> 03:37:39,040
engaged with the people and being

4559
03:37:39,040 --> 03:37:40,720
respectful, we've there's many times

4560
03:37:40,720 --> 03:37:43,200
where I bought an engage members of our

4561
03:37:43,200 --> 03:37:45,760
team have given coffee or do whatever.

4562
03:37:45,760 --> 03:37:47,600
Um it's a constant challenge, but

4563
03:37:47,600 --> 03:37:50,479
there's just not enough resources on the

4564
03:37:50,479 --> 03:37:53,040
street. What I see is a lot of the

4565
03:37:53,040 --> 03:37:54,479
calamity that's happening with the

4566
03:37:54,479 --> 03:37:57,200
addictions is because organized crime

4567
03:37:57,200 --> 03:37:58,560
has found a way. I mean there's a

4568
03:37:58,560 --> 03:38:00,880
Charlotte Kelmer lady who's in Tilsber

4569
03:38:00,880 --> 03:38:03,520
who was caught with 425,000

4570
03:38:03,520 --> 03:38:06,080
tablets offensing. Well, that's over a

4571
03:38:06,080 --> 03:38:08,239
million dollars for defense. How did she

4572
03:38:08,239 --> 03:38:10,479
get that? Well, it's not her organized

4573
03:38:10,479 --> 03:38:12,479
crime. So, I think the police have sort

4574
03:38:12,479 --> 03:38:14,479
of responsibility uh through their

4575
03:38:14,479 --> 03:38:15,760
offices and even higher than that

4576
03:38:15,760 --> 03:38:18,000
through the RCP. I think there needs to

4577
03:38:18,000 --> 03:38:19,840
be an all hands-on deck approach. We're

4578
03:38:19,840 --> 03:38:21,760
just dealing with the residual effects

4579
03:38:21,760 --> 03:38:23,840
of it. But it's getting worse by the

4580
03:38:23,840 --> 03:38:25,359
day. Like the number of shopping carts

4581
03:38:25,359 --> 03:38:27,439
we have to deal with that are abandoned.

4582
03:38:27,439 --> 03:38:29,439
We had a regular customer I know at Tim

4583
03:38:29,439 --> 03:38:31,040
Bordens. He went to move cart out of the

4584
03:38:31,040 --> 03:38:32,960
way that someone pushed him inside the

4585
03:38:32,960 --> 03:38:35,200
mall and he dropped to his knees. They

4586
03:38:35,200 --> 03:38:36,640
had to take an ambulance because he was

4587
03:38:36,640 --> 03:38:39,040
contaminated by some sort of drug and he

4588
03:38:39,040 --> 03:38:41,359
was in procedure for 24 hours.

4589
03:38:41,359 --> 03:38:45,990
>> So how um budget intensive is all that

4590
03:38:45,990 --> 03:38:46,000
» So how um budget intensive is all that

4591
03:38:46,000 --> 03:38:48,239
extra work? like how where is that

4592
03:38:48,239 --> 03:38:50,319
reflected in your budget? So

4593
03:38:50,319 --> 03:38:51,990
>> through theou and I had this

4594
03:38:51,990 --> 03:38:52,000
» through theou and I had this

4595
03:38:52,000 --> 03:38:54,000
conversation with the director the most

4596
03:38:54,000 --> 03:38:55,920
direct thing is we can allow the

4597
03:38:55,920 --> 03:38:57,920
downtown to integrate itself.

4598
03:38:57,920 --> 03:39:00,790
>> So typically my first and this key

4599
03:39:00,790 --> 03:39:00,800
» So typically my first and this key

4600
03:39:00,800 --> 03:39:03,040
strategy number one we can't allow the

4601
03:39:03,040 --> 03:39:04,479
cleanliness and the care and the

4602
03:39:04,479 --> 03:39:07,200
condition of town to degrade. Once that

4603
03:39:07,200 --> 03:39:10,000
starts to happen then there is no

4604
03:39:10,000 --> 03:39:12,640
respect from anybody of the environment.

4605
03:39:12,640 --> 03:39:15,840
So, it's about 2.9 hours a day that

4606
03:39:15,840 --> 03:39:18,800
we're asking for in the MOU. And right

4607
03:39:18,800 --> 03:39:20,560
now, what we're having to do is I work

4608
03:39:20,560 --> 03:39:22,239
more hours than I should, but it's

4609
03:39:22,239 --> 03:39:25,200
because I care.

4610
03:39:25,200 --> 03:39:26,800
And the board is very much aware of

4611
03:39:26,800 --> 03:39:28,880
that. The board supports the budget. Uh

4612
03:39:28,880 --> 03:39:30,319
we had a couple of board members. They

4613
03:39:30,319 --> 03:39:31,920
said, "Is this budget enough to get you

4614
03:39:31,920 --> 03:39:33,760
to where you need to be?" I'm not trying

4615
03:39:33,760 --> 03:39:36,000
to ask for a blank check here, but there

4616
03:39:36,000 --> 03:39:39,760
has to be a core minimum level of limits

4617
03:39:39,760 --> 03:39:41,359
in front of us. Otherwise, the entire

4618
03:39:41,359 --> 03:39:44,160
downtown is going to fall apart. And I

4619
03:39:44,160 --> 03:39:45,439
can tell you that because we go and

4620
03:39:45,439 --> 03:39:47,760
visit other BAS all the time and they

4621
03:39:47,760 --> 03:39:51,279
are falling apart. When they fall apart,

4622
03:39:51,279 --> 03:39:53,120
BIA that Naomi is going to work with

4623
03:39:53,120 --> 03:39:56,560
Toronto, one of every three stores in

4624
03:39:56,560 --> 03:39:58,560
street dress

4625
03:39:58,560 --> 03:40:02,319
in her BIA is vacant.

4626
03:40:02,319 --> 03:40:03,920
I mean that's what happens when you

4627
03:40:03,920 --> 03:40:05,520
don't look after the environment of

4628
03:40:05,520 --> 03:40:10,389
people shop. It's not safe

4629
03:40:10,399 --> 03:40:12,319
don't go downtown.

4630
03:40:12,319 --> 03:40:14,720
My colleagues in Peterbor Sus Staint

4631
03:40:14,720 --> 03:40:16,239
Marie

4632
03:40:16,239 --> 03:40:18,319
North Bay North Bay is a disastrous

4633
03:40:18,319 --> 03:40:20,399
because they've let it decay. What it

4634
03:40:20,399 --> 03:40:22,399
starts to happen in decays about what's

4635
03:40:22,399 --> 03:40:25,439
happening in Woodstock all the banks are

4636
03:40:25,439 --> 03:40:28,239
the CIBC both branches on Dundas Street

4637
03:40:28,239 --> 03:40:30,640
Dundas in Gra Dundas in Brazil. They

4638
03:40:30,640 --> 03:40:33,120
moved them out to shut TV is doing the

4639
03:40:33,120 --> 03:40:34,880
same. Once you lose the banks that

4640
03:40:34,880 --> 03:40:37,760
you're hold to on Star City, right?

4641
03:40:37,760 --> 03:40:40,469
>> And so your ambassador team goes around

4642
03:40:40,469 --> 03:40:40,479
» And so your ambassador team goes around

4643
03:40:40,479 --> 03:40:42,319
to wherever

4644
03:40:42,319 --> 03:40:44,550
>> seven days a week, two or three times a

4645
03:40:44,550 --> 03:40:44,560
» seven days a week, two or three times a

4646
03:40:44,560 --> 03:40:47,279
day. All we do is clean and keep things

4647
03:40:47,279 --> 03:40:49,040
in care and condition. I [clears throat]

4648
03:40:49,040 --> 03:40:50,319
don't know what to do with shopping

4649
03:40:50,319 --> 03:40:54,160
carts. They're one of my OCD triggers. I

4650
03:40:54,160 --> 03:40:56,319
I just don't know what to do. It just

4651
03:40:56,319 --> 03:40:58,319
looks unsightly for a tourist, for a

4652
03:40:58,319 --> 03:41:00,319
business person coming to your town. We

4653
03:41:00,319 --> 03:41:02,560
have to deal with those things. We have

4654
03:41:02,560 --> 03:41:04,800
to deal with the dumped garbage. Think

4655
03:41:04,800 --> 03:41:06,880
mayor's listening. You need the county.

4656
03:41:06,880 --> 03:41:08,239
We should be getting paid something for

4657
03:41:08,239 --> 03:41:09,680
all the dumped garbage that we have to

4658
03:41:09,680 --> 03:41:12,319
deal with. Why is the Tilson taxpayer

4659
03:41:12,319 --> 03:41:13,840
county is an upper tier function? We

4660
03:41:13,840 --> 03:41:14,880
should get some [clears throat] sort of

4661
03:41:14,880 --> 03:41:17,600
compensation.

4662
03:41:17,600 --> 03:41:20,389
>> Um yeah, and you guys do. So, thank you

4663
03:41:20,389 --> 03:41:20,399
» Um yeah, and you guys do. So, thank you

4664
03:41:20,399 --> 03:41:22,399
for that. I like that there's a reserve

4665
03:41:22,399 --> 03:41:25,680
in here for you guys. Um we were earlier

4666
03:41:25,680 --> 03:41:28,080
talking about library lane. What's the

4667
03:41:28,080 --> 03:41:30,640
role for the VI with library?

4668
03:41:30,640 --> 03:41:32,870
>> So we maintain it. So under the

4669
03:41:32,870 --> 03:41:32,880
» So we maintain it. So under the

4670
03:41:32,880 --> 03:41:34,640
municipal act we have two main core

4671
03:41:34,640 --> 03:41:37,040
responsibilities. One is to promote the

4672
03:41:37,040 --> 03:41:38,880
area as a shopping destination

4673
03:41:38,880 --> 03:41:40,399
destination. The second one is to

4674
03:41:40,399 --> 03:41:44,399
improve the municipal uh infrastructure

4675
03:41:44,399 --> 03:41:47,120
above which we provided by the

4676
03:41:47,120 --> 03:41:49,359
municipality in general terms. We clean

4677
03:41:49,359 --> 03:41:51,359
up the landscaping. We clean we sweep

4678
03:41:51,359 --> 03:41:53,439
and clean it every day. We pick up

4679
03:41:53,439 --> 03:41:55,520
garbage and your shopping carts. We look

4680
03:41:55,520 --> 03:41:56,800
after the furniture that's there. We've

4681
03:41:56,800 --> 03:41:59,520
had to move it out because place people

4682
03:41:59,520 --> 03:42:02,160
sleep. But I think it's in probably the

4683
03:42:02,160 --> 03:42:03,760
best condition it's ever been other than

4684
03:42:03,760 --> 03:42:05,840
aesthetics of it, but we've redone

4685
03:42:05,840 --> 03:42:09,279
landscaping. We look after every day.

4686
03:42:09,279 --> 03:42:10,150
>> Okay.

4687
03:42:10,150 --> 03:42:10,160
» Okay.

4688
03:42:10,160 --> 03:42:12,630
>> And just one final question. Um the

4689
03:42:12,630 --> 03:42:12,640
» And just one final question. Um the

4690
03:42:12,640 --> 03:42:15,600
revenues from last year to this year

4691
03:42:15,600 --> 03:42:17,760
have gone up substantially as have the

4692
03:42:17,760 --> 03:42:21,120
expenses. what are the the maybe two or

4693
03:42:21,120 --> 03:42:24,000
three main projects that you could share

4694
03:42:24,000 --> 03:42:25,359
for that increase?

4695
03:42:25,359 --> 03:42:27,750
>> So the public realm a lot of our assets

4696
03:42:27,750 --> 03:42:27,760
» So the public realm a lot of our assets

4697
03:42:27,760 --> 03:42:29,359
are getting damaged that are just at the

4698
03:42:29,359 --> 03:42:31,600
end of their usable life. So for example

4699
03:42:31,600 --> 03:42:33,760
the when the Broadway street was

4700
03:42:33,760 --> 03:42:37,359
reconstructed in 2003 the BIA wanted to

4701
03:42:37,359 --> 03:42:39,200
have the interlock and want to have a

4702
03:42:39,200 --> 03:42:42,160
few other things at the nodes or corners

4703
03:42:42,160 --> 03:42:43,680
those waste containers those things

4704
03:42:43,680 --> 03:42:45,680
they're all becoming towards the end of

4705
03:42:45,680 --> 03:42:47,040
producing the fight. So, we have to

4706
03:42:47,040 --> 03:42:48,960
start replacing those on a regular

4707
03:42:48,960 --> 03:42:51,520
basis. Uh, that's number one. We still

4708
03:42:51,520 --> 03:42:53,840
haven't done phase three of our LED

4709
03:42:53,840 --> 03:42:55,760
lights for Christmas lights downtown.

4710
03:42:55,760 --> 03:42:56,880
So, that's something that's in the

4711
03:42:56,880 --> 03:42:59,040
process for this year. We're making a

4712
03:42:59,040 --> 03:43:01,200
significant investment with it. They

4713
03:43:01,200 --> 03:43:04,880
don't have fullblown IT department. But

4714
03:43:04,880 --> 03:43:07,359
we finally have, you know, a proper

4715
03:43:07,359 --> 03:43:10,000
document imaging system. We have proper

4716
03:43:10,000 --> 03:43:12,560
backup storage now for everything. We

4717
03:43:12,560 --> 03:43:14,880
are investing in. We've got people in

4718
03:43:14,880 --> 03:43:18,000
our office that need uh a proper IMAC

4719
03:43:18,000 --> 03:43:19,840
desktop. We need desktop publishing and

4720
03:43:19,840 --> 03:43:21,600
graphic designing. So that's a

4721
03:43:21,600 --> 03:43:24,160
investment. And we also need uh we

4722
03:43:24,160 --> 03:43:26,319
sometimes get money from Canada jobs or

4723
03:43:26,319 --> 03:43:28,479
employment Ontario to buy people a

4724
03:43:28,479 --> 03:43:30,239
desktop for example. We had to purchase

4725
03:43:30,239 --> 03:43:32,960
a desktop so that Justin our new co-op

4726
03:43:32,960 --> 03:43:35,040
accountant student he has actually

4727
03:43:35,040 --> 03:43:37,600
workstation so he can enter books and

4728
03:43:37,600 --> 03:43:39,760
make sure

4729
03:43:39,760 --> 03:43:41,600
those are the students.

4730
03:43:41,600 --> 03:43:43,189
>> Thank you.

4731
03:43:43,189 --> 03:43:43,199
» Thank you.

4732
03:43:43,199 --> 03:43:45,600
facad improvement. It's not in the

4733
03:43:45,600 --> 03:43:48,560
budget or for forecasted and is that

4734
03:43:48,560 --> 03:43:50,800
just on hold for now or is that a hope

4735
03:43:50,800 --> 03:43:52,080
to bring it back?

4736
03:43:52,080 --> 03:43:54,229
>> Yeah. So, we are we working with Rado

4737
03:43:54,229 --> 03:43:54,239
» Yeah. So, we are we working with Rado

4738
03:43:54,239 --> 03:43:56,479
and his team and also through the actual

4739
03:43:56,479 --> 03:43:57,760
facade improving committee. We're

4740
03:43:57,760 --> 03:44:00,399
actually meeting uh next week next week

4741
03:44:00,399 --> 03:44:03,040
or the week after to look at uh changes

4742
03:44:03,040 --> 03:44:04,800
in the program and make sure I think

4743
03:44:04,800 --> 03:44:06,319
we're not over the report that Rob was

4744
03:44:06,319 --> 03:44:08,319
excellent there. The facade improvement

4745
03:44:08,319 --> 03:44:10,479
program is never clarified by viable.

4746
03:44:10,479 --> 03:44:12,160
So, we need to kind of go right back to

4747
03:44:12,160 --> 03:44:14,399
day one and look at the entire thing.

4748
03:44:14,399 --> 03:44:15,920
The facade improvement committee, which

4749
03:44:15,920 --> 03:44:18,720
I'm a member of with Gino as the chair.

4750
03:44:18,720 --> 03:44:20,640
We're looking at the application form

4751
03:44:20,640 --> 03:44:22,080
and make sure it's updated. We're going

4752
03:44:22,080 --> 03:44:23,840
to the checklist. We're going to scoring

4753
03:44:23,840 --> 03:44:26,479
sheet, all those things. And then, guess

4754
03:44:26,479 --> 03:44:29,120
more importantly is let's get it right

4755
03:44:29,120 --> 03:44:31,359
before we move forward. Let's get deal

4756
03:44:31,359 --> 03:44:33,439
with the deficit that we had which the

4757
03:44:33,439 --> 03:44:36,399
council gave direction on over the four

4758
03:44:36,399 --> 03:44:39,680
year. We're going to pay that. And if

4759
03:44:39,680 --> 03:44:42,319
you saw program, excuse me, has the very

4760
03:44:42,319 --> 03:44:45,359
value to spur development. There's no

4761
03:44:45,359 --> 03:44:47,840
greater than and the south block which

4762
03:44:47,840 --> 03:44:50,479
used to be the ugly ugly ducking up from

4763
03:44:50,479 --> 03:44:52,479
Baldwin Street down towards London

4764
03:44:52,479 --> 03:44:55,359
street repair did a wonderful job he did

4765
03:44:55,359 --> 03:44:57,680
but also retired building others you

4766
03:44:57,680 --> 03:44:59,199
know the projects there that were in

4767
03:44:59,199 --> 03:45:01,120
between at

4768
03:45:01,120 --> 03:45:04,720
really where the catalyst to fix up that

4769
03:45:04,720 --> 03:45:08,960
it will come back so we're just

4770
03:45:08,960 --> 03:45:11,349
>> awesome thank you for all your work

4771
03:45:11,349 --> 03:45:11,359
» awesome thank you for all your work

4772
03:45:11,359 --> 03:45:13,920
Parker,

4773
03:45:13,920 --> 03:45:17,910
>> you chair please. Um, so looking at

4774
03:45:17,910 --> 03:45:17,920
» you chair please. Um, so looking at

4775
03:45:17,920 --> 03:45:21,680
theou request, I see a 50.3% increase

4776
03:45:21,680 --> 03:45:24,479
for for this year. Um,

4777
03:45:24,479 --> 03:45:27,359
what specifically is the 50% going

4778
03:45:27,359 --> 03:45:30,560
towards um because looking at the

4779
03:45:30,560 --> 03:45:32,720
presentation you provided, I also saw

4780
03:45:32,720 --> 03:45:34,800
that 18,000

4781
03:45:34,800 --> 03:45:36,960
for debt reduction. Is that where that

4782
03:45:36,960 --> 03:45:38,720
whole increase is going or is that

4783
03:45:38,720 --> 03:45:41,520
spread across all of the items in that?

4784
03:45:41,520 --> 03:45:43,359
Um I'm just looking for more information

4785
03:45:43,359 --> 03:45:47,990
on how to because that's a sign.

