Presentation to Township Councils 2016 Year in Review 2017 … The Year Ahead Gary King CAO
2015 – 2019 Strategic Plan Providing strategic direction and key priorities for the next 5 years. 6 key theme areas:
2015 – 2019 Strategic Plan Year Two Review - Summary 92.8% 100% Completed Completed or In or In Progress Progress
2017 Strategic Planning Session Through the Strategic Planning Session, high-level discussions and table top exercises provided focus on four key topics: 1. Infrastructure – Roads & Bridges 2. Financial Issues – Planning & Funding 3. Shared Services/Collaboration/Partnerships 4. Growth/Economic Development/Rural Pressures
Financial Resolve… • Early in 2016 – pleased to resolve financial dispute with PRHC as it pertained to the County contribution towards the hospital capital/construction campaign …. an amicable resolution! • This also allowed Council to invest additional monies towards much needed road and bridge infrastructure work and reduction of 2016 budget pressures.
Buckhorn Bridges • Commenced reconstruction of the two bridges (Trent Severn and Buckhorn) in the village of Buckhorn at a cost of $2.4 million. Project completion is expected to be May of 2017.
Other 2016 Public Works Projects • County Road 4 Urban Reconstruction in Warsaw ($600 K) • Phase 2 CR 21 King Street Urban Reconstruction in Millbrook ($700 K) • Asphalt Resurfacing CR 3 Parkhill Road & CR 10 Cavan ($1.5 M) • Surface Treatment & Microsurfacing (Pavement Preservation) on 10 County Roads ($1.8 M) • Commencement of CR 11 Airport Road Connection ($1.8 M) - completion summer 2017 • With just under 725 kilometres of arterial roads within the County transportation network we spend approx. $1 million per month for winter maintenance (snowplowing, salting and sanding, labour and equipment)
2 Time Capsules Found! • 2 Time Capsules discovered in 2016: o One at the Buckhorn Bridge project – Dated 1976 o One during demolition of the County Jail providing a glimpse back to the time before confederation – Dated 1864 1864 1976
County Courthouse Jail Park • Invested in the creation of the Jail Park to preserve the history of the County and create a passive recreational area to be used by both the general public and visitors to the Courthouse.
Lang Pioneer Village Museum • Received approximately $1 million in Federal funding towards the construction of Lang Agricultural Heritage building – an exciting project to be realized over 2017. 4 th consecutive year for increased • attendance and increased revenue at Lang Pioneer Village Museum.
Peterborough Sustainability Plan • Working with the Townships, City and 2 First Nations, we have made significant progress implementing initiatives within the Umbrella of the Peterborough Sustainability Plan – including the receipt of funding and the creation of a Climate Change Action Plan for the region.
Peterborough County City Paramedics • 2016 has been an incredibly busy year for the Peterborough County/City Paramedic Service. Call volumes have continued to rise at alarming rates . • The number of serious and life-threatening calls rose from 16,000 in 2015 to 21,200 in 2016. This is an increase of over 5,000 patient transports . Total call volume totalling 29,842 responses . • Peterborough Paramedics are now responding to a serious or life threatening call every 24 minutes on average.
• Despite the rapidly increasing call volumes, 2016 was a year that saw significant improvements to the Ambulance Offload Delay Pressures . The staff at PRHC have been working collaboratively with PCCP management and have deployed a number of processes to improve patient flow. • While the current flu season has caused some recent Offload increases, we are hopeful this will be an anomaly and look forward to continued improvements in 2017.
• PCCP undertook an extensive and detailed 10 year Facility and Resource Masterplan in 2016, which will be used to inform the County and City Councils of what future needs can be expected to maintain Emergency Medical Services to continue to meet the community needs. • An immediate resource need identified was coverage improvements to the City’s West side . PCCP Administration deployed a roaming Paramedic Response Unit 24 hours per day on the west side. • Immediate improvements on response times in both City and County have been realized. To permanently address the continued growth and response needs, an additional Paramedic station will be opened at 1003 Clonsilla Avenue this spring.
• As a contributing partner, the County was pleased to be able to assist the Peterborough Public Health Unit realize their physical move into new headquarter facilities at 185 King Street. • They also re-branded from the Peterborough County- City Health Unit to Peterborough Public Health .
2016 Peterborough Ec Dev (co-founded by County and City) • The Business Advisory Centre assisted many small business owners and start-ups. • Business owners are provided with assistance in starting and growing their business – supporting the creation of business plans and providing opportunities for experiential learning with subject matter experts and funding. • In 2016, the pilot B.L.A.S.T. (Business Launch Assistance, Support & Training) program was created, which is geared at supporting entrepreneurs over 30 – particularly those in product creation, skilled trades and service delivery. • Two youth entrepreneurship programs created by the Government of Ontario were administered in 2016: Starter Company and Summer Company. • PED was able to connect 65 local entrepreneurs with a combined $249,500 to support them as they start and grow their businesses – with assistance of the Government of Ontario.
• EDCO Award for Public-Private Partnership – in 2016 Peterborough & the Kawartha’s Tourism (a division of PED), Shimano Canada and Wild Rock Outfitters received the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) award for Public Private Partnership for the development of the area’s first official road cycling routes - the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Classics.
• In August of 2016, the Eastern Ontario Warden’s Caucus lobbied the Provincial government to recognize and address the high cost of electrical energy. • As well, the EOWC formed a strategic partnership with the Western Ontario Wardens and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture to promote the extension of natural gas into more areas of the Province - to realize cost savings and enhance economic opportunity. • In 2016 EORN appeared before the CRTC to advocate that high speed broadband and improved cellular networks should be considered a “basic” telecommunication service available to all Canadians. The recent positive decision of the CRTC will realize significant investments and improvements over the next few years.
2017 … The Year Ahead
From Projects … to Completion • Over 2017 the County will complete and/or make substantial progress on a number of initiatives already mentioned: o Construction of Lang Agricultural Heritage Building o Completion of Buckhorn bridges o Opening of Clonsilla Ambulance satellite base
2017 Project Work - a few amongst many… Public Works Budget Roads Projects CR 18 Bridgenorth Causeway Link (Bridgenorth Bypass) EA $70,000 Addendum Ward Street Widening (Bridgenorth) EA $150,000 CR 21 Phase 3 King Street Urban Reconstruction in Millbrook $1,200,000 $600,000 CR 19 Reconstruction CR 507 & CR 10 Asphalt Resurfacing $1,500,000 Cordova Mines Concrete Culvert Replacement $400,000 Surface Treatment & Microsurfacing (Pavement $2,100,000 Preservation) on 10 County Roads
2017 DRAFT County Budget Gross Budget - Expenditures $71,636,818 Gross Budget - Revenue $71,636,816
Key Impact Items (Draft) Item Incremental Impact Contingency $50,000 County Courthouse Expenses (primarily Council $313,296 Chamber Asbestos Removal) Annualize Four FTE Paramedic Positions hired in 2016 $100,000 Landfill Capital Funding $164,361 Public Works Infrastructure $586,156 Fairhaven Operational Support $140,569 Total 2017 incremental costs $1,354,382
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