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Sunshine Coast Regional District
2014 Budget
Summary
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Overview
• Get To Know The SCRD Get To Know the SCRD - YouTube
• Planning & Budget Process
– Key Issues for 2014 Budget
• 2014 Budget Figures
• Assessments
• 2014 Taxation & Fees
• Projects & Other
• Questions & Information
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Planning & Budget Process
a.
• Board Strategic Plan-Goals and Objectives
b.
• Annual Departmental Work Plans and Initiatives
• Preparation of Budget Proposals
c.
• Three Rounds of Budget Discussions
• Adoption of Five-Year Financial and Capital Plan
d.
• Variance Reporting
• Strategic Plan Updates & Work Plan Progress Reports
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Key Issues for 2014 Budget
• How to fund aging Community Recreation facilities?
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2013 deficit.
5year capital maintenance plan shows over $3.8M required.
20year capital maintenance plan shows over $10M required.
Increase to the bylaw limit needed to fund current and future
needs.
• How to fund landfills without increasing tipping fees?
– Good news shows diversion efforts are working.
– Decreasing revenues & funding future closure costs.
– 2013 deficit & revenue shortfalls for 2014
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Regional District Budget
Total
Budget
2014
2013
2012
2011
Operating*
$31.94 million
$30.05 million
$30.20 million
$28.21 million
Capital**
$ 9.51 million
$11.36 million
$12.46 million
$12.54 million
Total
$41.45 million
$42.55 million
$43.86 million
$40.75million
•*Excludes member municipality debt
•**Includes carry-forward projects and excluded landfill closure work
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Assessments
Assessment Changes Non Market and Overall
Jurisdiction
Non Market
%
Market %
Overall %
No Change
in Budget1
A
0.77
-6.41
-5.64
-0.48%
B
1.25
-2.11
-0.85
1.25%
D
0.94
-5.78
-4.84
-0.20%
E
1.35
-2.51
-1.16
0.10%
F
0.58
-8.71
-8.13
-1.87%
ToG
0.90
-0.91
-0.01
0.35%
DoS
2.64
-2.66
-0.02
0.77%
SIGD
.56
-2.65
-2.09
0.08%
Total
1.36
-4.21
-2.85
1Amounts
as of BC Assessment 2014 “Completed Roll”
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Effects of Assessments on Taxation
What does this mean?
•The property taxes apportioned to each jurisdiction would have changes by the percentage shown in the “% Change” column,
even if the amount of property taxation remained unchanged.
A
B
D
E
F
SIGD
DoS
2014 Budget $1
2,047,496
2,548,942
1,940,959
1,477,499
2,930,332
312,871
2013 Tax by
Area $
1,985,501
2,096,681
1,811,831
1,324,757
3,023,352
$ Change
61,985
452,261
129,129
152,742
Total % Change
in $
3.12%
21.57%
7.13%
$ Change Due
to Assessments
(24,754)
194,645
% Change
-1.25%
9.28%
1includes
ToG
Total
2,776,644
1,799,462
15,834,196
272,629
2,414,803
1,611,528
14,541,082
(93,020)
40,243
361,840
187,934
1,293,114
11.53%
-3.08%
14.76%
14.98%
11.66%
8.89%
16,313
32,095
(333,303)
8875
100,131
55,999
0.90%
2.42%
-11.02%
3.26%
4.15%
3.47%
combination of rates for both land & improvements and improvements only
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2014 Residential Tax by Area
A1
B1
D1
E1
F1
SIGD2
DoS2
1.94%
4.69%
5.70%
9.65%
6.73%
13.44%
10.37%
8.86%
Approximate SCRD Portion of
Total Tax Bill
24%
35%
35%
24%
23%
26%
22%
23%
Estimated % Increase to Total
Tax Bill
0.47%
1.62%
1.99%
2.35%
1.55%
0.78%
1.44%
1.07%
Average Residential % Change3
1Based
on samples of 2013 Surveyor of Tax notices-amounts may vary by property
on 2013 rates per municipal website or provided by municipal staff
3Rates as set by the Province are as follows:
•Business Rates- 2.45 times residential rate
•Major & Light Industry- 3.4 times residential rate
•Utilities- 3.5 residential rate
2Based
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ToG2
Total
6.70%
Parcel Taxes & User Fees
• Regional Water Parcel Tax & User Fees
– impact on typical household
+ 4.66%
+$21.41
• Refuse collection- Electoral Areas
– impact on typical household
+5% per
+$6.34
• North Pender Water Parcel Tax & User Fee
+7%
+$32.77
– impact on typical household
• South Pender Water Parcel Tax & User Fee
– impact on typical household
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+7%
+$40.91
Summary of a few New Projects
Environmental Services
Protection Services
•Gibsons & District Fire Dept.
• $75k(t)- For capital reserves
•$40k(r)-Increased gear &
training related items
•Halfmoon Bay Fire Dept.
•$35k(r)- Auto extrication equip.
•Emergency Planning
•$34k(r)-Water purification unit
•911 Emergency Telephone
•$154k(r)-Tower & radio upgrade
Transportation
•Transit
•$45K(t)-Service enhancement
•Ports
•$20k(r)-Capital repairs
•Regional Solid Waste
•$85k(f)- Increase regulatory &
safety related items
•$400k(r)(d)-Pender Landfill
Closure related costs
•$150k (t)- Green waste material
•Refuse Collection
•65k(f)- Increase contact costs
Water Utility Services
•Regional Water
•$1.33M(f)- Capital
maintenance, & water
conservation projects
•North & South Pender Water
•$95k(r)-McNeil Lk Dam (SPH)
•$40K(s)-Potts Ln.
(NPH)
(t)-taxation (r)- reserves (s)- surplus (f) user fees (d) debt (g) grants
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New Projects Continued…
Parks & Cycling Paths
Planning & Development
•Rural Planning
•$65k(r)-Geo-tech studies Area A &
McNab Creek
•$23K(t)-Affordable housing
Recreation & Culture
•Community Recreation Facilities
•$200k(t)-Legal costs for Sechelt
Pool
•$160k (t)- Gibsons Pool Floor
•$115k(t)-Various Capital repairs
•$60k(t)-Increase Maintenance costs
•$36k(t)-Additional maintenance staff
•Community Parks
•$123K(t)(s)-Capital maintenance,
equipment replacement, & new
park projects
•$50k(t)- Increase to Reserves
for Parks hut replacement
•Bicycle & Walking Paths
•$276k(g)-New path
infrastructure Area B, D, E, F
•$270k(g)-New path
infrastructure Area A
•Libraries & Museum
•3% Average funding increase
(t)-taxation (r)- reserves (s)- surplus (f) user fees (d) debt (g) grants
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Other Items
HR Plan
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Full Time
Employees
185.64
184.10
182.11
182.42
182.97
Support
Services
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
$3,342,641
$3,128,880
3,034,768
$3,081,287
$3,056,505
• Regional Hospital District (RHD):
– Completion of Phase 1&2 of the St Mary’s expansion project, a $45.6M
project where the RHD (community) is funding $15.9M. Next is Phase
3- renovation project.
– Continued commitment to fund $240K toward minor capital equipment.
– Overall 2014 taxation is $1,823,714.
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Questions & Information
Budget Info:
Budget documents: http://www.scrd.ca/Budget
Provide budget feedback: http://www.scrd.ca/budgetfeedback
You may contact our office:
by Phone: 604-885-6800
website: www.scrd.ca
by mail: Sunshine Coast Regional District
1975 Field Road
Sechelt, B.C., V0N 3A1
Questions?
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