4786
03:45:48,000 --> 03:45:50,399
» Yeah, thank you very much counselor

4787
03:45:50,399 --> 03:45:52,319
partner for that. That's an excellent

4788
03:45:52,319 --> 03:45:54,720
question. So as part of the due

4789
03:45:54,720 --> 03:45:57,600
diligence that we did, we implemented a

4790
03:45:57,600 --> 03:46:00,479
very detailed tracking system at the BIA

4791
03:46:00,479 --> 03:46:03,120
for dump garbage. How many bags of

4792
03:46:03,120 --> 03:46:05,600
garbage we pick up on a daily basis? uh

4793
03:46:05,600 --> 03:46:07,840
how many we call cathartic incidents

4794
03:46:07,840 --> 03:46:10,399
requiring service the drug can submit

4795
03:46:10,399 --> 03:46:12,880
drug those sorts of things I'll give you

4796
03:46:12,880 --> 03:46:16,800
one a couple of examples in 2022

4797
03:46:16,800 --> 03:46:19,199
so that the the old was a three-year

4798
03:46:19,199 --> 03:46:22,560
deal right as you recall and

4799
03:46:22,560 --> 03:46:25,120
in 2022 we picked up an average of 14

4800
03:46:25,120 --> 03:46:28,080
bags of garbage per day in the town as

4801
03:46:28,080 --> 03:46:32,720
of 2025 it's now 21.3 bags per day this

4802
03:46:32,720 --> 03:46:34,880
also goes back to my comment about we're

4803
03:46:34,880 --> 03:46:36,239
dealing with all the dump garbage

4804
03:46:36,239 --> 03:46:38,160
downtown which again I think the county

4805
03:46:38,160 --> 03:46:41,199
of Oxford has a responsibility to

4806
03:46:41,199 --> 03:46:43,359
untagged garbage which I just mentioned

4807
03:46:43,359 --> 03:46:45,439
used to pick up an average of two a week

4808
03:46:45,439 --> 03:46:48,319
now it's 9.2 two

4809
03:46:48,319 --> 03:46:50,560
abandoned waste of all other types.

4810
03:46:50,560 --> 03:46:53,840
There used to be in a year 81 a week. As

4811
03:46:53,840 --> 03:46:56,880
of the end of August, it was 88. It's

4812
03:46:56,880 --> 03:46:58,160
just getting worse. I think part of

4813
03:46:58,160 --> 03:46:59,840
that's economic. People don't buy bag

4814
03:46:59,840 --> 03:47:02,960
tags. Uh critical incidents requiring

4815
03:47:02,960 --> 03:47:04,479
call for service that this calling the

4816
03:47:04,479 --> 03:47:07,199
OP to report drugs, residue, those sorts

4817
03:47:07,199 --> 03:47:11,199
of things. We had three all of 2022. In

4818
03:47:11,199 --> 03:47:16,560
2025 year to date, you've had 27.

4819
03:47:16,560 --> 03:47:18,800
Vandalism and destruction of BI assets,

4820
03:47:18,800 --> 03:47:20,880
number of items damaged was about two a

4821
03:47:20,880 --> 03:47:23,439
year back in 2022. This year to date,

4822
03:47:23,439 --> 03:47:25,760
it's been 60.

4823
03:47:25,760 --> 03:47:29,680
This is directly related to drug use.

4824
03:47:29,680 --> 03:47:33,120
This drug helps people. Dog feces was a

4825
03:47:33,120 --> 03:47:36,239
couple times a year. It's weekly now.

4826
03:47:36,239 --> 03:47:37,840
Sharps, boils, biles, and drug

4827
03:47:37,840 --> 03:47:42,479
paraphernalia. We pick up 2022 14 year

4828
03:47:42,479 --> 03:47:46,160
to date 81. So that requires the other

4829
03:47:46,160 --> 03:47:47,520
factor I think can raise your next

4830
03:47:47,520 --> 03:47:49,840
profession as your burger. Some of these

4831
03:47:49,840 --> 03:47:51,680
things are so severe and you don't know

4832
03:47:51,680 --> 03:47:52,880
what you're going to get it takes too

4833
03:47:52,880 --> 03:47:54,800
many people to respond to. This is

4834
03:47:54,800 --> 03:47:56,640
discuss with the director you can't

4835
03:47:56,640 --> 03:47:59,120
person and I'll give you an example.

4836
03:47:59,120 --> 03:48:01,279
When we had the encampment sort of

4837
03:48:01,279 --> 03:48:02,720
started getting set up at the clock

4838
03:48:02,720 --> 03:48:05,600
tower and I [clears throat] talked with

4839
03:48:05,600 --> 03:48:08,399
the parks and Rex people. Well, it's

4840
03:48:08,399 --> 03:48:10,479
just not safe for any person to go

4841
03:48:10,479 --> 03:48:12,160
respond to that. You actually need to

4842
03:48:12,160 --> 03:48:13,760
take somebody with you. And a couple of

4843
03:48:13,760 --> 03:48:16,239
times they had to call the police. So,

4844
03:48:16,239 --> 03:48:18,000
these things are becoming labor

4845
03:48:18,000 --> 03:48:19,920
intensive. And again, the last thing I

4846
03:48:19,920 --> 03:48:22,000
want to do or you want to do or anybody

4847
03:48:22,000 --> 03:48:24,640
in this room wants to do is raise taxes.

4848
03:48:24,640 --> 03:48:26,880
That's not what this is about. But if we

4849
03:48:26,880 --> 03:48:29,840
do not grab a hold of this and put a

4850
03:48:29,840 --> 03:48:31,920
stop to it and limit the damage that's

4851
03:48:31,920 --> 03:48:35,920
being done, it will damage us. And it's

4852
03:48:35,920 --> 03:48:37,760
frustrating as hell for those of us I

4853
03:48:37,760 --> 03:48:39,680
mean I I have been doing business in

4854
03:48:39,680 --> 03:48:42,160
this town since 1990 and it just pains

4855
03:48:42,160 --> 03:48:45,600
me to see empathy but at the same time

4856
03:48:45,600 --> 03:48:48,160
we have 21,000 residents here who don't

4857
03:48:48,160 --> 03:48:50,399
want to see this

4858
03:48:50,399 --> 03:48:52,640
and it's a huge turn on and if we have

4859
03:48:52,640 --> 03:48:55,040
business people transacted business here

4860
03:48:55,040 --> 03:48:57,199
we have multiple multinational companies

4861
03:48:57,199 --> 03:48:59,840
here German Swedish and French companies

4862
03:48:59,840 --> 03:49:01,600
that have plants here opening or in

4863
03:49:01,600 --> 03:49:04,080
production last thing that we want them

4864
03:49:04,080 --> 03:49:07,920
to attempt to have to pay. And I think

4865
03:49:07,920 --> 03:49:09,840
in all fairness, I'm a little bit

4866
03:49:09,840 --> 03:49:11,279
disappointed sometimes since I wrote a

4867
03:49:11,279 --> 03:49:13,439
man to the county of Oxford requesting

4868
03:49:13,439 --> 03:49:16,319
money. Never got a response. We asked,

4869
03:49:16,319 --> 03:49:18,640
we had to pay a private EMS contractor

4870
03:49:18,640 --> 03:49:21,920
was here to show up buses three grand. I

4871
03:49:21,920 --> 03:49:23,279
didn't get a response from the county of

4872
03:49:23,279 --> 03:49:26,000
Oxford. We need to begin this canoe

4873
03:49:26,000 --> 03:49:27,680
blowing in the boat all in the same

4874
03:49:27,680 --> 03:49:29,199
direction.

4875
03:49:29,199 --> 03:49:31,520
So, excellent question. the magnitude of

4876
03:49:31,520 --> 03:49:33,600
stuff. Councelor Parker is even beyond

4877
03:49:33,600 --> 03:49:35,279
the I think we would have to deal with

4878
03:49:35,279 --> 03:49:37,680
every day. The parking garage is a

4879
03:49:37,680 --> 03:49:41,600
disaster's home. Um it's quite honestly

4880
03:49:41,600 --> 03:49:45,288
it's scary going in there sometimes and

4881
03:49:45,288 --> 03:49:48,239
[clears throat] I'm not counelor Spencer

4882
03:49:48,239 --> 03:49:49,920
asked a question. We're going to have to

4883
03:49:49,920 --> 03:49:54,560
up our asat as it were. Uh we are

4884
03:49:54,560 --> 03:49:57,600
investing in getting a proper mobile

4885
03:49:57,600 --> 03:49:59,439
spray washer that will get rid of

4886
03:49:59,439 --> 03:50:01,760
chemical residues and sorts of things.

4887
03:50:01,760 --> 03:50:03,359
But that's where we're at now. I thought

4888
03:50:03,359 --> 03:50:07,279
we would pack these challenges until

4889
03:50:07,279 --> 03:50:10,000
that's why the animal is where it is.

4890
03:50:10,000 --> 03:50:11,600
We're doing the best we can. I mean we

4891
03:50:11,600 --> 03:50:13,600
get external money for everything or

4892
03:50:13,600 --> 03:50:15,760
remember bossy can tell you we the board

4893
03:50:15,760 --> 03:50:18,479
is doing its due diligence. My worry is

4894
03:50:18,479 --> 03:50:20,399
if we don't address the significant bug

4895
03:50:20,399 --> 03:50:22,160
now,

4896
03:50:22,160 --> 03:50:23,920
it's going to it's going to damage us

4897
03:50:23,920 --> 03:50:25,439
and I don't think we can allow that to

4898
03:50:25,439 --> 03:50:29,510
do.

4899
03:50:29,520 --> 03:50:31,680
» Go ahead

4900
03:50:31,680 --> 03:50:35,840
through you chair. Um so with the 50.3%

4901
03:50:35,840 --> 03:50:38,560
increase rates um

4902
03:50:38,560 --> 03:50:41,680
is this full status I guess for the

4903
03:50:41,680 --> 03:50:43,439
condition of the downtown or we expect

4904
03:50:43,439 --> 03:50:47,040
to see improvements but in the 15%. So,

4905
03:50:47,040 --> 03:50:48,880
excellent question. Last year, we're

4906
03:50:48,880 --> 03:50:50,640
going to add a lot of paper if they fall

4907
03:50:50,640 --> 03:50:53,439
as we spent more than can be on a

4908
03:50:53,439 --> 03:50:56,880
static. So, part of that was covered by

4909
03:50:56,880 --> 03:50:59,520
our wage reimbursement program. Part of

4910
03:50:59,520 --> 03:51:02,080
that was covered by Canada summer jobs

4911
03:51:02,080 --> 03:51:04,800
and weight, but

4912
03:51:04,800 --> 03:51:07,359
that m we're trying to mitigate that.

4913
03:51:07,359 --> 03:51:09,600
We're still being able to be responsible

4914
03:51:09,600 --> 03:51:13,520
financially and surplus. I would say we

4915
03:51:13,520 --> 03:51:16,479
are stabilizing the BIA. Um there were

4916
03:51:16,479 --> 03:51:18,319
some things happened last year. There

4917
03:51:18,319 --> 03:51:20,160
was a smear campaign against the BIE

4918
03:51:20,160 --> 03:51:22,960
issue which was not very nice. I was the

4919
03:51:22,960 --> 03:51:25,359
brunt of that. It's very difficult to do

4920
03:51:25,359 --> 03:51:28,080
your job under sets of circumstances. So

4921
03:51:28,080 --> 03:51:30,239
we are trying to be as responsible as

4922
03:51:30,239 --> 03:51:33,120
possible but we do need to invest in the

4923
03:51:33,120 --> 03:51:34,640
capital plan to say we're going to start

4924
03:51:34,640 --> 03:51:37,680
to replace our assets which

4925
03:51:37,680 --> 03:51:39,600
we also have to have the operational

4926
03:51:39,600 --> 03:51:41,199
staff. We have two brand new bus

4927
03:51:41,199 --> 03:51:43,120
shelters downtown that are beautiful but

4928
03:51:43,120 --> 03:51:44,560
we think kind of maintains them. It's

4929
03:51:44,560 --> 03:51:46,560
the day by day. And I'm not complaining,

4930
03:51:46,560 --> 03:51:48,640
but there's all these things that we do.

4931
03:51:48,640 --> 03:51:50,239
Um I had two people in today, for

4932
03:51:50,239 --> 03:51:52,000
example. They were both here eight hours

4933
03:51:52,000 --> 03:51:54,880
already today just to get things back to

4934
03:51:54,880 --> 03:51:58,319
a clean, positive state. It's every day.

4935
03:51:58,319 --> 03:52:01,199
It's getting more. But I think councelor

4936
03:52:01,199 --> 03:52:03,439
Parker, we move forward. It's going to

4937
03:52:03,439 --> 03:52:06,000
get better. But I don't think now is the

4938
03:52:06,000 --> 03:52:10,080
time to not make that investment. It's

4939
03:52:10,080 --> 03:52:12,080
too critical to the future growth of

4940
03:52:12,080 --> 03:52:19,990
this team. post.

4941
03:52:20,000 --> 03:52:21,760
» Thank you.

4942
03:52:21,760 --> 03:52:23,830
>> Any further questions? I can't see

4943
03:52:23,830 --> 03:52:23,840
» Any further questions? I can't see

4944
03:52:23,840 --> 03:52:30,229
whether council person

4945
03:52:30,239 --> 03:52:32,239
council Spencer.

4946
03:52:32,239 --> 03:52:34,309
>> Uh thank you through the chair. Um and

4947
03:52:34,309 --> 03:52:34,319
» Uh thank you through the chair. Um and

4948
03:52:34,319 --> 03:52:36,960
it kind of piggybacking or councelor

4949
03:52:36,960 --> 03:52:40,000
Parker's so the MOU is going up. It's

4950
03:52:40,000 --> 03:52:41,840
about 22,000.

4951
03:52:41,840 --> 03:52:45,040
Um is that like because I notice in the

4952
03:52:45,040 --> 03:52:48,800
budget like uh casual part-time labor is

4953
03:52:48,800 --> 03:52:53,199
going up um HR costs human general and

4954
03:52:53,199 --> 03:52:54,560
administrative has gone up

4955
03:52:54,560 --> 03:52:56,560
substantially. Is that all reflected in

4956
03:52:56,560 --> 03:52:58,479
there that will be absorbed in there?

4957
03:52:58,479 --> 03:53:00,479
You talking about a lot of time

4958
03:53:00,479 --> 03:53:01,920
management and

4959
03:53:01,920 --> 03:53:03,910
>> yes so the big difference with the

4960
03:53:03,910 --> 03:53:03,920
» yes so the big difference with the

4961
03:53:03,920 --> 03:53:06,399
general administration mind is that when

4962
03:53:06,399 --> 03:53:08,080
I plan the budget I kind of have to look

4963
03:53:08,080 --> 03:53:10,800
in the crystal ball. We are looking the

4964
03:53:10,800 --> 03:53:12,160
board's support. The board has to make

4965
03:53:12,160 --> 03:53:14,160
this determination. We are our

4966
03:53:14,160 --> 03:53:17,680
co-working space where we are now. We

4967
03:53:17,680 --> 03:53:19,199
are very fortunate that sells our

4968
03:53:19,199 --> 03:53:22,160
capital uh gives us basically very

4969
03:53:22,160 --> 03:53:25,920
favorable basically pay,000 for 2,000

4970
03:53:25,920 --> 03:53:30,229
official

4971
03:53:30,239 --> 03:53:32,800
space that's there and if there's an

4972
03:53:32,800 --> 03:53:34,560
additional revenue component they offset

4973
03:53:34,560 --> 03:53:37,439
each other. The other major factor is

4974
03:53:37,439 --> 03:53:39,199
Michael who's in the back room here.

4975
03:53:39,199 --> 03:53:41,040
He's been given a huge task this year to

4976
03:53:41,040 --> 03:53:42,880
help us write some grants to get us

4977
03:53:42,880 --> 03:53:45,199
additional money. So that none of those

4978
03:53:45,199 --> 03:53:47,680
monies in the grants unless we get the

4979
03:53:47,680 --> 03:53:50,239
money at the top. We do not spend. It's

4980
03:53:50,239 --> 03:53:52,239
exactly the same with turtle master. We

4981
03:53:52,239 --> 03:53:53,760
will never be in that deficit sort of

4982
03:53:53,760 --> 03:53:56,640
position. But we're not in any way

4983
03:53:56,640 --> 03:54:00,160
subsidizing any other piece as a P&L or

4984
03:54:00,160 --> 03:54:03,600
profit loss statement by increasing.

4985
03:54:03,600 --> 03:54:06,000
We're trying to rebalance it so that

4986
03:54:06,000 --> 03:54:07,600
we're actually that cost is going to

4987
03:54:07,600 --> 03:54:10,000
carry itself not on the backs of other

4988
03:54:10,000 --> 03:54:12,000
things that we do. As I mentioned a few

4989
03:54:12,000 --> 03:54:14,160
minutes ago, even Robin Peter to pay

4990
03:54:14,160 --> 03:54:15,920
Paul because of other things I had to

4991
03:54:15,920 --> 03:54:17,760
save money because we had unexpected

4992
03:54:17,760 --> 03:54:19,600
legal bills that we all didn't reimburse

4993
03:54:19,600 --> 03:54:21,840
for. That's something else we had to

4994
03:54:21,840 --> 03:54:23,600
then our budget was here is to command

4995
03:54:23,600 --> 03:54:25,520
for that as well. So we listen very

4996
03:54:25,520 --> 03:54:28,479
carefully to your feedback council's

4997
03:54:28,479 --> 03:54:30,800
feedback trying to do these cost

4998
03:54:30,800 --> 03:54:32,720
respons.

4999
03:54:32,720 --> 03:54:35,840
Thank you.

5000
03:54:35,840 --> 03:55:00,070
>> Thank you. There's no further questions.

5001
03:55:00,080 --> 03:55:02,239
» Okay. Um

5002
03:55:02,239 --> 03:55:03,840
uh moved by myself second by councelor

5003
03:55:03,840 --> 03:55:06,800
Spencer that the 2026 downtown tia

5004
03:55:06,800 --> 03:55:09,359
budget and presentation you receive as

5005
03:55:09,359 --> 03:55:12,000
information the 2026

5006
03:55:12,000 --> 03:55:19,750
$24,80

5007
03:55:19,760 --> 03:55:22,239
any discussion on the motion

5008
03:55:22,239 --> 03:55:26,630
see not all question

5009
03:55:26,640 --> 03:55:33,590
That's a unanimous

5010
03:55:33,600 --> 03:55:37,279
regarding uh budget amendment. I believe

5011
03:55:37,279 --> 03:55:42,070
councelor Spencer has a moment

5012
03:55:42,080 --> 03:55:44,239
» uh that I moved by myself seconded by

5013
03:55:44,239 --> 03:55:46,960
councelor Parsons that the 2020 should

5014
03:55:46,960 --> 03:55:50,239
be amended to include 20,000 per capital

5015
03:55:50,239 --> 03:55:54,720
contributions to the wind and 2026 BIA

5016
03:55:54,720 --> 03:56:00,080
MOU contribution of 58,959

5017
03:56:00,080 --> 03:56:04,239
with CPI increase of 2% for 2027 and 2%

5018
03:56:04,239 --> 03:56:07,199
for 2020. for the

5019
03:56:07,199 --> 03:56:09,590
>> any discussion

5020
03:56:09,590 --> 03:56:09,600
» any discussion

5021
03:56:09,600 --> 03:56:10,800
partner.

5022
03:56:10,800 --> 03:56:13,349
>> Yeah, I'm not going to be supporting 50%

5023
03:56:13,349 --> 03:56:13,359
» Yeah, I'm not going to be supporting 50%

5024
03:56:13,359 --> 03:56:16,800
very soon. Um I I think it needs to be

5025
03:56:16,800 --> 03:56:19,760
much more reasonable. Um even if that's

5026
03:56:19,760 --> 03:56:22,239
not enough. I know that the BIA has done

5027
03:56:22,239 --> 03:56:23,840
a really good job in the downtown and

5028
03:56:23,840 --> 03:56:26,160
will continue to do that, but I think a

5029
03:56:26,160 --> 03:56:29,199
15% increase will be this uh quite

5030
03:56:29,199 --> 03:56:31,840
significant. We're looking at other um

5031
03:56:31,840 --> 03:56:34,160
areas of the budget right now.

5032
03:56:34,160 --> 03:56:43,030
Thank you. Great. Thank you.

5033
03:56:43,040 --> 03:56:47,199
» 3D chair. Um I I agree that it's a large

5034
03:56:47,199 --> 03:56:50,319
amount uh of percentage when doing the

5035
03:56:50,319 --> 03:56:53,840
math like I said about 22,000. I I can

5036
03:56:53,840 --> 03:56:56,479
definitely see that amount of money

5037
03:56:56,479 --> 03:56:59,279
being used for the cleanup of downtown.

5038
03:56:59,279 --> 03:57:02,000
like I'm uptown four times a week at

5039
03:57:02,000 --> 03:57:04,880
least and I've seen the cleanup that's

5040
03:57:04,880 --> 03:57:06,640
happened. I've seen the cleanup that had

5041
03:57:06,640 --> 03:57:09,520
to happen. Um I think they're dealing

5042
03:57:09,520 --> 03:57:12,880
with unprecedented times

5043
03:57:12,880 --> 03:57:16,160
and so I'm not opposed to a suggestion

5044
03:57:16,160 --> 03:57:18,319
of slightly lower but I do think that

5045
03:57:18,319 --> 03:57:25,110
that is not that recent I would say.

5046
03:57:25,120 --> 03:57:27,680
» Any further discussion?

5047
03:57:27,680 --> 03:57:32,710
All the questions. All in favor?

5048
03:57:32,720 --> 03:57:34,880
Opposed?

5049
03:57:34,880 --> 03:57:38,080
Three in favor. One opposed.

5050
03:57:38,080 --> 03:57:40,399
Thank you.

5051
03:57:40,399 --> 03:58:02,229
from the uh Michael Purdue Mary.

5052
03:58:02,239 --> 03:58:04,479
Thank you councelor and also thank you

5053
03:58:04,479 --> 03:58:07,680
to the va for the presentation and we

5054
03:58:07,680 --> 03:58:10,319
will continue

5055
03:58:10,319 --> 03:58:16,880
on the agenda. We are going back to item

5056
03:58:16,880 --> 03:58:18,880
5.3.7

5057
03:58:18,880 --> 03:58:25,189
just recreation.

5058
03:58:25,199 --> 03:58:31,510
» Okay.

5059
03:58:31,520 --> 03:58:58,870
Sure. [clears throat]

5060
03:58:58,880 --> 03:59:01,439
» Hey, Catherine here, you okay?

5061
03:59:01,439 --> 03:59:06,319
Okay. Uh, so thank you, Madame Mayor.

5062
03:59:06,319 --> 03:59:08,880
Mayor, I will present the RCP uh

5063
03:59:08,880 --> 03:59:24,389
business plan. So, uh Oh,

5064
03:59:24,399 --> 03:59:26,880
okay. There we go.

5065
03:59:26,880 --> 03:59:29,760
My lesson.

5066
03:59:29,760 --> 03:59:32,560
So um our first objective in our

5067
03:59:32,560 --> 03:59:34,880
business plan for the department is to

5068
03:59:34,880 --> 03:59:36,880
enhance cultural opportunities and

5069
03:59:36,880 --> 03:59:39,840
community events. So this is a standard

5070
03:59:39,840 --> 03:59:42,960
item in our business plan. Um we do look

5071
03:59:42,960 --> 03:59:46,000
to increase events and make sure that uh

5072
03:59:46,000 --> 03:59:47,680
community has lots of opportunities to

5073
03:59:47,680 --> 03:59:50,319
come out and then Joey Tilenberg and

5074
03:59:50,319 --> 03:59:54,640
this year in particular it's being

5075
03:59:54,640 --> 03:59:56,479
Annale Farm. So there will be some

5076
03:59:56,479 --> 03:59:58,880
celebrations with the museum around that

5077
03:59:58,880 --> 04:00:01,439
and Um, and we're also looking to

5078
04:00:01,439 --> 04:00:03,439
implement an updated special events

5079
04:00:03,439 --> 04:00:05,760
policy. Uh, so that will be brought to

5080
04:00:05,760 --> 04:00:09,199
council in first order. Uh, we're mostly

5081
04:00:09,199 --> 04:00:11,120
looking just to streamline the process

5082
04:00:11,120 --> 04:00:13,520
and to make sure that all of our uh,

5083
04:00:13,520 --> 04:00:15,279
special events go through the meeting

5084
04:00:15,279 --> 04:00:17,600
process properly and then we get things

5085
04:00:17,600 --> 04:00:19,359
on time and we can make sure that we're

5086
04:00:19,359 --> 04:00:22,399
holding accountable as well as to make

5087
04:00:22,399 --> 04:00:24,880
sure that we are aware as staff what the

5088
04:00:24,880 --> 04:00:27,920
needs are for each event. Um we've had

5089
04:00:27,920 --> 04:00:29,600
some last minute request during events.

5090
04:00:29,600 --> 04:00:30,960
We want to make sure we're getting all

5091
04:00:30,960 --> 04:00:33,840
closer in time. So um that's across

5092
04:00:33,840 --> 04:00:35,920
several departments, but our CP will be

5093
04:00:35,920 --> 04:00:40,160
taking of that. Um when we move to our

5094
04:00:40,160 --> 04:00:43,199
programs and services division, um we

5095
04:00:43,199 --> 04:00:45,600
will be um putting on our hall of fame

5096
04:00:45,600 --> 04:00:48,560
event this year. So um that will be in

5097
04:00:48,560 --> 04:00:51,760
May of 2026 and nominations are

5098
04:00:51,760 --> 04:00:54,720
available currently on our website. So

5099
04:00:54,720 --> 04:00:56,640
just want to make a fun for that. If um

5100
04:00:56,640 --> 04:00:58,960
anybody has anyone to nominate for

5101
04:00:58,960 --> 04:01:00,560
athletes, we would appreciate valid

5102
04:01:00,560 --> 04:01:02,720
patience so that our sports and

5103
04:01:02,720 --> 04:01:04,880
recreation advisory committee can work

5104
04:01:04,880 --> 04:01:08,800
those. Um we will be completing a new

5105
04:01:08,800 --> 04:01:11,279
community vibration survey just so that

5106
04:01:11,279 --> 04:01:13,199
we can make sure that we are um

5107
04:01:13,199 --> 04:01:15,840
tailoring our programs to the community

5108
04:01:15,840 --> 04:01:19,680
needs. Uh our last one was in 2022. So

5109
04:01:19,680 --> 04:01:22,160
we're looking to do another survey just

5110
04:01:22,160 --> 04:01:24,399
to make sure that

5111
04:01:24,399 --> 04:01:25,920
up to date with what the community

5112
04:01:25,920 --> 04:01:29,600
needs. 2022 um while it doesn't seem

5113
04:01:29,600 --> 04:01:31,439
like that long ago, didn't even really

5114
04:01:31,439 --> 04:01:33,760
address the pickle ball concerns. So

5115
04:01:33,760 --> 04:01:34,960
things like that, we want to make sure

5116
04:01:34,960 --> 04:01:37,680
that we're keeping up with the trends in

5117
04:01:37,680 --> 04:01:40,800
recreation. Um we will also be reviewing

5118
04:01:40,800 --> 04:01:43,199
the fair program in consultation with

5119
04:01:43,199 --> 04:01:45,520
our sports and rank advisory committee.

5120
04:01:45,520 --> 04:01:48,239
Um so the fair program is our assisted

5121
04:01:48,239 --> 04:01:51,040
recreational experience program for uh

5122
04:01:51,040 --> 04:01:53,600
low-income individuals. Currently we

5123
04:01:53,600 --> 04:01:56,160
offer the program to uh people who are

5124
04:01:56,160 --> 04:01:58,000
below the low-inccome cutout. They can

5125
04:01:58,000 --> 04:02:00,560
apply for the program. Um and we've been

5126
04:02:00,560 --> 04:02:02,479
carrying a budget forward from

5127
04:02:02,479 --> 04:02:04,319
fundraising initiatives, but we're

5128
04:02:04,319 --> 04:02:06,160
looking into what other communities are

5129
04:02:06,160 --> 04:02:08,319
doing for subsidy programs and we will

5130
04:02:08,319 --> 04:02:10,319
be bringing that back to the Canadian

5131
04:02:10,319 --> 04:02:12,880
for so that's in our programs and

5132
04:02:12,880 --> 04:02:15,120
services division. Um when we look at

5133
04:02:15,120 --> 04:02:18,239
our culture and heritage division, uh we

5134
04:02:18,239 --> 04:02:21,120
will be um implementing the expansion of

5135
04:02:21,120 --> 04:02:23,040
operating hours during the summer to

5136
04:02:23,040 --> 04:02:25,359
accommodate our tourist season. So this

5137
04:02:25,359 --> 04:02:28,720
was approved by council in 2025 for

5138
04:02:28,720 --> 04:02:32,399
implementing in 2026. Um as well as the

5139
04:02:32,399 --> 04:02:34,399
deassession of artifacts that don't

5140
04:02:34,399 --> 04:02:38,000
serve the museum um collection. So we

5141
04:02:38,000 --> 04:02:41,520
have actually presented um uh museum

5142
04:02:41,520 --> 04:02:43,840
culture heritage and special awards

5143
04:02:43,840 --> 04:02:46,239
advisory committee with items that can

5144
04:02:46,239 --> 04:02:48,479
be deessioned and we will be bringing

5145
04:02:48,479 --> 04:02:50,560
that back to council as well. So that

5146
04:02:50,560 --> 04:02:52,640
will help us clean up our collection and

5147
04:02:52,640 --> 04:02:54,239
make sure that we have space to bring in

5148
04:02:54,239 --> 04:02:58,160
new things as till some of the artifacts

5149
04:02:58,160 --> 04:03:00,160
become available.

5150
04:03:00,160 --> 04:03:02,720
We will also be um doing a cultural

5151
04:03:02,720 --> 04:03:06,399
master plan this year. So we get a SEMOG

5152
04:03:06,399 --> 04:03:09,199
grant every year which uh this year they

5153
04:03:09,199 --> 04:03:12,399
require every year um municipalities to

5154
04:03:12,399 --> 04:03:16,000
submit um something different each year.

5155
04:03:16,000 --> 04:03:18,080
So this year it's a digital strategy.

5156
04:03:18,080 --> 04:03:19,920
Next year it is actually a cultural

5157
04:03:19,920 --> 04:03:21,680
master plan. So we have put that in the

5158
04:03:21,680 --> 04:03:23,439
budget so that we can comply with that

5159
04:03:23,439 --> 04:03:26,239
funding requirement. So we will be

5160
04:03:26,239 --> 04:03:29,199
undertaking that this year.

5161
04:03:29,199 --> 04:03:32,399
And next is our parks and facilities

5162
04:03:32,399 --> 04:03:35,520
division. So, memorial program um

5163
04:03:35,520 --> 04:03:37,439
implementation, we are reviewing our

5164
04:03:37,439 --> 04:03:39,279
memorial tree and batch program

5165
04:03:39,279 --> 04:03:42,000
currently um and we will be running a

5166
04:03:42,000 --> 04:03:45,120
report back to capsule to implement a

5167
04:03:45,120 --> 04:03:46,640
new program. We basically want to

5168
04:03:46,640 --> 04:03:48,640
streamline the program to make sure that

5169
04:03:48,640 --> 04:03:50,880
you know we're not cluttering parks with

5170
04:03:50,880 --> 04:03:54,319
a whole bunch of different uh

5171
04:03:54,319 --> 04:03:56,960
rocks on so that it's you know can be

5172
04:03:56,960 --> 04:03:59,520
hard to cut around those. So, we want to

5173
04:03:59,520 --> 04:04:01,520
make sure we're making our spaces more

5174
04:04:01,520 --> 04:04:04,239
inviting um and that we have dedicated

5175
04:04:04,239 --> 04:04:06,800
spaces to use more program trees and

5176
04:04:06,800 --> 04:04:10,640
benches. Um the Sam Lamb fall diamond

5177
04:04:10,640 --> 04:04:13,520
accessible walkway out working spaces.

5178
04:04:13,520 --> 04:04:17,279
This um had come up at council in 2025.

5179
04:04:17,279 --> 04:04:19,680
We did apply for a grant. Um it would be

5180
04:04:19,680 --> 04:04:21,600
about $23,000.

5181
04:04:21,600 --> 04:04:23,600
Unfortunately, just before the holiday,

5182
04:04:23,600 --> 04:04:26,000
we found out we were not um eligible or

5183
04:04:26,000 --> 04:04:29,040
we did not the grant. We don't continue

5184
04:04:29,040 --> 04:04:30,960
to look

5185
04:04:30,960 --> 04:04:32,960
this year,

5186
04:04:32,960 --> 04:04:35,199
but just so council's aware, we did not

5187
04:04:35,199 --> 04:04:37,840
pursue that for that particular project

5188
04:04:37,840 --> 04:04:39,840
at this time.

5189
04:04:39,840 --> 04:04:42,160
Uh the baseball pavilion in partnership

5190
04:04:42,160 --> 04:04:44,800
with baseball organizations. So that

5191
04:04:44,800 --> 04:04:47,359
again came from council last year in the

5192
04:04:47,359 --> 04:04:50,640
capital budget. We had two storage sets

5193
04:04:50,640 --> 04:04:53,439
in the budget. Um and we had a request

5194
04:04:53,439 --> 04:04:56,479
from our baseball groups to turn that

5195
04:04:56,479 --> 04:04:59,680
into form of a pavilion with you know

5196
04:04:59,680 --> 04:05:03,120
some storage but also some covered space

5197
04:05:03,120 --> 04:05:05,359
where people can watch games from and

5198
04:05:05,359 --> 04:05:08,000
maybe picnic tables. So they are

5199
04:05:08,000 --> 04:05:10,000
actually currently working on a design

5200
04:05:10,000 --> 04:05:11,600
for that and they will be bringing it

5201
04:05:11,600 --> 04:05:13,840
back to us. Um and we are working with

5202
04:05:13,840 --> 04:05:15,600
the recreation and sports advisory

5203
04:05:15,600 --> 04:05:19,120
committee on that. um the Potter's Gate

5204
04:05:19,120 --> 04:05:20,880
Park development. So that's in the

5205
04:05:20,880 --> 04:05:22,800
capital budget that again was brought to

5206
04:05:22,800 --> 04:05:25,279
council in 2025. So we are just looking

5207
04:05:25,279 --> 04:05:28,319
to implement that development

5208
04:05:28,319 --> 04:05:31,199
six

5209
04:05:31,199 --> 04:05:35,920
and the next project is park facilities

5210
04:05:35,920 --> 04:05:37,920
division. So the next project is

5211
04:05:37,920 --> 04:05:40,239
additional dressing rooms in the arena.

5212
04:05:40,239 --> 04:05:44,319
So, um through our um renovation at the

5213
04:05:44,319 --> 04:05:48,080
Dilenberg Community Center, uh we have

5214
04:05:48,080 --> 04:05:50,800
um made some extra space for staff

5215
04:05:50,800 --> 04:05:53,439
rooms, we currently have a staff room in

5216
04:05:53,439 --> 04:05:55,920
the arena area that will be repurposed

5217
04:05:55,920 --> 04:05:58,399
into dressing rooms. We have a shortage

5218
04:05:58,399 --> 04:06:02,319
currently um a constant complaint um and

5219
04:06:02,319 --> 04:06:04,560
we do need to address that with our

5220
04:06:04,560 --> 04:06:07,920
room. you know arenas are highly used

5221
04:06:07,920 --> 04:06:09,439
and we need to ensure that we are

5222
04:06:09,439 --> 04:06:11,920
meeting the needs of the user groups. So

5223
04:06:11,920 --> 04:06:15,760
um additional dressing rooms um within

5224
04:06:15,760 --> 04:06:18,080
the arena and

5225
04:06:18,080 --> 04:06:20,560
completed by

5226
04:06:20,560 --> 04:06:23,520
clock tower repairs. So um we are

5227
04:06:23,520 --> 04:06:26,239
looking to uh actually do a full repair

5228
04:06:26,239 --> 04:06:29,359
on the clock tower. Um today is actually

5229
04:06:29,359 --> 04:06:31,439
the engineering uh report will be done

5230
04:06:31,439 --> 04:06:33,279
today. We've got somebody out there

5231
04:06:33,279 --> 04:06:35,040
having a look. So that report will be

5232
04:06:35,040 --> 04:06:36,800
brought back to council and then we'll

5233
04:06:36,800 --> 04:06:39,600
look at doing repairs to get that

5234
04:06:39,600 --> 04:06:41,359
facility

5235
04:06:41,359 --> 04:06:43,680
in effective again.

5236
04:06:43,680 --> 04:06:46,160
And the last one is pool mechanical

5237
04:06:46,160 --> 04:06:49,680
upgrades. So during the um aquatic

5238
04:06:49,680 --> 04:06:52,239
renovation, the pool mechanical upgrades

5239
04:06:52,239 --> 04:06:55,040
was taken out of the budget due to

5240
04:06:55,040 --> 04:06:57,359
budget constraints at the time. So now

5241
04:06:57,359 --> 04:06:59,439
we've added it to the capital budget to

5242
04:06:59,439 --> 04:07:02,239
make sure that our mechanical room is

5243
04:07:02,239 --> 04:07:04,560
functioning properly

5244
04:07:04,560 --> 04:07:06,640
to do all of these nice upgrades to the

5245
04:07:06,640 --> 04:07:09,120
aquatic area and then not have our

5246
04:07:09,120 --> 04:07:11,199
mechanical room working properly. So

5247
04:07:11,199 --> 04:07:14,080
that will be in 2026 and something that

5248
04:07:14,080 --> 04:07:17,040
will be updating.

5249
04:07:17,040 --> 04:07:19,520
So some of the risks um in our

5250
04:07:19,520 --> 04:07:22,399
department um due to the nature of work

5251
04:07:22,399 --> 04:07:25,600
we tend to have a lot of um turnover a

5252
04:07:25,600 --> 04:07:28,720
lot of student jobs in recreation. So um

5253
04:07:28,720 --> 04:07:31,840
turnover can be high um as you know our

5254
04:07:31,840 --> 04:07:34,319
infrastructure can um be an issue where

5255
04:07:34,319 --> 04:07:36,160
it's reaching the end of life. We have a

5256
04:07:36,160 --> 04:07:38,239
lot of aging facilities um and that

5257
04:07:38,239 --> 04:07:40,720
requires substantial investment. So

5258
04:07:40,720 --> 04:07:42,560
making sure we're using our asset

5259
04:07:42,560 --> 04:07:44,160
management strategies and making

5260
04:07:44,160 --> 04:07:46,000
appropriate recommendations around those

5261
04:07:46,000 --> 04:07:48,479
facilities. Um obviously meeting

5262
04:07:48,479 --> 04:07:50,720
legislative requirements um is

5263
04:07:50,720 --> 04:07:53,600
important. Um there's increased requests

5264
04:07:53,600 --> 04:07:55,680
for access to amenities and facilities

5265
04:07:55,680 --> 04:07:58,560
from user groups um which ties into the

5266
04:07:58,560 --> 04:08:00,080
next one. The shortage of ice time

5267
04:08:00,080 --> 04:08:02,080
availability for user groups and

5268
04:08:02,080 --> 04:08:04,319
appropriate dressings and space which we

5269
04:08:04,319 --> 04:08:06,560
need to address. Um but even things like

5270
04:08:06,560 --> 04:08:09,120
a pickle ball as the mayor mentioned she

5271
04:08:09,120 --> 04:08:10,960
moved down the pickle ball courts for

5272
04:08:10,960 --> 04:08:13,359
2026 because

5273
04:08:13,359 --> 04:08:15,920
we can't keep up with the capacity that

5274
04:08:15,920 --> 04:08:18,239
we need on our current pickle ball

5275
04:08:18,239 --> 04:08:20,640
spaces. So um there is that increased

5276
04:08:20,640 --> 04:08:24,479
demand for time. Um obviously rising

5277
04:08:24,479 --> 04:08:27,840
cost for utilities maintenance um and

5278
04:08:27,840 --> 04:08:31,199
revenue and then reliance some cases

5279
04:08:31,199 --> 04:08:34,239
external funding for programs

5280
04:08:34,239 --> 04:08:35,920
facilities.

5281
04:08:35,920 --> 04:08:38,960
Some of our opportunities um improve

5282
04:08:38,960 --> 04:08:40,640
relationships with local community and

5283
04:08:40,640 --> 04:08:42,560
user groups. We've been working hard on

5284
04:08:42,560 --> 04:08:44,640
that

5285
04:08:44,640 --> 04:08:47,359
community connections and good staff in

5286
04:08:47,359 --> 04:08:48,880
place to make sure that we maintain

5287
04:08:48,880 --> 04:08:51,199
those connections. Um, our recreation

5288
04:08:51,199 --> 04:08:53,680
master plan provides a roadmap to our

5289
04:08:53,680 --> 04:08:56,399
volunteer planning. Um, our facility

5290
04:08:56,399 --> 04:08:58,720
upgrades through upset management uh

5291
04:08:58,720 --> 04:09:00,560
will help maximize the life of our

5292
04:09:00,560 --> 04:09:03,199
equipment. Um, so that will be important

5293
04:09:03,199 --> 04:09:05,439
in the future so that continue to

5294
04:09:05,439 --> 04:09:07,439
provide the service levels that

5295
04:09:07,439 --> 04:09:10,319
residents expect. um operational review

5296
04:09:10,319 --> 04:09:13,040
of Anna Dale House to enhance attendance

5297
04:09:13,040 --> 04:09:15,359
for programs and activities and increase

5298
04:09:15,359 --> 04:09:17,680
revenues while honoring heritage. So

5299
04:09:17,680 --> 04:09:19,199
that would be part of our cultural

5300
04:09:19,199 --> 04:09:21,840
master plan that we will be exploring.

5301
04:09:21,840 --> 04:09:24,720
Um training opportunities for staff um

5302
04:09:24,720 --> 04:09:28,000
implementation of our um recreation and

5303
04:09:28,000 --> 04:09:30,080
culture sorry recreation culture and

5304
04:09:30,080 --> 04:09:32,479
park service standards. Um our the

5305
04:09:32,479 --> 04:09:34,560
products wing updates will streamline

5306
04:09:34,560 --> 04:09:36,800
our customer service

5307
04:09:36,800 --> 04:09:39,840
providing consistent service levels and

5308
04:09:39,840 --> 04:09:42,319
uh we have completed asset management

5309
04:09:42,319 --> 04:09:46,160
certification for relevant staff. So

5310
04:09:46,160 --> 04:09:48,399
which has been great. We've got staff

5311
04:09:48,399 --> 04:09:50,640
that trained um in the facilities

5312
04:09:50,640 --> 04:09:52,800
division.

5313
04:09:52,800 --> 04:09:55,760
And then our future outlook um continue

5314
04:09:55,760 --> 04:09:57,920
to implement our recreation master plan

5315
04:09:57,920 --> 04:10:03,429
action items

5316
04:10:03,439 --> 04:10:05,199
and be working with our development

5317
04:10:05,199 --> 04:10:08,640
commissioner on pathway fixing in 2028.

5318
04:10:08,640 --> 04:10:12,479
We're looking to um repair our museum

5319
04:10:12,479 --> 04:10:15,439
slate roof as well as a very dark

5320
04:10:15,439 --> 04:10:18,640
dressing roof flooring and a another new

5321
04:10:18,640 --> 04:10:23,760
colarium in 2029 as well as LED light.

5322
04:10:23,760 --> 04:10:27,520
So those are our sort of outlook future

5323
04:10:27,520 --> 04:10:30,000
projects and I'm happy to answer any

5324
04:10:30,000 --> 04:10:32,479
questions. I know we have a lot of um

5325
04:10:32,479 --> 04:10:36,000
facilities uh capital projects and we

5326
04:10:36,000 --> 04:10:38,640
have Adam Ko in here as well our manager

5327
04:10:38,640 --> 04:10:41,120
of parks and facilities and um and he's

5328
04:10:41,120 --> 04:10:43,600
done a lot of work on the capital budget

5329
04:10:43,600 --> 04:10:45,439
as well. So we're both available to

5330
04:10:45,439 --> 04:10:50,319
answer questions council. Thank you.

5331
04:10:50,319 --> 04:10:52,229
>> I'll open the floor for questions from

5332
04:10:52,229 --> 04:10:52,239
» I'll open the floor for questions from

5333
04:10:52,239 --> 04:10:54,880
council

5334
04:10:54,880 --> 04:10:57,510
>> Rosart

5335
04:10:57,510 --> 04:10:57,520
» Rosart

5336
04:10:57,520 --> 04:11:00,319
to the director. So, we're looking at

5337
04:11:00,319 --> 04:11:03,279
35,000 into the Pter

5338
04:11:03,279 --> 04:11:04,880
and I've kind of discussed this with

5339
04:11:04,880 --> 04:11:08,080
you. Um, I've watched it. There are very

5340
04:11:08,080 --> 04:11:12,080
thin places on that pump track. Not only

5341
04:11:12,080 --> 04:11:14,000
within the next couple years that we've

5342
04:11:14,000 --> 04:11:16,800
gotten any kind of review on it, whether

5343
04:11:16,800 --> 04:11:19,040
it's sort of putting a five into it,

5344
04:11:19,040 --> 04:11:21,359
they should revisit it and see where

5345
04:11:21,359 --> 04:11:23,120
we're going with it.

5346
04:11:23,120 --> 04:11:24,950
>> So, thank you for the question to the

5347
04:11:24,950 --> 04:11:24,960
» So, thank you for the question to the

5348
04:11:24,960 --> 04:11:28,080
mayor. Um the money that is in the

5349
04:11:28,080 --> 04:11:31,760
budget for 2026 is meant to address um

5350
04:11:31,760 --> 04:11:33,760
so Adam did a walk through with our

5351
04:11:33,760 --> 04:11:35,840
insurance company. So it's meant to

5352
04:11:35,840 --> 04:11:38,399
address some issues around liability. So

5353
04:11:38,399 --> 04:11:41,199
just repairing some cracks and some

5354
04:11:41,199 --> 04:11:43,359
spots that are really challenging right

5355
04:11:43,359 --> 04:11:45,040
now.

5356
04:11:45,040 --> 04:11:46,720
With doing that, it would keep the pump

5357
04:11:46,720 --> 04:11:49,120
track open for this coming season.

5358
04:11:49,120 --> 04:11:51,520
However, if council wishes, um, we could

5359
04:11:51,520 --> 04:11:54,640
review the pump track overall because we

5360
04:11:54,640 --> 04:11:57,760
will want to do that anyway. Um, I think

5361
04:11:57,760 --> 04:12:00,080
some major repairs will be in store in

5362
04:12:00,080 --> 04:12:03,120
the future. It is in rough shape, but in

5363
04:12:03,120 --> 04:12:05,040
terms of liability, this is why we put

5364
04:12:05,040 --> 04:12:06,960
it in the budget so that we could

5365
04:12:06,960 --> 04:12:09,520
continue to offer again in 2026 while we

5366
04:12:09,520 --> 04:12:11,279
reviewed it.

5367
04:12:11,279 --> 04:12:15,030
>> Follow.

5368
04:12:15,040 --> 04:12:17,279
So, was there ever any fundraising done?

5369
04:12:17,279 --> 04:12:19,120
As I recall when that went in, there was

5370
04:12:19,120 --> 04:12:21,520
still some continuous fundraising done

5371
04:12:21,520 --> 04:12:23,520
for that. Was there ever anyone for

5372
04:12:23,520 --> 04:12:24,560
that?

5373
04:12:24,560 --> 04:12:27,429
>> So, um through the mayor, um there was

5374
04:12:27,429 --> 04:12:27,439
» So, um through the mayor, um there was

5375
04:12:27,439 --> 04:12:30,319
fundraising done as far as I have found

5376
04:12:30,319 --> 04:12:32,960
in the financial reports. It looks like

5377
04:12:32,960 --> 04:12:35,520
in 2016, Terry Smith did some

5378
04:12:35,520 --> 04:12:38,640
fundraising for the project. Um and then

5379
04:12:38,640 --> 04:12:41,199
the town sued the assets. So, in terms

5380
04:12:41,199 --> 04:12:44,720
of fundraising, um I mean the town could

5381
04:12:44,720 --> 04:12:47,040
request to fundra for this project in

5382
04:12:47,040 --> 04:12:49,439
the future, but um there's no additional

5383
04:12:49,439 --> 04:12:52,000
funds available for that project that

5384
04:12:52,000 --> 04:12:54,560
preserves um the fundraising has been

5385
04:12:54,560 --> 04:12:59,510
completed as a state

5386
04:12:59,520 --> 04:13:02,239
followed

5387
04:13:02,239 --> 04:13:06,720
up 5,000. That means this year we didn't

5388
04:13:06,720 --> 04:13:08,800
do that.

5389
04:13:08,800 --> 04:13:10,640
So through the mayor, I would assume

5390
04:13:10,640 --> 04:13:13,279
because the insurance company did

5391
04:13:13,279 --> 04:13:16,000
indicate that we did these were cares

5392
04:13:16,000 --> 04:13:17,840
for liability that we probably wouldn't

5393
04:13:17,840 --> 04:13:20,000
want to take on that liability and we

5394
04:13:20,000 --> 04:13:22,319
would probably have to close the

5395
04:13:22,319 --> 04:13:29,590
facility partly.

5396
04:13:29,600 --> 04:13:36,309
Further questions from council

5397
04:13:36,319 --> 04:13:38,000
the director. Um just in regard to the

5398
04:13:38,000 --> 04:13:39,920
library lean project I expected that

5399
04:13:39,920 --> 04:13:42,239
that would lightenly be

5400
04:13:42,239 --> 04:13:44,159
a liability as well especially the last

5401
04:13:44,159 --> 04:13:46,080
one walked through just a few days ago

5402
04:13:46,080 --> 04:13:47,920
with the unevenness of the ground.

5403
04:13:47,920 --> 04:13:52,080
What's the anticipated start date?

5404
04:13:52,080 --> 04:13:54,389
>> Yeah. Um so through you madam mayor um

5405
04:13:54,389 --> 04:13:54,399
» Yeah. Um so through you madam mayor um

5406
04:13:54,399 --> 04:13:56,000
we have a report actually coming from

5407
04:13:56,000 --> 04:13:58,399
the council um at the next meeting

5408
04:13:58,399 --> 04:14:00,560
regarding library money. Um we do have a

5409
04:14:00,560 --> 04:14:03,120
quote to get the work done. So um our

5410
04:14:03,120 --> 04:14:04,960
goal would be to get that done as soon

5411
04:14:04,960 --> 04:14:08,560
as possible. We are aware of the issues

5412
04:14:08,560 --> 04:14:14,389
moving on that we have had it looked at

5413
04:14:14,399 --> 04:14:16,880
ideal but it's obviously dependent so it

5414
04:14:16,880 --> 04:14:19,120
might get to spring.

5415
04:14:19,120 --> 04:14:22,550
>> Thank you.

5416
04:14:22,560 --> 04:14:24,560
for council's awareness on the project.

5417
04:14:24,560 --> 04:14:26,800
The whole covering like is it all going

5418
04:14:26,800 --> 04:14:29,359
to be removed? We went back and forth on

5419
04:14:29,359 --> 04:14:31,840
this project multiple times, but there

5420
04:14:31,840 --> 04:14:34,560
will be um from my understanding at the

5421
04:14:34,560 --> 04:14:37,040
end remaining with an arch sign that

5422
04:14:37,040 --> 04:14:40,720
would say library lane assuming for

5423
04:14:40,720 --> 04:14:43,600
aesthetics.

5424
04:14:43,600 --> 04:14:44,880
Further questions from councelor

5425
04:14:44,880 --> 04:14:48,880
councelor Rosar. Thank you my parent

5426
04:14:48,880 --> 04:14:50,640
are there any maintenance programs that

5427
04:14:50,640 --> 04:14:52,080
we have in place because I look at some

5428
04:14:52,080 --> 04:14:54,319
of these stocks of these orbs they've

5429
04:14:54,319 --> 04:14:55,680
got holes in them where you can see

5430
04:14:55,680 --> 04:14:58,080
where they're already going through we

5431
04:14:58,080 --> 04:14:59,520
have a maintenance program to go and

5432
04:14:59,520 --> 04:15:02,319
regard these

5433
04:15:02,319 --> 04:15:05,269
>> so the mayor are you referring to the

5434
04:15:05,269 --> 04:15:05,279
» so the mayor are you referring to the

5435
04:15:05,279 --> 04:15:07,439
center

5436
04:15:07,439 --> 04:15:14,469
>> I think

5437
04:15:14,479 --> 04:15:16,159
Well, counselor Rose starts taking that

5438
04:15:16,159 --> 04:15:18,560
up. Um, the pictures are really helpful.

5439
04:15:18,560 --> 04:15:21,279
So, I just wanted to let staff know that

5440
04:15:21,279 --> 04:15:24,479
I that the um pictures were were very

5441
04:15:24,479 --> 04:15:28,070
good.

5442
04:15:28,080 --> 04:15:30,239
» Yeah, Tony, you brought up I think this

5443
04:15:30,239 --> 04:15:33,429
one

5444
04:15:33,439 --> 04:15:34,800
brought it away. Do we not have a

5445
04:15:34,800 --> 04:15:37,199
meeting?

5446
04:15:37,199 --> 04:15:38,469
>> So, thank you for the question. I'm

5447
04:15:38,469 --> 04:15:38,479
» So, thank you for the question. I'm

5448
04:15:38,479 --> 04:15:40,159
gonna actually pass that on to our

5449
04:15:40,159 --> 04:15:43,279
manager of Parks and Disabilities.

5450
04:15:43,279 --> 04:15:45,359
I can [clears throat] turn to the chair.

5451
04:15:45,359 --> 04:15:49,040
Yes. And it's it would be part of our

5452
04:15:49,040 --> 04:15:51,760
seasonal inspections. Um it would be

5453
04:15:51,760 --> 04:15:54,239
looked at in the spring and again in the

5454
04:15:54,239 --> 04:15:57,600
fall and appropriate. I believe the

5455
04:15:57,600 --> 04:16:01,520
docks were this year. Um but it it's

5456
04:16:01,520 --> 04:16:03,600
it's just regular maintenance that you

5457
04:16:03,600 --> 04:16:07,760
need to kind of clean up.

5458
04:16:07,760 --> 04:16:09,359
So

5459
04:16:09,359 --> 04:16:11,600
yes to your question there there is

5460
04:16:11,600 --> 04:16:20,229
processes in place um

5461
04:16:20,239 --> 04:16:26,070
so then if we're going to see problem

5462
04:16:26,080 --> 04:16:28,092
» thank you

5463
04:16:28,092 --> 04:16:28,800
[clears throat]

5464
04:16:28,800 --> 04:16:32,000
um to follow up on that so like yearly

5465
04:16:32,000 --> 04:16:33,600
boards aren't replacement this is

5466
04:16:33,600 --> 04:16:36,080
looking at an entire replacement of the

5467
04:16:36,080 --> 04:16:38,479
old dot. So I think maybe what the

5468
04:16:38,479 --> 04:16:40,880
counselor was getting a is each year is

5469
04:16:40,880 --> 04:16:43,120
there an inspection and say there's 10

5470
04:16:43,120 --> 04:16:45,680
rotten boards. Would those boards then

5471
04:16:45,680 --> 04:16:47,680
be replaced under a regular maintenance

5472
04:16:47,680 --> 04:16:49,520
program? But how do we get to the point

5473
04:16:49,520 --> 04:16:52,880
where now we're replacing the entire

5474
04:16:52,880 --> 04:16:54,720
she's nodding her so I think I've

5475
04:16:54,720 --> 04:16:56,239
captured

5476
04:16:56,239 --> 04:16:58,070
>> through through the chair. Yes, that's

5477
04:16:58,070 --> 04:16:58,080
» through through the chair. Yes, that's

5478
04:16:58,080 --> 04:16:59,680
exactly what we're trying to accomplish

5479
04:16:59,680 --> 04:17:03,120
here. The dog specifically acts in house

5480
04:17:03,120 --> 04:17:07,910
has gone toward

5481
04:17:07,920 --> 04:17:10,720
going forward and might be again

5482
04:17:10,720 --> 04:17:18,950
inection

5483
04:17:18,960 --> 04:17:22,640
» and just for council's awareness um from

5484
04:17:22,640 --> 04:17:25,359
the CEO a question has gone in regarding

5485
04:17:25,359 --> 04:17:27,840
composite decking um to ensure that

5486
04:17:27,840 --> 04:17:30,319
we're not creating a slippery service is

5487
04:17:30,319 --> 04:17:31,920
I have in fact talked to another

5488
04:17:31,920 --> 04:17:34,159
individual who has compet composite

5489
04:17:34,159 --> 04:17:36,880
decking and is extremely slippery. So

5490
04:17:36,880 --> 04:17:40,159
staff is investigating that. So just for

5491
04:17:40,159 --> 04:17:42,319
council's awareness um I don't think

5492
04:17:42,319 --> 04:17:44,800
that there's an answer yet but it is

5493
04:17:44,800 --> 04:17:47,439
being looked at to ensure that we're not

5494
04:17:47,439 --> 04:17:50,080
uh creating a liability for the family

5495
04:17:50,080 --> 04:17:58,710
service.

5496
04:17:58,720 --> 04:18:01,439
There any further questions?

5497
04:18:01,439 --> 04:18:04,159
I have

5498
04:18:04,159 --> 04:18:06,800
the the location of the bigger ball

5499
04:18:06,800 --> 04:18:09,120
courts.

5500
04:18:09,120 --> 04:18:11,920
Uh yes. So you may our goal is to have

5501
04:18:11,920 --> 04:18:14,479
them beside the current ones. um people

5502
04:18:14,479 --> 04:18:16,960
have to measure but it's seemed when we

5503
04:18:16,960 --> 04:18:20,319
looked at it that that so yes that is

5504
04:18:20,319 --> 04:18:22,630
>> a lot of people were questioning um I'

5505
04:18:22,630 --> 04:18:22,640
» a lot of people were questioning um I'

5506
04:18:22,640 --> 04:18:24,080
I've gotten a lot of phone calls where

5507
04:18:24,080 --> 04:18:26,640
is the big park and I say is the golf

5508
04:18:26,640 --> 04:18:28,560
course is where they where they have the

5509
04:18:28,560 --> 04:18:30,479
trees I think they have some trees

5510
04:18:30,479 --> 04:18:32,159
planted there not we're trying planted

5511
04:18:32,159 --> 04:18:34,159
somewhere else but um a lot of people

5512
04:18:34,159 --> 04:18:35,439
were questioning that so I just wanted

5513
04:18:35,439 --> 04:18:37,439
to bring that out

5514
04:18:37,439 --> 04:18:40,870
>> thank you

5515
04:18:40,880 --> 04:18:43,199
there is no further questions thank you

5516
04:18:43,199 --> 04:18:46,399
very much

5517
04:18:46,399 --> 04:18:49,040
and we will move on to capital budget

5518
04:18:49,040 --> 04:18:49,840
overview.

5519
04:18:49,840 --> 04:19:49,110
tax standard.

5520
04:19:49,120 --> 04:19:52,000
While Laur is doing that just like to

5521
04:19:52,000 --> 04:19:54,239
say

5522
04:19:54,239 --> 04:19:56,399
I'm pleased and say four years that

5523
04:19:56,399 --> 04:19:58,080
every single director to do their

5524
04:19:58,080 --> 04:20:09,269
presentation

5525
04:20:09,279 --> 04:20:12,640
this section for clarification is like

5526
04:20:12,640 --> 04:20:15,040
whole project together they've already

5527
04:20:15,040 --> 04:20:16,640
discussed

5528
04:20:16,640 --> 04:20:19,600
going through all the different

5529
04:20:19,600 --> 04:20:21,600
departments essentially.

5530
04:20:21,600 --> 04:20:24,950
>> Yes. Yes. Um all the departmental

5531
04:20:24,950 --> 04:20:24,960
» Yes. Yes. Um all the departmental

5532
04:20:24,960 --> 04:20:26,880
capitals

5533
04:20:26,880 --> 04:20:30,960
for each other department has this tab

5534
04:20:30,960 --> 04:20:33,120
is sort of a summary of the entire

5535
04:20:33,120 --> 04:20:35,840
federal projects and so it's just a

5536
04:20:35,840 --> 04:20:39,359
highlight of the overall uh 10year

5537
04:20:39,359 --> 04:20:42,640
forecast. So you'll only see uh the the

5538
04:20:42,640 --> 04:20:44,479
mean sheet is called. So where you see

5539
04:20:44,479 --> 04:20:46,640
the project description and

5540
04:20:46,640 --> 04:20:49,120
justifications for those pictures where

5541
04:20:49,120 --> 04:20:52,560
there is a project identified for 2026

5542
04:20:52,560 --> 04:20:54,560
then we provide that 9-year forecast

5543
04:20:54,560 --> 04:20:56,960
again just to look at trends. So I can

5544
04:20:56,960 --> 04:20:58,479
just highlight that and there was any

5545
04:20:58,479 --> 04:21:00,800
specific questions around the planning

5546
04:21:00,800 --> 04:21:05,279
project. Uh the intent as

5547
04:21:05,279 --> 04:21:09,120
earlier is that um through the asset

5548
04:21:09,120 --> 04:21:12,560
management plan um we've identified that

5549
04:21:12,560 --> 04:21:15,439
over the next 10 years the to reach a

5550
04:21:15,439 --> 04:21:17,600
sustainable level the capital levy

5551
04:21:17,600 --> 04:21:21,760
currently at 2.7 which is short of 4.2

5552
04:21:21,760 --> 04:21:23,680
million on an annualized basis. So the

5553
04:21:23,680 --> 04:21:26,640
intent is that the or the trajectory is

5554
04:21:26,640 --> 04:21:29,439
that we need to get the cap levy over

5555
04:21:29,439 --> 04:21:34,080
the next 10 to 15 20 years to that uh

5556
04:21:34,080 --> 04:21:37,120
position. So that would be 4.2 for the

5557
04:21:37,120 --> 04:21:42,640
37. So uh about seven 7.5 to 8 million

5558
04:21:42,640 --> 04:21:45,279
annually to the capital program to reach

5559
04:21:45,279 --> 04:21:47,279
a fully funded sustainable level or a

5560
04:21:47,279 --> 04:21:50,239
premium position. So when looking at any

5561
04:21:50,239 --> 04:21:53,520
particular projects if uh hopefully the

5562
04:21:53,520 --> 04:21:55,840
intent is that it

5563
04:21:55,840 --> 04:21:59,120
wish to remove a project uh that the

5564
04:21:59,120 --> 04:22:01,760
capital levy remains because it's it's

5565
04:22:01,760 --> 04:22:04,159
looking towards that future target and

5566
04:22:04,159 --> 04:22:06,080
that the funding would still remain that

5567
04:22:06,080 --> 04:22:09,359
reserve be available um for when that

5568
04:22:09,359 --> 04:22:11,920
project was deferred because obviously

5569
04:22:11,920 --> 04:22:14,319
there's a project identified here. Um

5570
04:22:14,319 --> 04:22:17,120
the question is not so much

5571
04:22:17,120 --> 04:22:19,439
it's whether or not again is it a repair

5572
04:22:19,439 --> 04:22:22,800
or a replacement and this is where the

5573
04:22:22,800 --> 04:22:26,159
uh we ask for management information

5574
04:22:26,159 --> 04:22:28,319
will be part of the decision making as

5575
04:22:28,319 --> 04:22:30,800
we enhance data and provide more

5576
04:22:30,800 --> 04:22:33,600
information around what is the condition

5577
04:22:33,600 --> 04:22:36,399
uh and what would best treat for that

5578
04:22:36,399 --> 04:22:38,640
asset.

5579
04:22:38,640 --> 04:22:41,600
So then we're all um

5580
04:22:41,600 --> 04:22:58,950
I found that I just

5581
04:22:58,960 --> 04:23:03,840
so um on this uh this slide here uh this

5582
04:23:03,840 --> 04:23:07,520
is the just the new request for 2026. So

5583
04:23:07,520 --> 04:23:09,439
you can see the capital projects

5584
04:23:09,439 --> 04:23:11,439
identified under the various different

5585
04:23:11,439 --> 04:23:14,000
uh sections of

5586
04:23:14,000 --> 04:23:17,840
the u these are quoted. So what you can

5587
04:23:17,840 --> 04:23:19,920
see is the text number that's the

5588
04:23:19,920 --> 04:23:24,640
project that once then u approved then

5589
04:23:24,640 --> 04:23:27,120
that

5590
04:23:27,120 --> 04:23:29,279
there's an actual full number that gets

5591
04:23:29,279 --> 04:23:31,040
assigned to it. So currently still the

5592
04:23:31,040 --> 04:23:33,840
draft and so when we take a look at the

5593
04:23:33,840 --> 04:23:37,920
total um so this is where currently

5594
04:23:37,920 --> 04:23:40,159
we're looking at 9

5595
04:23:40,159 --> 04:23:43,840
uh 4 million uh currently on the new

5596
04:23:43,840 --> 04:23:45,439
requests

5597
04:23:45,439 --> 04:23:51,189
um plus the 2.7.

5598
04:23:51,199 --> 04:23:53,439
Um

5599
04:23:53,439 --> 04:23:56,880
so those are the new requests over the

5600
04:23:56,880 --> 04:23:59,279
three over um in this slide we're

5601
04:23:59,279 --> 04:24:01,279
looking at the standard capital levy so

5602
04:24:01,279 --> 04:24:04,319
it's 2.7 million going into the capital

5603
04:24:04,319 --> 04:24:08,239
program to support those

5604
04:24:08,239 --> 04:24:11,439
9.8 $20 million projects. And and so

5605
04:24:11,439 --> 04:24:13,359
this is just a forecast of how that

5606
04:24:13,359 --> 04:24:17,680
capital levy is anticipated to with a 1%

5607
04:24:17,680 --> 04:24:20,319
maybe the capital increase over the next

5608
04:24:20,319 --> 04:24:23,439
10 years that by the by the year 2035

5609
04:24:23,439 --> 04:24:26,560
the capital le will reach 6.64

5610
04:24:26,560 --> 04:24:28,479
million.

5611
04:24:28,479 --> 04:24:32,399
And so all the 10-year forecasts are uh

5612
04:24:32,399 --> 04:24:34,960
taken into account on the forecasted

5613
04:24:34,960 --> 04:24:36,159
revenues and the forecasted

5614
04:24:36,159 --> 04:24:37,680
expenditures.

5615
04:24:37,680 --> 04:24:40,720
So what what we then see for example in

5616
04:24:40,720 --> 04:24:43,279
the next one this is the IT capital is

5617
04:24:43,279 --> 04:24:46,880
that over the next 10 years um it's

5618
04:24:46,880 --> 04:24:48,640
identifying what the opening reserve

5619
04:24:48,640 --> 04:24:51,840
balances what annual contribution

5620
04:24:51,840 --> 04:24:55,199
uh being put into that reserve then from

5621
04:24:55,199 --> 04:24:57,359
those funds what is available to fund

5622
04:24:57,359 --> 04:24:59,760
all the various projects then what is

5623
04:24:59,760 --> 04:25:02,479
remaining in the 10 years you would hope

5624
04:25:02,479 --> 04:25:04,319
to see everything in the black if it's

5625
04:25:04,319 --> 04:25:06,800
still funded where you see years that

5626
04:25:06,800 --> 04:25:09,920
are in red. That means that in those

5627
04:25:09,920 --> 04:25:12,239
years decisions will have to be made as

5628
04:25:12,239 --> 04:25:14,319
to either increase the level of funding

5629
04:25:14,319 --> 04:25:17,279
or we're on a dedicated capital levy.

5630
04:25:17,279 --> 04:25:19,199
Well, the asset managers will have to

5631
04:25:19,199 --> 04:25:22,640
find a way how to, as I call it,

5632
04:25:22,640 --> 04:25:25,199
reshuffle the deck, those projects and

5633
04:25:25,199 --> 04:25:29,920
extend the life of those assets to uh uh

5634
04:25:29,920 --> 04:25:32,479
to be within the funding envelope

5635
04:25:32,479 --> 04:25:34,960
available for those years. And so can

5636
04:25:34,960 --> 04:25:38,319
see overall uh in it there's 40 years

5637
04:25:38,319 --> 04:25:41,600
where we're in the red. Um and if you

5638
04:25:41,600 --> 04:25:43,920
look at for example fire equipment,

5639
04:25:43,920 --> 04:25:45,840
you'll see that it's in the black until

5640
04:25:45,840 --> 04:25:49,040
2028. But then from then on uh it's all

5641
04:25:49,040 --> 04:25:50,479
in the red. So there isn't enough

5642
04:25:50,479 --> 04:25:53,920
funding uh to be able to address all of

5643
04:25:53,920 --> 04:25:58,239
what has been submitted as uh one is

5644
04:25:58,239 --> 04:26:00,720
coming for replacement. And so that is

5645
04:26:00,720 --> 04:26:02,479
the continual work that the asset

5646
04:26:02,479 --> 04:26:04,498
managers will need to do to

5647
04:26:04,498 --> 04:26:05,040
[clears throat]

5648
04:26:05,040 --> 04:26:07,439
uh take a look at that and again take a

5649
04:26:07,439 --> 04:26:09,040
look at those condition assessments take

5650
04:26:09,040 --> 04:26:11,920
a look at other factors that go into the

5651
04:26:11,920 --> 04:26:15,040
decision as to when uh projects need to

5652
04:26:15,040 --> 04:26:18,080
be replaced or uh they need to be

5653
04:26:18,080 --> 04:26:20,960
completed in whatever year. Uh and then

5654
04:26:20,960 --> 04:26:22,640
look at any potential other planning

5655
04:26:22,640 --> 04:26:24,560
opportunities.

5656
04:26:24,560 --> 04:26:27,279
Um if we go through uh fire comp so some

5657
04:26:27,279 --> 04:26:30,080
of these so fire equipment

5658
04:26:30,080 --> 04:26:32,080
um it's not funed from the capital levy

5659
04:26:32,080 --> 04:26:33,279
it's just coming from the operating

5660
04:26:33,279 --> 04:26:36,720
budget uh same with key at team capital

5661
04:26:36,720 --> 04:26:39,120
is through the user charges across the

5662
04:26:39,120 --> 04:26:41,520
organization and then is there a

5663
04:26:41,520 --> 04:26:43,520
contribution from the operating budget

5664
04:26:43,520 --> 04:26:48,000
same with fire equipment firecom same uh

5665
04:26:48,000 --> 04:26:50,080
firecom is sort of as part of the

5666
04:26:50,080 --> 04:26:52,159
overall sort of like its own standalone

5667
04:26:52,159 --> 04:26:54,720
business unit that all the revenues

5668
04:26:54,720 --> 04:26:57,359
uh that come in through Firecom uh ought

5669
04:26:57,359 --> 04:27:00,239
to be uh covering all of the operating

5670
04:27:00,239 --> 04:27:04,080
expenses uh to cover the the business

5671
04:27:04,080 --> 04:27:08,080
unit plus be able to have uh dollars set

5672
04:27:08,080 --> 04:27:11,359
aside to the reserve to be able to fund

5673
04:27:11,359 --> 04:27:13,920
all the equipment related to fire. And

5674
04:27:13,920 --> 04:27:17,040
so we can see currently that it's funded

5675
04:27:17,040 --> 04:27:20,560
up until 2030, but from 2030 on moving

5676
04:27:20,560 --> 04:27:23,279
to the red. So again, a combination of

5677
04:27:23,279 --> 04:27:25,040
revenue increases or expenditure

5678
04:27:25,040 --> 04:27:27,600
reductions or extending the life of some

5679
04:27:27,600 --> 04:27:31,439
of the assets. Um so this is part of the

5680
04:27:31,439 --> 04:27:33,920
work that what we want to see

5681
04:27:33,920 --> 04:27:36,319
year-over-year uh as a council looks at

5682
04:27:36,319 --> 04:27:38,960
these 10ear forecasts is that the number

5683
04:27:38,960 --> 04:27:43,040
of red uh decrease and that things start

5684
04:27:43,040 --> 04:27:46,000
going more into the black.

5685
04:27:46,000 --> 04:27:48,319
As Shane said, this is why we're both

5686
04:27:48,319 --> 04:27:49,840
wearing black suits because we like to

5687
04:27:49,840 --> 04:27:56,469
see everything black. [laughter]

5688
04:27:56,479 --> 04:28:01,990
» Nobody's wearing red.

5689
04:28:02,000 --> 04:28:05,680
» Um, looking at the airport capital, as

5690
04:28:05,680 --> 04:28:08,159
was noted earlier, a lot of this depends

5691
04:28:08,159 --> 04:28:11,040
on when land of the airport. And so

5692
04:28:11,040 --> 04:28:13,359
that's why you can see pretty much all

5693
04:28:13,359 --> 04:28:15,760
10 years as being at the red fbe there

5694
04:28:15,760 --> 04:28:18,800
hasn't been uh enough revenues

5695
04:28:18,800 --> 04:28:20,960
identified revenues identified until

5696
04:28:20,960 --> 04:28:23,120
those materials. And so all of these

5697
04:28:23,120 --> 04:28:26,080
projects this whole year uh will not be

5698
04:28:26,080 --> 04:28:29,840
doable until there is enough revenues

5699
04:28:29,840 --> 04:28:32,880
to fund those projects.

5700
04:28:32,880 --> 04:28:37,040
Uh fleet capital fleet is looking a lot

5701
04:28:37,040 --> 04:28:38,399
better. Obviously it's all in the black.

5702
04:28:38,399 --> 04:28:43,279
We like to see that. Um but um and fleet

5703
04:28:43,279 --> 04:28:45,279
again has been funded from the fleet

5704
04:28:45,279 --> 04:28:47,596
charges uh that are flowing through

5705
04:28:47,596 --> 04:28:48,560
[clears throat] from every department

5706
04:28:48,560 --> 04:28:50,080
that then coming to the fleet and are

5707
04:28:50,080 --> 04:28:53,199
transferred to the the fleet reserve. Um

5708
04:28:53,199 --> 04:28:56,399
we've also taken into account based on

5709
04:28:56,399 --> 04:28:58,640
our development background for our

5710
04:28:58,640 --> 04:29:02,239
development charges anywhere there is um

5711
04:29:02,239 --> 04:29:06,080
identified it's new uh additions to the

5712
04:29:06,080 --> 04:29:08,880
fleet uh those are under the new

5713
04:29:08,880 --> 04:29:11,359
projects for growth those are the

5714
04:29:11,359 --> 04:29:14,640
amounts that have been looked at all

5715
04:29:14,640 --> 04:29:16,720
charges and what is applicable and so

5716
04:29:16,720 --> 04:29:18,880
we've identified those revenue sources

5717
04:29:18,880 --> 04:29:22,399
against the new projects identified as

5718
04:29:22,399 --> 04:29:25,439
for growth and the balance uh being

5719
04:29:25,439 --> 04:29:29,120
brought by the uh food operating budget.

5720
04:29:29,120 --> 04:29:32,080
And so this is looking um really good

5721
04:29:32,080 --> 04:29:34,800
but again it's uh every year the amount

5722
04:29:34,800 --> 04:29:37,680
of changes and when these projects come

5723
04:29:37,680 --> 04:29:41,920
due continue to be defined uh and so uh

5724
04:29:41,920 --> 04:29:43,600
able to get a better picture going

5725
04:29:43,600 --> 04:29:47,760
forward as we improve the data uh from

5726
04:29:47,760 --> 04:29:48,640
the [clears throat] various different

5727
04:29:48,640 --> 04:29:50,560
asset managers

5728
04:29:50,560 --> 04:29:53,760
on bridges and culverts

5729
04:29:53,760 --> 04:29:56,960
again from 2026 obviously we have

5730
04:29:56,960 --> 04:29:59,840
provided balance collective So 2026

5731
04:29:59,840 --> 04:30:03,359
across all of these forecasts um is

5732
04:30:03,359 --> 04:30:05,840
fully funded but all the forecasts you

5733
04:30:05,840 --> 04:30:08,239
can see with this one versus it's it's

5734
04:30:08,239 --> 04:30:11,600
all in the red um primarily because

5735
04:30:11,600 --> 04:30:12,960
there's an approach that's been

5736
04:30:12,960 --> 04:30:15,520
identified for the next three four years

5737
04:30:15,520 --> 04:30:18,800
but they wanted to wait for the bridge

5738
04:30:18,800 --> 04:30:20,239
condition assessments that have been

5739
04:30:20,239 --> 04:30:22,159
completed. So what Carlos mentioned

5740
04:30:22,159 --> 04:30:23,920
about those postum inspections that's

5741
04:30:23,920 --> 04:30:27,600
just uh the provincial term it's Ontario

5742
04:30:27,600 --> 04:30:30,159
standard some structure inspection

5743
04:30:30,159 --> 04:30:32,960
reports um but it's really been a bridge

5744
04:30:32,960 --> 04:30:34,640
condition assessment uh which

5745
04:30:34,640 --> 04:30:36,640
legislatively had to be done in two

5746
04:30:36,640 --> 04:30:39,520
years and so we're waiting for that

5747
04:30:39,520 --> 04:30:42,239
update to get a better handle as to what

5748
04:30:42,239 --> 04:30:43,680
is the current condition of all the

5749
04:30:43,680 --> 04:30:47,279
bridges that will then inform what that

5750
04:30:47,279 --> 04:30:49,199
structure needs to be looked at what

5751
04:30:49,199 --> 04:30:51,279
type of treatment should received should

5752
04:30:51,279 --> 04:30:54,239
be received on those assets and when and

5753
04:30:54,239 --> 04:30:57,279
then we can update this forecast and

5754
04:30:57,279 --> 04:31:00,399
look at the ch look at whether or not

5755
04:31:00,399 --> 04:31:01,840
there's enough funding because the ch

5756
04:31:01,840 --> 04:31:03,840
there's a consultant will come along and

5757
04:31:03,840 --> 04:31:05,840
say here's based on the condition

5758
04:31:05,840 --> 04:31:07,600
assessment here's what what you should

5759
04:31:07,600 --> 04:31:09,680
do to these assets but they don't know

5760
04:31:09,680 --> 04:31:11,199
how much money we actually have

5761
04:31:11,199 --> 04:31:13,520
designated or reserves for those. So

5762
04:31:13,520 --> 04:31:16,239
then that's the the the work of the

5763
04:31:16,239 --> 04:31:19,120
asset managers to then internalize that

5764
04:31:19,120 --> 04:31:22,720
data u and then again within the funding

5765
04:31:22,720 --> 04:31:26,159
envelope still addresses

5766
04:31:26,159 --> 04:31:29,439
uh to make sure that we're

5767
04:31:29,439 --> 04:31:32,239
addressing any liabilities.

5768
04:31:32,239 --> 04:31:36,800
Um roads again roads currently um looks

5769
04:31:36,800 --> 04:31:40,000
all in black just really good. Uh as we

5770
04:31:40,000 --> 04:31:43,920
can see for roads um the federal gas tax

5771
04:31:43,920 --> 04:31:46,640
and the OEIP so both uh federal and

5772
04:31:46,640 --> 04:31:49,760
provincial funding programs um geared

5773
04:31:49,760 --> 04:31:51,680
towards capital they sometimes they can

5774
04:31:51,680 --> 04:31:53,680
be a number of different capital

5775
04:31:53,680 --> 04:31:56,479
projects that are eligible for those uh

5776
04:31:56,479 --> 04:31:58,239
but the town has historically and has

5777
04:31:58,239 --> 04:32:02,080
continued to uh fund u or place those

5778
04:32:02,080 --> 04:32:05,120
grants uh into the roads capital and so

5779
04:32:05,120 --> 04:32:06,720
we will take a look at obviously once

5780
04:32:06,720 --> 04:32:09,199
the roads needs assessment uh comes And

5781
04:32:09,199 --> 04:32:11,439
along with the bridge assessment, if

5782
04:32:11,439 --> 04:32:14,880
there is more needs on bridges, uh we

5783
04:32:14,880 --> 04:32:18,880
look at uh some of those uh funds and

5784
04:32:18,880 --> 04:32:20,319
channeling those to state bridges

5785
04:32:20,319 --> 04:32:22,159
instead of roads if there's the greatest

5786
04:32:22,159 --> 04:32:28,070
need uh for bridges.

5787
04:32:28,080 --> 04:32:31,439
Again, storm, same thing. The uh well,

5788
04:32:31,439 --> 04:32:34,880
it looks really good. Um we still going

5789
04:32:34,880 --> 04:32:39,199
to be waiting the um the results of the

5790
04:32:39,199 --> 04:32:42,319
storm uh mission assessment. My

5791
04:32:42,319 --> 04:32:46,239
understanding is that uh um because of

5792
04:32:46,239 --> 04:32:50,159
where the assets actually are done um

5793
04:32:50,159 --> 04:32:52,720
unless we actually have or have some

5794
04:32:52,720 --> 04:32:56,080
actually doing inspections u we don't

5795
04:32:56,080 --> 04:32:59,359
really have uh good sort of senses to

5796
04:32:59,359 --> 04:33:02,000
the condition and so that may provide us

5797
04:33:02,000 --> 04:33:05,520
with data as to uh whether or not this

5798
04:33:05,520 --> 04:33:07,439
is a realistic picture for the forecast

5799
04:33:07,439 --> 04:33:10,959
or whether this will update

5800
04:33:10,959 --> 04:33:13,279
facilities ities. Obviously, as I

5801
04:33:13,279 --> 04:33:15,199
mentioned earlier, this is one of those

5802
04:33:15,199 --> 04:33:17,600
areas that u there's a number of

5803
04:33:17,600 --> 04:33:21,439
projects identified under the facilities

5804
04:33:21,439 --> 04:33:26,480
um both on the existing side um and the

5805
04:33:26,480 --> 04:33:28,320
the new projects that have been

5806
04:33:28,320 --> 04:33:31,680
identified through master plans

5807
04:33:31,680 --> 04:33:34,561
and citizen requests. So this is one

5808
04:33:34,561 --> 04:33:38,639
area that uh this will um

5809
04:33:38,639 --> 04:33:41,039
to take up the entire capital levy. Uh

5810
04:33:41,039 --> 04:33:44,240
and so we'll need to still some point in

5811
04:33:44,240 --> 04:33:47,279
time to have some conversations around

5812
04:33:47,279 --> 04:33:50,160
council direction as to what the focus

5813
04:33:50,160 --> 04:33:53,439
and which facilities to to aim for. uh

5814
04:33:53,439 --> 04:33:56,240
and again the work vector assets and the

5815
04:33:56,240 --> 04:33:58,959
existing facilities to look at what is

5816
04:33:58,959 --> 04:34:01,840
actually feasible uh to address even

5817
04:34:01,840 --> 04:34:04,080
though this is likely one of those areas

5818
04:34:04,080 --> 04:34:06,719
that when we did the facilities u

5819
04:34:06,719 --> 04:34:09,520
assessment in 2021 it was an area

5820
04:34:09,520 --> 04:34:11,439
identified given the age of a number of

5821
04:34:11,439 --> 04:34:13,359
our facilities

5822
04:34:13,359 --> 04:34:16,240
uh counseling calls is identified that

5823
04:34:16,240 --> 04:34:20,959
if we had money uh that all facilities

5824
04:34:20,959 --> 04:34:22,959
required

5825
04:34:22,959 --> 04:34:27,279
um 20 $71 million over the next 25

5826
04:34:27,279 --> 04:34:31,600
years. And so again, we'll be looking at

5827
04:34:31,600 --> 04:34:35,840
uh those assessments and trying to see

5828
04:34:35,840 --> 04:34:40,320
where these projects stretched out uh to

5829
04:34:40,320 --> 04:34:44,561
and to be with everybody available.

5830
04:34:44,561 --> 04:34:47,920
Uh parks, same situation everywhere. We

5831
04:34:47,920 --> 04:34:50,320
see uh gears that are in the red. uh

5832
04:34:50,320 --> 04:34:52,879
we'll need to take a look at what the

5833
04:34:52,879 --> 04:34:56,240
existing assets or new assets um can be

5834
04:34:56,240 --> 04:34:59,359
either delayed or uh addressed as

5835
04:34:59,359 --> 04:35:03,359
funding uh today and overall between all

5836
04:35:03,359 --> 04:35:06,160
the asset classes we're able to have the

5837
04:35:06,160 --> 04:35:09,199
overall levy. Um

5838
04:35:09,199 --> 04:35:10,561
it doesn't necessarily mean that just

5839
04:35:10,561 --> 04:35:12,561
because an asset class received x amount

5840
04:35:12,561 --> 04:35:15,039
of dollars of the levy that that is

5841
04:35:15,039 --> 04:35:17,600
going to be a continuation. We look at

5842
04:35:17,600 --> 04:35:19,680
again the areas of greatest need and the

5843
04:35:19,680 --> 04:35:22,080
levies that are all numbered that will

5844
04:35:22,080 --> 04:35:24,639
be channelneled based on the asset class

5845
04:35:24,639 --> 04:35:27,439
that requires uh that has the highest

5846
04:35:27,439 --> 04:35:30,000
need for funding uh based on the

5847
04:35:30,000 --> 04:35:33,279
criteria for after two identified key

5848
04:35:33,279 --> 04:35:37,600
priority projects next 10 years.

5849
04:35:37,600 --> 04:35:41,039
That is the budget overview. If there's

5850
04:35:41,039 --> 04:35:44,320
any questions uh

5851
04:35:44,320 --> 04:35:46,561
uh

5852
04:35:46,561 --> 04:35:49,439
take a look at any particular projects

5853
04:35:49,439 --> 04:35:53,359
that are each of the tabs. Um this this

5854
04:35:53,359 --> 04:35:55,920
one slide here at the end is that this

5855
04:35:55,920 --> 04:35:59,439
one includes not only the requests but

5856
04:35:59,439 --> 04:36:01,520
also all the carry forward programs that

5857
04:36:01,520 --> 04:36:04,561
have been in all prior years. And we can

5858
04:36:04,561 --> 04:36:07,760
see that we continue to really undertake

5859
04:36:07,760 --> 04:36:10,480
that capital program for 26

5860
04:36:10,480 --> 04:36:12,480
completion of both and the range of

5861
04:36:12,480 --> 04:36:16,551
about $28 million.

5862
04:36:16,561 --> 04:36:24,230
I'll present for discussion.

5863
04:36:24,240 --> 04:36:27,920
Um I have a quick question about um so

5864
04:36:27,920 --> 04:36:30,639
like I've been going driving around town

5865
04:36:30,639 --> 04:36:32,799
and just kind of looking at some of the

5866
04:36:32,799 --> 04:36:34,799
roads and I see that the roads like and

5867
04:36:34,799 --> 04:36:37,520
I know have the general ashalt

5868
04:36:37,520 --> 04:36:39,920
maintenance program. So reconstruction

5869
04:36:39,920 --> 04:36:42,320
is by the road is entirely redone.

5870
04:36:42,320 --> 04:36:44,639
That's sewer and water. Correct.

5871
04:36:44,639 --> 04:36:47,429
>> Okay. um new sidewalks, curbs, whatever

5872
04:36:47,429 --> 04:36:47,439
» Okay. um new sidewalks, curbs, whatever

5873
04:36:47,439 --> 04:36:49,520
it might be. Um but the actual

5874
04:36:49,520 --> 04:36:51,279
maintenance program, so like I I'm

5875
04:36:51,279 --> 04:36:53,199
taking a look like down Broadway,

5876
04:36:53,199 --> 04:36:55,359
there's getting to be some very large I

5877
04:36:55,359 --> 04:36:57,520
know we do crack maintenance or crack

5878
04:36:57,520 --> 04:36:59,199
snowing, but there's getting to be some

5879
04:36:59,199 --> 04:37:02,400
large cracks because Broadway is a um

5880
04:37:02,400 --> 04:37:05,680
provincial highway. Is that a project

5881
04:37:05,680 --> 04:37:10,160
that is funded by the province? And if

5882
04:37:10,160 --> 04:37:12,000
so, are we at the point where we should

5883
04:37:12,000 --> 04:37:14,959
be reaching out for a, you know, fresh

5884
04:37:14,959 --> 04:37:19,510
code of payment or

5885
04:37:19,520 --> 04:37:21,840
that's a good question. So for trackway

5886
04:37:21,840 --> 04:37:25,119
18 um there is an intake almost every

5887
04:37:25,119 --> 04:37:28,719
year from province but we apply for the

5888
04:37:28,719 --> 04:37:30,000
ways that we consider that are needed

5889
04:37:30,000 --> 04:37:32,719
for those roles and they provide I think

5890
04:37:32,719 --> 04:37:36,480
at this point is 90% funding of whatever

5891
04:37:36,480 --> 04:37:39,359
works are required. Now the application

5892
04:37:39,359 --> 04:37:44,160
for 26 just closed uh closed last year.

5893
04:37:44,160 --> 04:37:46,000
Um we're also doing a condition

5894
04:37:46,000 --> 04:37:48,561
assessment that condition assessment

5895
04:37:48,561 --> 04:37:50,480
shortly hopefully within the next two

5896
04:37:50,480 --> 04:37:52,561
months that will give us some

5897
04:37:52,561 --> 04:37:54,799
information what we require or

5898
04:37:54,799 --> 04:37:58,400
especially for pathway in terms of maybe

5899
04:37:58,400 --> 04:38:01,840
um just uh

5900
04:38:01,840 --> 04:38:03,680
but just some maintenance work that we

5901
04:38:03,680 --> 04:38:05,760
require. So when we receive that

5902
04:38:05,760 --> 04:38:08,080
information, it is determined that it's

5903
04:38:08,080 --> 04:38:10,080
something is needed when we look at that

5904
04:38:10,080 --> 04:38:14,000
information that has been taken.

5905
04:38:14,000 --> 04:38:17,189
>> Okay. But I I feel like getting to that

5906
04:38:17,189 --> 04:38:17,199
» Okay. But I I feel like getting to that

5907
04:38:17,199 --> 04:38:19,680
point where you need to start thinking

5908
04:38:19,680 --> 04:38:22,959
about that it needs some resurfacing. Um

5909
04:38:22,959 --> 04:38:24,799
and even on the section when you're just

5910
04:38:24,799 --> 04:38:26,561
leaving the downtown corridor, there's a

5911
04:38:26,561 --> 04:38:29,279
pretty rough section in there. So then

5912
04:38:29,279 --> 04:38:31,359
that brings me to my other question.

5913
04:38:31,359 --> 04:38:35,279
Ashvalt maintenance like where is um I

5914
04:38:35,279 --> 04:38:38,480
saw something on here for Incession

5915
04:38:38,480 --> 04:38:41,439
Street Tilson and Maple Lane, but um you

5916
04:38:41,439 --> 04:38:44,719
know how we did that little section this

5917
04:38:44,719 --> 04:38:46,959
year by the lake, but the rest of it

5918
04:38:46,959 --> 04:38:50,719
isn't good either. So from that point on

5919
04:38:50,719 --> 04:38:53,439
to Telome, that's getting pretty rough

5920
04:38:53,439 --> 04:38:56,400
as well. So um where does that fall into

5921
04:38:56,400 --> 04:38:58,480
the actual maintenance program? price is

5922
04:38:58,480 --> 04:39:01,359
not on the list for this year um because

5923
04:39:01,359 --> 04:39:03,680
I took a look at streets but where is it

5924
04:39:03,680 --> 04:39:07,910
somewhere down the queue

5925
04:39:07,920 --> 04:39:10,160
um

5926
04:39:10,160 --> 04:39:13,600
so to mayor um I don't know what city

5927
04:39:13,600 --> 04:39:16,879
right now that's a program that

5928
04:39:16,879 --> 04:39:18,000
we're waiting for the commission

5929
04:39:18,000 --> 04:39:20,719
assessment to come back information then

5930
04:39:20,719 --> 04:39:23,279
we're going to prioritize the roles the

5931
04:39:23,279 --> 04:39:26,240
roles that will be eligible they are

5932
04:39:26,240 --> 04:39:29,199
prioritized for program for next year.

5933
04:39:29,199 --> 04:39:32,000
Um, but if there's anything that the

5934
04:39:32,000 --> 04:39:33,520
report that said that was something we

5935
04:39:33,520 --> 04:39:36,160
need to prioritize in 2026, we'll let

5936
04:39:36,160 --> 04:39:40,080
council know that that will be in the

5937
04:39:40,080 --> 04:39:41,040
process.

5938
04:39:41,040 --> 04:39:43,830
>> Okay. So, a lot of times um assess

5939
04:39:43,830 --> 04:39:43,840
» Okay. So, a lot of times um assess

5940
04:39:43,840 --> 04:39:46,240
condition assessment because I even see

5941
04:39:46,240 --> 04:39:50,958
like um films I feel is that subdivision

5942
04:39:50,958 --> 04:39:52,798
is getting to the point where it's going

5943
04:39:52,798 --> 04:39:55,680
to need some paving work. um in

5944
04:39:55,680 --> 04:39:58,000
subdivision there's big um cracks in the

5945
04:39:58,000 --> 04:40:00,000
road where weeds are growing across the

5946
04:40:00,000 --> 04:40:03,040
road and it hasn't been crack sealed. So

5947
04:40:03,040 --> 04:40:05,360
I just so this would all be defined in

5948
04:40:05,360 --> 04:40:07,600
this this assessment report that's

5949
04:40:07,600 --> 04:40:10,000
coming. So the roads that are included

5950
04:40:10,000 --> 04:40:12,718
in the 2026 road they are from the

5951
04:40:12,718 --> 04:40:14,958
previous assessment that was completed

5952
04:40:14,958 --> 04:40:16,320
two years ago. Okay.

5953
04:40:16,320 --> 04:40:18,628
>> Um but once again we're waiting for for

5954
04:40:18,628 --> 04:40:18,638
» Um but once again we're waiting for for

5955
04:40:18,638 --> 04:40:20,718
this reassessment. Uh if there is

5956
04:40:20,718 --> 04:40:22,878
anything that need to be prioritized in

5957
04:40:22,878 --> 04:40:28,868
terms of priorities

5958
04:40:28,878 --> 04:40:32,470
anytime

5959
04:40:32,480 --> 04:40:35,680
you're the chair

5960
04:40:35,680 --> 04:40:38,638
but to the plot on street

5961
04:40:38,638 --> 04:40:40,798
problem you guys

5962
04:40:40,798 --> 04:40:43,840
that's not has to be but

5963
04:40:43,840 --> 04:40:46,128
>> yes I

5964
04:40:46,128 --> 04:40:46,138
» yes I

5965
04:40:46,138 --> 04:40:48,400
[clears throat] simp because I know that

5966
04:40:48,400 --> 04:40:51,600
there's people I saw some really bad um

5967
04:40:51,600 --> 04:40:54,400
pots on some co street and that is a

5968
04:40:54,400 --> 04:40:56,400
county literally. So I'll I'll make sure

5969
04:40:56,400 --> 04:40:59,120
I send that in. But um because I have I

5970
04:40:59,120 --> 04:41:03,430
was down there the other day.

5971
04:41:03,440 --> 04:41:05,760
» When you talk about through you when you

5972
04:41:05,760 --> 04:41:07,920
talk about maintenance with Highway 19

5973
04:41:07,920 --> 04:41:10,000
or Broadway, you're I'm assuming it's

5974
04:41:10,000 --> 04:41:11,920
the entire connecting link where Highway

5975
04:41:11,920 --> 04:41:14,240
19 starts as the north and ends at the

5976
04:41:14,240 --> 04:41:16,798
south or is it only Broadway as the

5977
04:41:16,798 --> 04:41:18,480
street itself?

5978
04:41:18,480 --> 04:41:20,560
the downtown core only or is that all of

5979
04:41:20,560 --> 04:41:22,818
the connection

5980
04:41:22,818 --> 04:41:23,600
[clears throat]

5981
04:41:23,600 --> 04:41:29,030
>> the whole thing

5982
04:41:29,040 --> 04:41:33,520
any further questions seeing

5983
04:41:33,520 --> 04:41:36,878
we are moving on to

5984
04:41:36,878 --> 04:41:39,350
>> I got a request very good like I'm going

5985
04:41:39,350 --> 04:41:39,360
» I got a request very good like I'm going

5986
04:41:39,360 --> 04:41:42,000
to say I almost had a heart attack

5987
04:41:42,000 --> 04:41:44,878
and I had to reach out to um to get some

5988
04:41:44,878 --> 04:41:47,840
a wholesome understanding So, I just

5989
04:41:47,840 --> 04:41:49,440
want to make sure that it's very

5990
04:41:49,440 --> 04:41:52,000
explained about how not all that debt is

5991
04:41:52,000 --> 04:41:54,080
drawn. And um there's a good portion of

5992
04:41:54,080 --> 04:41:56,480
it that's for the

5993
04:41:56,480 --> 04:42:00,080
two. And basically, I termed it as a a

5994
04:42:00,080 --> 04:42:02,240
line of credit. Um I don't know if

5995
04:42:02,240 --> 04:42:04,320
that's the correct term or not, but when

5996
04:42:04,320 --> 04:42:06,480
we sat down and talked about it, I felt

5997
04:42:06,480 --> 04:42:07,840
better. So, I just want to make sure

5998
04:42:07,840 --> 04:42:11,840
that this is fully explained. So, I

5999
04:42:11,840 --> 04:42:13,440
don't know if anyone else's heart was

6000
04:42:13,440 --> 04:42:17,350
very similar.

6001
04:42:17,360 --> 04:42:19,440
turn it over to Shane to uh continue

6002
04:42:19,440 --> 04:42:31,750
with this on the next iteing

6003
04:42:31,760 --> 04:42:33,680
out the show here. So, uh we get to talk

6004
04:42:33,680 --> 04:42:36,320
about long-term debt here soon. Um so

6005
04:42:36,320 --> 04:42:42,400
under tab uh number 11 you go down to um

6006
04:42:42,400 --> 04:42:44,798
two

6007
04:42:44,798 --> 04:42:47,440
midway down uh you'll see a a row that

6008
04:42:47,440 --> 04:42:51,680
says total debt before new debt. Um so

6009
04:42:51,680 --> 04:42:55,120
this based on tab 11 is all the approved

6010
04:42:55,120 --> 04:42:58,000
long-term debt that council has uh

6011
04:42:58,000 --> 04:43:01,600
approved u and we have on our books. You

6012
04:43:01,600 --> 04:43:03,520
can see it's a three-year window from

6013
04:43:03,520 --> 04:43:08,160
2024 uh 2025 and then the 2026.

6014
04:43:08,160 --> 04:43:10,718
So before any new debt uh you can see

6015
04:43:10,718 --> 04:43:13,440
that the ending balance uh has trended

6016
04:43:13,440 --> 04:43:17,360
downward 2024 it was 11.2

6017
04:43:17,360 --> 04:43:19,600
9.8.6

6018
04:43:19,600 --> 04:43:21,680
and then once we factor in uh the new

6019
04:43:21,680 --> 04:43:24,798
debt that's coming online in 2026 which

6020
04:43:24,798 --> 04:43:27,280
a lot of these projects were carry for

6021
04:43:27,280 --> 04:43:29,520
projects. So these were capital projects

6022
04:43:29,520 --> 04:43:34,400
that council had averted 24 25 um that

6023
04:43:34,400 --> 04:43:35,680
are coming online now. They're

6024
04:43:35,680 --> 04:43:38,320
completed. Uh the county doesn't issue

6025
04:43:38,320 --> 04:43:40,080
any debt proceeds until the capital

6026
04:43:40,080 --> 04:43:41,920
project is complete just in case

6027
04:43:41,920 --> 04:43:43,600
projects do come in under budget. We

6028
04:43:43,600 --> 04:43:46,160
don't need full

6029
04:43:46,160 --> 04:43:48,160
budget.

6030
04:43:48,160 --> 04:43:50,240
The two at the bottom there big swing

6031
04:43:50,240 --> 04:43:53,920
land servicing and VIP phase two. These

6032
04:43:53,920 --> 04:43:55,520
are basically what we're calling

6033
04:43:55,520 --> 04:43:57,520
construction financing or temporary

6034
04:43:57,520 --> 04:44:01,440
loan. Um you have so basically how these

6035
04:44:01,440 --> 04:44:04,718
ones are working is we are allotted the

6036
04:44:04,718 --> 04:44:07,920
funds of their own charge interest

6037
04:44:07,920 --> 04:44:10,718
um and not a principal payment until

6038
04:44:10,718 --> 04:44:12,480
because we have the opportunity to pay

6039
04:44:12,480 --> 04:44:14,958
down these debts. Uh all the rest of the

6040
04:44:14,958 --> 04:44:18,400
debt pro or projects s on here are

6041
04:44:18,400 --> 04:44:20,080
locked in. They're fixed. So whatever

6042
04:44:20,080 --> 04:44:23,840
the term is to 5 10 15 up to 30 years

6043
04:44:23,840 --> 04:44:25,200
they're locked in they're fixed and

6044
04:44:25,200 --> 04:44:27,280
can't make a prepayment

6045
04:44:27,280 --> 04:44:29,440
but with these two with construction

6046
04:44:29,440 --> 04:44:32,160
financing through infrastructure Ontario

6047
04:44:32,160 --> 04:44:34,000
which is pushed through Oxford County

6048
04:44:34,000 --> 04:44:36,000
because they're the upper tier till be

6049
04:44:36,000 --> 04:44:39,280
in the lower tier for them so I know

6050
04:44:39,280 --> 04:44:40,560
correct me if I'm wrong I think we have

6051
04:44:40,560 --> 04:44:43,360
five years so we have five years

6052
04:44:43,360 --> 04:44:45,200
starting in [clears throat] 2026 to pay

6053
04:44:45,200 --> 04:44:50,080
down banks claiming VIP uh phase 2 lands

6054
04:44:50,080 --> 04:44:52,160
we uh pay those down, then we're not

6055
04:44:52,160 --> 04:44:55,520
locked in to those uh those debts

6056
04:44:55,520 --> 04:44:58,560
because if the consequence is after 5

6057
04:44:58,560 --> 04:45:01,360
years, we don't pay them down, then

6058
04:45:01,360 --> 04:45:03,360
they're locked into

6059
04:45:03,360 --> 04:45:06,320
5, 10, 15 year term, that will really

6060
04:45:06,320 --> 04:45:08,638
impact the levy. Uh you may be wondering

6061
04:45:08,638 --> 04:45:10,958
how we'll be paying these paying these

6062
04:45:10,958 --> 04:45:13,120
down. Uh the theme for this year in the

6063
04:45:13,120 --> 04:45:15,600
2026 budget seems to be land sales

6064
04:45:15,600 --> 04:45:19,280
either at the airport or VIP. um or

6065
04:45:19,280 --> 04:45:21,600
other lands uh surrounded within the

6066
04:45:21,600 --> 04:45:24,080
town. So uh there's a heavy focus on

6067
04:45:24,080 --> 04:45:27,920
selling lands um and then paying these

6068
04:45:27,920 --> 04:45:30,560
these debts down. So according to the

6069
04:45:30,560 --> 04:45:33,040
province through our ATRL we have to

6070
04:45:33,040 --> 04:45:36,000
include this the 9 million and the 1.9

6071
04:45:36,000 --> 04:45:39,600
part of debt that the town is taking on

6072
04:45:39,600 --> 04:45:41,440
even though there's a good chance that

6073
04:45:41,440 --> 04:45:43,360
we pay it off but there's a risk

6074
04:45:43,360 --> 04:45:45,680
associated with it just in case some of

6075
04:45:45,680 --> 04:45:47,280
the fruition of those land sales don't

6076
04:45:47,280 --> 04:45:50,080
come through. we have to

6077
04:45:50,080 --> 04:45:52,400
so they're they're identified there. Uh

6078
04:45:52,400 --> 04:45:54,160
the other one here, the Kinsman Bridge

6079
04:45:54,160 --> 04:45:57,600
for just a little under 2.1 million.

6080
04:45:57,600 --> 04:45:59,360
That project should be completed in

6081
04:45:59,360 --> 04:46:02,240
2026, but as council knows, it came in

6082
04:46:02,240 --> 04:46:05,920
under budget. Um so we won't put in uh

6083
04:46:05,920 --> 04:46:08,798
the final request for that amount until

6084
04:46:08,798 --> 04:46:12,160
all the expenses expenses have been paid

6085
04:46:12,160 --> 04:46:14,560
and uh the town probably doesn't need to

6086
04:46:14,560 --> 04:46:16,958
full 2.5.

6087
04:46:16,958 --> 04:46:19,040
Last thing to highlight down here on

6088
04:46:19,040 --> 04:46:21,600
page two of tab 11

6089
04:46:21,600 --> 04:46:23,040
um the estimated [clears throat]

6090
04:46:23,040 --> 04:46:26,320
principal and interest payments for 106

6091
04:46:26,320 --> 04:46:30,320
uh is 1.7 million as per the ARIRL limit

6092
04:46:30,320 --> 04:46:32,958
through our FIR the ARIRL is the annual

6093
04:46:32,958 --> 04:46:36,080
payment limit sets out standard um based

6094
04:46:36,080 --> 04:46:38,560
on our revenues 25%

6095
04:46:38,560 --> 04:46:40,958
um we're sitting at 8.25 so we're below

6096
04:46:40,958 --> 04:46:43,440
that so that's a good metric um but

6097
04:46:43,440 --> 04:46:46,400
there's stuff

6098
04:46:46,400 --> 04:46:49,440
risk I guess the the 9 million and the

6099
04:46:49,440 --> 04:46:51,680
1.9 if that does come online then that

6100
04:46:51,680 --> 04:46:55,360
will obviously inflate that 8.25% 25%

6101
04:46:55,360 --> 04:46:58,160
going forward. So,

6102
04:46:58,160 --> 04:47:01,040
other than that, um, any questions on

6103
04:47:01,040 --> 04:47:03,440
top 11?

6104
04:47:03,440 --> 04:47:05,670
>> This can council understand that I

6105
04:47:05,670 --> 04:47:05,680
» This can council understand that I

6106
04:47:05,680 --> 04:47:07,920
really wanted to have a good explanation

6107
04:47:07,920 --> 04:47:10,560
on this because I had to sit down and,

6108
04:47:10,560 --> 04:47:13,680
you know, work through that myself.

6109
04:47:13,680 --> 04:47:16,638
Um, so anyways, any questions

6110
04:47:16,638 --> 04:47:19,990
>> in that regard?

6111
04:47:19,990 --> 04:47:20,000
» in that regard?

6112
04:47:20,000 --> 04:47:21,680
So, I can obviously see why there's a

6113
04:47:21,680 --> 04:47:23,280
focus on writing with different sales

6114
04:47:23,280 --> 04:47:25,760
and there's a lot of pressure on and I

6115
04:47:25,760 --> 04:47:28,638
do acknowledge that,

6116
04:47:28,638 --> 04:47:30,320
but the finance team is going to have a

6117
04:47:30,320 --> 04:47:32,898
hard time selling.

6118
04:47:32,898 --> 04:47:40,070
[laughter and clears throat]

6119
04:47:40,080 --> 04:47:44,000
» Um, any any further questions on on

6120
04:47:44,000 --> 04:47:46,480
this?

6121
04:47:46,480 --> 04:47:49,270
>> Not seeing any So, thank you. I think

6122
04:47:49,270 --> 04:47:49,280
» Not seeing any So, thank you. I think

6123
04:47:49,280 --> 04:47:52,080
that was a great explanation.

6124
04:47:52,080 --> 04:47:55,750
>> One more. Tab 12.

6125
04:47:55,750 --> 04:47:55,760
» One more. Tab 12.

6126
04:47:55,760 --> 04:47:55,920
Go

6127
04:47:55,920 --> 04:47:58,788
>> ahead.

6128
04:47:58,788 --> 04:47:58,798
» ahead.

6129
04:47:58,798 --> 04:48:00,788
>> All right. Last but not least, tab 12.

6130
04:48:00,788 --> 04:48:00,798
» All right. Last but not least, tab 12.

6131
04:48:00,798 --> 04:48:03,440
Uh, it's a housekeeping item. It's

6132
04:48:03,440 --> 04:48:05,600
usually in the budget every year for

6133
04:48:05,600 --> 04:48:09,280
council. Um, right at the back, just a

6134
04:48:09,280 --> 04:48:12,400
quick summary. Uh, why this regulation

6135
04:48:12,400 --> 04:48:15,840
exists. Uh municipal county standards

6136
04:48:15,840 --> 04:48:19,040
require full accounting which can create

6137
04:48:19,040 --> 04:48:21,440
large non-cash expenses. Uh this

6138
04:48:21,440 --> 04:48:23,200
regulation allows municipalities to

6139
04:48:23,200 --> 04:48:26,480
exclude some of those non-cash items

6140
04:48:26,480 --> 04:48:28,160
amortization.

6141
04:48:28,160 --> 04:48:30,080
We got a landfill those type of closure

6142
04:48:30,080 --> 04:48:34,320
costs. So that's in there. U

6143
04:48:34,320 --> 04:48:36,000
excluding these items does not remove

6144
04:48:36,000 --> 04:48:38,958
the obligation uh entirely. We still

6145
04:48:38,958 --> 04:48:40,878
have to account for for them which

6146
04:48:40,878 --> 04:48:42,638
they're in our audited financial

6147
04:48:42,638 --> 04:48:44,958
statements. We account for them through

6148
04:48:44,958 --> 04:48:48,878
our S&P 5 and long-term forecasts.

6149
04:48:48,878 --> 04:48:51,120
The regulation only affects how the

6150
04:48:51,120 --> 04:48:53,760
annual budget is presented not

6151
04:48:53,760 --> 04:48:55,680
municipality to secure financial

6152
04:48:55,680 --> 04:48:58,000
position.

6153
04:48:58,000 --> 04:49:01,200
And then just to conclude, uh each year

6154
04:49:01,200 --> 04:49:04,798
council must pass a resolution

6155
04:49:04,798 --> 04:49:06,560
whether if they're choosing to exclude

6156
04:49:06,560 --> 04:49:09,520
these expenses from uh from the budget.

6157
04:49:09,520 --> 04:49:13,920
Um and if so, council if it does so the

6158
04:49:13,920 --> 04:49:15,440
adopted budget, it will not align

6159
04:49:15,440 --> 04:49:17,840
directly with any surplus or deficit

6160
04:49:17,840 --> 04:49:20,958
reported in the financial statements.

6161
04:49:20,958 --> 04:49:22,798
That's

6162
04:49:22,798 --> 04:49:23,280
great.

6163
04:49:23,280 --> 04:49:25,590
>> Thank you. Any questions regarding the

6164
04:49:25,590 --> 04:49:25,600
» Thank you. Any questions regarding the

6165
04:49:25,600 --> 04:49:28,160
report? So we're now on the report. If

6166
04:49:28,160 --> 04:49:29,920
not, I'll turn it over to councelor. We

6167
04:49:29,920 --> 04:49:33,680
see anything as a resolution.

6168
04:49:33,680 --> 04:49:36,788
>> All second by councelor Parker. A that

6169
04:49:36,788 --> 04:49:36,798
» All second by councelor Parker. A that

6170
04:49:36,798 --> 04:49:39,120
report FIN26

6171
04:49:39,120 --> 04:49:43,840
report title 2026 regulation 28409

6172
04:49:43,840 --> 04:49:45,600
budget expense report be received for

6173
04:49:45,600 --> 04:49:47,920
information and B the council adoption

6174
04:49:47,920 --> 04:49:49,760
report as required under Ontario

6175
04:49:49,760 --> 04:49:52,638
regulation 28409

6176
04:49:52,638 --> 04:49:54,798
acknowledging that the 2026 budget

6177
04:49:54,798 --> 04:49:57,440
excludes amortization expenses totaling

6178
04:49:57,440 --> 04:50:00,868
$4,75,481

6179
04:50:00,878 --> 04:50:03,440
but no excluded postemployment benefit

6180
04:50:03,440 --> 04:50:06,718
expenses and no excluded landfill folder

6181
04:50:06,718 --> 04:50:09,830
postpon.

6182
04:50:09,840 --> 04:50:12,638
» Any questions or comments? All those in

6183
04:50:12,638 --> 04:50:14,480
favor?

6184
04:50:14,480 --> 04:50:28,868
And that's carried. Give me one second.

6185
04:50:28,878 --> 04:50:31,440
We just seeking clarification

6186
04:50:31,440 --> 04:50:34,638
on we like I'll I'll be allowing any

6187
04:50:34,638 --> 04:50:36,320
motions to go on the floor because

6188
04:50:36,320 --> 04:50:38,480
typically during our budget process we

6189
04:50:38,480 --> 04:50:40,638
do a lot of motions. We don't need to be

6190
04:50:40,638 --> 04:50:45,840
noticed. Um before we just move to that

6191
04:50:45,840 --> 04:50:48,560
section I do want to thank for being

6192
04:50:48,560 --> 04:50:51,280
here today. He has done a tremendous

6193
04:50:51,280 --> 04:50:55,440
amount of work on taxes, ensuring that

6194
04:50:55,440 --> 04:50:57,520
things are classed properly, dealing

6195
04:50:57,520 --> 04:51:00,160
with um impact and I know has done a lot

6196
04:51:00,160 --> 04:51:02,638
of work in the downtown core. Mr.

6197
04:51:02,638 --> 04:51:04,718
Council is not aware. Um there were

6198
04:51:04,718 --> 04:51:07,200
things that weren't properly classed or

6199
04:51:07,200 --> 04:51:08,878
um you know situations where the proper

6200
04:51:08,878 --> 04:51:10,798
amount of taxes were being collected. He

6201
04:51:10,798 --> 04:51:13,200
has done a tremendous amount. Um so I

6202
04:51:13,200 --> 04:51:14,718
just wanted to thank him. Thank you for

6203
04:51:14,718 --> 04:51:17,280
being here and proud of working on.

6204
04:51:17,280 --> 04:51:20,160
Okay. So now we will move to number

6205
04:51:20,160 --> 04:51:24,958
seven which is the emotions. Um

6206
04:51:24,958 --> 04:51:31,270
I'll open up councelor sponsor

6207
04:51:31,280 --> 04:51:33,840
this

6208
04:51:33,840 --> 04:51:46,628
clust.

6209
04:51:46,638 --> 04:51:49,440
Yes. Moved by myself, seconded by Rose

6210
04:51:49,440 --> 04:51:51,760
Hart. Uh, be it resolved that any

6211
04:51:51,760 --> 04:51:53,440
individual, organization, or group

6212
04:51:53,440 --> 04:51:55,680
receiving a capital grant shall be

6213
04:51:55,680 --> 04:51:58,000
required to submit a final a financial

6214
04:51:58,000 --> 04:52:01,120
statement within 60 days following. The

6215
04:52:01,120 --> 04:52:03,040
financial statement must include how the

6216
04:52:03,040 --> 04:52:05,280
grant was used, uh, total revenue and

6217
04:52:05,280 --> 04:52:07,200
expenses related to the activity or

6218
04:52:07,200 --> 04:52:10,160
event, and the resulting profit or loss

6219
04:52:10,160 --> 04:52:13,280
if applicable. Uh failure to submit the

6220
04:52:13,280 --> 04:52:15,040
required financial statement, right, may

6221
04:52:15,040 --> 04:52:17,760
result in ineligibility for future

6222
04:52:17,760 --> 04:52:21,440
grant. Um any further requirements um

6223
04:52:21,440 --> 04:52:29,430
finance deems necessary to

6224
04:52:29,440 --> 04:52:31,040
» um if I could speak to it.

6225
04:52:31,040 --> 04:52:32,230
>> Absolutely.

6226
04:52:32,230 --> 04:52:32,240
» Absolutely.

6227
04:52:32,240 --> 04:52:35,350
>> Just looking for um

6228
04:52:35,350 --> 04:52:35,360
» Just looking for um

6229
04:52:35,360 --> 04:52:37,520
transparency and consistency across the

6230
04:52:37,520 --> 04:52:39,520
board. We have asked for this in the

6231
04:52:39,520 --> 04:52:42,080
past and I think that any grants that we

6232
04:52:42,080 --> 04:52:46,080
do view do um should have the consistent

6233
04:52:46,080 --> 04:52:47,920
requirements.

6234
04:52:47,920 --> 04:52:50,320
Thank you. I'm in full support. Are

6235
04:52:50,320 --> 04:52:52,080
there any comments from the rest of

6236
04:52:52,080 --> 04:52:55,440
council or questions regarding the

6237
04:52:55,440 --> 04:52:57,360
motion?

6238
04:52:57,360 --> 04:52:59,280
And it's been sent to the clerk.

6239
04:52:59,280 --> 04:53:01,270
>> It's not a date.

6240
04:53:01,270 --> 04:53:01,280
» It's not a date.

6241
04:53:01,280 --> 04:53:04,550
>> It will sent to you.

6242
04:53:04,550 --> 04:53:04,560
» It will sent to you.

6243
04:53:04,560 --> 04:53:07,910
>> Okay. Um maybe. Yeah. Okay. So anyways,

6244
04:53:07,910 --> 04:53:07,920
» Okay. Um maybe. Yeah. Okay. So anyways,

6245
04:53:07,920 --> 04:53:11,440
just send that when you can. Um, all

6246
04:53:11,440 --> 04:53:17,910
those in favor.

6247
04:53:17,920 --> 04:53:20,240
Sorry, I couldn't see you. I lost my

6248
04:53:20,240 --> 04:53:22,018
screen. Perfect. So, it's

6249
04:53:22,018 --> 04:53:22,878
[clears throat]

6250
04:53:22,878 --> 04:53:25,760
fully cared

6251
04:53:25,760 --> 04:53:27,280
and

6252
04:53:27,280 --> 04:53:30,560
pass. So, now are there any other

6253
04:53:30,560 --> 04:53:32,638
motions that council would like to put

6254
04:53:32,638 --> 04:53:37,750
on the

6255
04:53:37,760 --> 04:53:42,080
So, as my understanding, um, council

6256
04:53:42,080 --> 04:53:45,680
can choose to wait the 30-day period or

6257
04:53:45,680 --> 04:53:48,400
council wants time. You can come back to

6258
04:53:48,400 --> 04:53:50,000
the next council meeting, which is

6259
04:53:50,000 --> 04:53:52,400
Monday, June

6260
04:53:52,400 --> 04:53:53,440
12th. Yes.

6261
04:53:53,440 --> 04:53:55,910
>> And also the next meeting. Yes. Because

6262
04:53:55,910 --> 04:53:55,920
» And also the next meeting. Yes. Because

6263
04:53:55,920 --> 04:53:58,320
that's still within the 30-day period or

6264
04:53:58,320 --> 04:53:59,760
the following meeting, the second

6265
04:53:59,760 --> 04:54:01,920
meeting in January if there's any

6266
04:54:01,920 --> 04:54:04,878
further amendments or council can the

6267
04:54:04,878 --> 04:54:07,440
amended period which essentially passes

6268
04:54:07,440 --> 04:54:08,958
the

6269
04:54:08,958 --> 04:54:12,240
well if it's done the budget is done is

6270
04:54:12,240 --> 04:54:14,400
what

6271
04:54:14,400 --> 04:54:17,520
it's up to council. So last time

6272
04:54:17,520 --> 04:54:17,990
>> yes

6273
04:54:17,990 --> 04:54:18,000
» yes

6274
04:54:18,000 --> 04:54:20,550
>> one one comment I'd like to make and I

6275
04:54:20,550 --> 04:54:20,560
» one one comment I'd like to make and I

6276
04:54:20,560 --> 04:54:23,280
guess I don't understand the complete um

6277
04:54:23,280 --> 04:54:27,040
uh the the the mayor power but in the

6278
04:54:27,040 --> 04:54:31,440
past when we did budgets

6279
04:54:31,440 --> 04:54:36,718
the u uh the the early pendants could go

6280
04:54:36,718 --> 04:54:39,280
out even though the budget wasn't full

6281
04:54:39,280 --> 04:54:42,400
fully approved for timing purposes the

6282
04:54:42,400 --> 04:54:44,638
proposed tenders to go out for

6283
04:54:44,638 --> 04:54:46,718
contractor factors was permitted to go

6284
04:54:46,718 --> 04:54:49,600
out at this time in early January when

6285
04:54:49,600 --> 04:54:52,000
we first did them. Is that something we

6286
04:54:52,000 --> 04:54:55,360
can do under the storm air powers?

6287
04:54:55,360 --> 04:54:57,670
>> Um [clears throat] I've I've asked like

6288
04:54:57,670 --> 04:54:57,680
» Um [clears throat] I've I've asked like

6289
04:54:57,680 --> 04:54:59,840
I I'm fully supportive of that, you

6290
04:54:59,840 --> 04:55:02,080
know, that to get um I think we have a

6291
04:55:02,080 --> 04:55:04,400
report coming back. So unless unless

6292
04:55:04,400 --> 04:55:06,878
council doesn't remove everything

6293
04:55:06,878 --> 04:55:10,000
anything from this budget, like yeah,

6294
04:55:10,000 --> 04:55:12,400
how how can we handle this? I I guess I

6295
04:55:12,400 --> 04:55:14,160
need some guidance on this. But like as

6296
04:55:14,160 --> 04:55:17,520
long as council doesn't remove anything,

6297
04:55:17,520 --> 04:55:19,680
these projects can go ahead and

6298
04:55:19,680 --> 04:55:21,200
essentially

6299
04:55:21,200 --> 04:55:30,230
they would still have to wait for

6300
04:55:30,240 --> 04:55:31,680
» because I I know we have we have a

6301
04:55:31,680 --> 04:55:33,840
tender coming back Monday, correct? For

6302
04:55:33,840 --> 04:55:37,600
the library, I think

6303
04:55:37,600 --> 04:55:41,200
moving on. Is that on Monday's agenda?

6304
04:55:41,200 --> 04:55:43,920
There's a report that is going to tender

6305
04:55:43,920 --> 04:55:49,750
>> that's going to tender

6306
04:55:49,760 --> 04:55:52,400
the issue [clears throat] was raised

6307
04:55:52,400 --> 04:55:56,798
over November um the way so because

6308
04:55:56,798 --> 04:56:02,878
primary powers as of May any changes to

6309
04:56:02,878 --> 04:56:04,400
um

6310
04:56:04,400 --> 04:56:06,718
any budget amendments that require

6311
04:56:06,718 --> 04:56:09,120
funding increase

6312
04:56:09,120 --> 04:56:13,920
um needed to go to strong air powers. Um

6313
04:56:13,920 --> 04:56:16,160
so the way in which we looked at that in

6314
04:56:16,160 --> 04:56:19,440
25 was that any projects that any

6315
04:56:19,440 --> 04:56:22,878
department wanted to do in advance of 26

6316
04:56:22,878 --> 04:56:26,160
budget could have come forward as a 2025

6317
04:56:26,160 --> 04:56:28,160
budget amendment as long as the funding

6318
04:56:28,160 --> 04:56:30,160
came from a reserve because if it's

6319
04:56:30,160 --> 04:56:31,600
coming from a reserve and it doesn't

6320
04:56:31,600 --> 04:56:34,160
impact the levy then council can address

6321
04:56:34,160 --> 04:56:38,320
that as an inear amendment.

6322
04:56:38,320 --> 04:56:42,000
So none came forth. Um because the the

6323
04:56:42,000 --> 04:56:43,520
other discussion we've had in the past

6324
04:56:43,520 --> 04:56:45,920
was that even if they even if a

6325
04:56:45,920 --> 04:56:47,840
department received

6326
04:56:47,840 --> 04:56:51,760
um approval to proceed in say October as

6327
04:56:51,760 --> 04:56:53,520
long as the pending documents were

6328
04:56:53,520 --> 04:56:57,680
actually ready to be sent out uh and

6329
04:56:57,680 --> 04:56:59,120
sometimes that was not the case.

6330
04:56:59,120 --> 04:57:00,560
Sometimes they say oh wait until

6331
04:57:00,560 --> 04:57:03,680
January. And so where we currently stand

6332
04:57:03,680 --> 04:57:07,440
at the moment uh is that according to

6333
04:57:07,440 --> 04:57:10,958
procurement uh practices minute that we

6334
04:57:10,958 --> 04:57:13,600
go out for a tender there is an

6335
04:57:13,600 --> 04:57:16,878
anticipation from those bidding that

6336
04:57:16,878 --> 04:57:18,560
there's the intent to proceed

6337
04:57:18,560 --> 04:57:19,270
>> right

6338
04:57:19,270 --> 04:57:19,280
» right

6339
04:57:19,280 --> 04:57:22,070
>> and so we ought to be reasonably assured

6340
04:57:22,070 --> 04:57:22,080
» and so we ought to be reasonably assured

6341
04:57:22,080 --> 04:57:24,638
that we would continue to do so that we

6342
04:57:24,638 --> 04:57:26,878
would proceed with that project subject

6343
04:57:26,878 --> 04:57:29,040
to of course lowest bid coming in within

6344
04:57:29,040 --> 04:57:32,878
budget all of that. Um so at the moment

6345
04:57:32,878 --> 04:57:35,120
if there is still potential for budget

6346
04:57:35,120 --> 04:57:36,718
amendments

6347
04:57:36,718 --> 04:57:41,520
uh as long as it's a project the council

6348
04:57:41,520 --> 04:57:43,520
satisfy I guess can satisfy if it's not

6349
04:57:43,520 --> 04:57:47,360
going to be offended um then I would

6350
04:57:47,360 --> 04:57:50,080
think the department can get all the

6351
04:57:50,080 --> 04:57:53,760
documentation ready to proceed um but it

6352
04:57:53,760 --> 04:57:55,280
would be [clears throat]

6353
04:57:55,280 --> 04:58:00,160
I would say safer better if council is

6354
04:58:00,160 --> 04:58:01,520
not intending to do any further

6355
04:58:01,520 --> 04:58:03,120
amendments as to shorten the 30-day

6356
04:58:03,120 --> 04:58:05,440
period which would mean that then the

6357
04:58:05,440 --> 04:58:10,160
very next business day um the budget is

6358
04:58:10,160 --> 04:58:12,638
automatically adopted.

6359
04:58:12,638 --> 04:58:16,230
>> So if that is a resolution today or 12th

6360
04:58:16,230 --> 04:58:16,240
» So if that is a resolution today or 12th

6361
04:58:16,240 --> 04:58:18,080
then that means that as a default

6362
04:58:18,080 --> 04:58:20,240
business date following that resolution

6363
04:58:20,240 --> 04:58:22,958
there's automatic

6364
04:58:22,958 --> 04:58:26,788
all both all projects.

6365
04:58:26,798 --> 04:58:36,868
» Yeah. Cancel has the option to be.

6366
04:58:36,878 --> 04:58:39,040
» Yes, council.

6367
04:58:39,040 --> 04:58:43,190
>> Just going to say put forward a motion.

6368
04:58:43,190 --> 04:58:43,200
» Just going to say put forward a motion.

6369
04:58:43,200 --> 04:58:45,430
>> Uh move on and second by councelor

6370
04:58:45,430 --> 04:58:45,440
» Uh move on and second by councelor

6371
04:58:45,440 --> 04:58:48,320
Parker where section 7.4 four of or

6372
04:58:48,320 --> 04:58:50,320
seven subcore of Ontario regulation

6373
04:58:50,320 --> 04:58:52,798
530/2022

6374
04:58:52,798 --> 04:58:54,798
under municipal act 2001 provides

6375
04:58:54,798 --> 04:58:56,798
council may pass resolution to shorten

6376
04:58:56,798 --> 04:58:58,240
the 30-day period for considering

6377
04:58:58,240 --> 04:59:00,240
amendments to the mayor's proposed

6378
04:59:00,240 --> 04:59:01,600
budget and whereas council has

6379
04:59:01,600 --> 04:59:03,040
determined that no amendments have been

6380
04:59:03,040 --> 04:59:05,760
proposed other than the BIA uh

6381
04:59:05,760 --> 04:59:07,920
improvement area adjustment which is to

6382
04:59:07,920 --> 04:59:10,240
expedite the adoption of the amended

6383
04:59:10,240 --> 04:59:12,638
budget. Therefore, be it resolved that

6384
04:59:12,638 --> 04:59:14,718
one council hereby shortens the 30-day

6385
04:59:14,718 --> 04:59:16,798
amendment period for the mayor's 2026

6386
04:59:16,798 --> 04:59:19,520
proposed budget to end on January 8th,

6387
04:59:19,520 --> 04:59:22,160
2026.

6388
04:59:22,160 --> 04:59:24,230
>> Would you like to see the matter? It's

6389
04:59:24,230 --> 04:59:24,240
» Would you like to see the matter? It's

6390
04:59:24,240 --> 04:59:27,200
very self-explanatory.

6391
04:59:27,200 --> 04:59:30,080
Um, we've had opportunities prior to the

6392
04:59:30,080 --> 04:59:32,638
budget to uh make recommendations that

6393
04:59:32,638 --> 04:59:36,160
we prefer to see in it. Um, I've gone

6394
04:59:36,160 --> 04:59:38,958
through the list of what has been

6395
04:59:38,958 --> 04:59:41,440
removed and there really isn't anything

6396
04:59:41,440 --> 04:59:44,320
that's I think worth.

6397
04:59:44,320 --> 04:59:45,920
Some things I'd love to see move forward

6398
04:59:45,920 --> 04:59:48,160
in. I mean, the reality is I don't think

6399
04:59:48,160 --> 04:59:50,000
that uh push come [clears throat] to

6400
04:59:50,000 --> 04:59:51,120
shove. We're going to be going back and

6401
04:59:51,120 --> 04:59:52,320
forth, but I don't think they'll likely

6402
04:59:52,320 --> 04:59:54,160
be included anyways. I think uh the

6403
04:59:54,160 --> 04:59:56,240
budget as it sits as a very fair budget

6404
04:59:56,240 --> 05:00:00,958
for taxpayer. I'm quite willing to

6405
05:00:00,958 --> 05:00:04,000
council council. Thank you, Mayor Billy.

6406
05:00:04,000 --> 05:00:06,638
Um yeah, echo the sentiments of cancer

6407
05:00:06,638 --> 05:00:07,760
and understand the standing for very

6408
05:00:07,760 --> 05:00:09,920
fair budget. I think we would love to

6409
05:00:09,920 --> 05:00:13,120
thank yourself and staff for bringing

6410
05:00:13,120 --> 05:00:16,000
a a very fair budget forward. Um I do

6411
05:00:16,000 --> 05:00:18,560
think that this was an interesting

6412
05:00:18,560 --> 05:00:21,920
process this time. Um and uh to

6413
05:00:21,920 --> 05:00:23,360
everybody for their hard parties. Thank

6414
05:00:23,360 --> 05:00:24,160
you.

6415
05:00:24,160 --> 05:00:25,430
>> Thank you, Anthony.

6416
05:00:25,430 --> 05:00:25,440
» Thank you, Anthony.

6417
05:00:25,440 --> 05:00:27,110
>> I'm going to speak to that. I uh I

6418
05:00:27,110 --> 05:00:27,120
» I'm going to speak to that. I uh I

6419
05:00:27,120 --> 05:00:29,280
appreciate the resolution coming out now

6420
05:00:29,280 --> 05:00:31,920
because as I said a few minutes ago in

6421
05:00:31,920 --> 05:00:34,480
the past if we waited till the middle of

6422
05:00:34,480 --> 05:00:37,120
May to get final budget approval and

6423
05:00:37,120 --> 05:00:39,440
then we put out the tenders prices are

6424
05:00:39,440 --> 05:00:41,200
climbing. Right now we're looking at

6425
05:00:41,200 --> 05:00:45,120
June or January 8th uh folks or prices

6426
05:00:45,120 --> 05:00:47,120
and I'm sure we're going to appreciate

6427
05:00:47,120 --> 05:00:48,638
the time of year to do that. So thank

6428
05:00:48,638 --> 05:00:50,000
you very much for bringing that forward

6429
05:00:50,000 --> 05:00:52,400
full support.

6430
05:00:52,400 --> 05:00:54,948
>> Any further comments?

6431
05:00:54,948 --> 05:00:54,958
» Any further comments?

6432
05:00:54,958 --> 05:00:56,240
I'll call the question. All those in

6433
05:00:56,240 --> 05:00:58,638
favor

6434
05:00:58,638 --> 05:01:03,430
and that's carried unanimously.

6435
05:01:03,440 --> 05:01:06,480
» Okay, that's fine. I I I was looking.

6436
05:01:06,480 --> 05:01:09,760
So, um I'll direct the clerk to prepare

6437
05:01:09,760 --> 05:01:14,638
a strong power to um remove the veto

6438
05:01:14,638 --> 05:01:16,160
period

6439
05:01:16,160 --> 05:01:18,320
which is subsequent to this. So then

6440
05:01:18,320 --> 05:01:20,718
essentially um as soon as you can

6441
05:01:20,718 --> 05:01:22,718
prepare that for me and I can get that

6442
05:01:22,718 --> 05:01:29,030
signed then the sentiment

6443
05:01:29,040 --> 05:01:32,638
it's a learning curve.

6444
05:01:32,638 --> 05:01:37,040
All right. So, um, now we, uh, require a

6445
05:01:37,040 --> 05:01:40,718
bylaw to, uh, appoint

6446
05:01:40,718 --> 05:01:44,080
councelor Spencer by myself, seconded by

6447
05:01:44,080 --> 05:01:46,160
Deputy Mayor Brandis, that bylaw

6448
05:01:46,160 --> 05:01:49,040
2026-003,

6449
05:01:49,040 --> 05:01:52,080
the bylaw to appoint a clerk acting for

6450
05:01:52,080 --> 05:01:54,560
the town of Tosenberg, V. River be read

6451
05:01:54,560 --> 05:01:56,160
for first, second, third, and final

6452
05:01:56,160 --> 05:01:58,240
reading of the mayor and the clerk be

6453
05:01:58,240 --> 05:02:00,160
and are hereby authorized to sign the

6454
05:02:00,160 --> 05:02:01,760
same and place of the corporate seal

6455
05:02:01,760 --> 05:02:04,000
there on

6456
05:02:04,000 --> 05:02:07,030
>> you counselor. I'll just hold vote just

6457
05:02:07,030 --> 05:02:07,040
» you counselor. I'll just hold vote just

6458
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welcome Kyle again and all those in

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favor

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>> carrying speech [clears throat]

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» confirm proceedings by law deputy mayor

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>> moved by myself seconded by councelor

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» moved by myself seconded by councelor

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Luciani that bylaw 2026-001

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to confirm the proceedings of the

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council meeting held Wednesday January 7

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2026 be read for first second third and

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final reading of the mayor and the clerk

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B and hereby authorized to sign the same

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and place the corporate seal there onto

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all those in favor

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carried and adjourned and council sir

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moved by myself second by councer that I

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come to a further meeting of Wednesday

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January 20 January 7 2026 be adjourned

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at 2:54

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p.m. Thank you. Allison.