Presentation will begin at 7:10 p.m. • View tonight’s Open House • eventstream.ca/events/durham-region • facebook.com/RegionofDurham/ • Presentation copies available at: • durham.ca/budget • open house welcome table • Respond to questions during the presentation by: • hardcopy questionnaire (open house welcome table) • online questionnaire at pollev.com/2019budget
Region of Durham Budget Open House
Welcome We Slide 1
Agenda • 2018 Accomplishments Welcome and Introduction • 2019 Corporate Priorities Financial Overview • Business Planning Process Overview • Regional Financial Overview • 2019 Budget Guideline Overview • Departmental Budget Overview Budget Overview • Departmental Priorities, Risks and Pressures Questions & Feedback Slide 2
2018 Accomplishments Slide 4
Region of Durham • The Regional Municipality of Durham began operations in 1974 as an upper tier municipality comprised of eight local municipalities • Durham is one of the fastest growing communities in North America with a current population estimate of 686,000 and is on track to reach nearly one million residents by 2031 • Durham Region encompasses an area of 2,537 square kilomet re s Slide 3
2019 Corporate Priorities • Strategic Plan Development • Initiatives to Modernize & Find Efficiencies • Review of Business Planning Process Strategic Plan Development Initiatives to Modernize & Find Efficiencies Review of Business Planning Process Slide 5
Financial Overview Slide 6
Question #1: Do you feel that you understand how your Region of Durham tax dollars are spent? __Yes __No Responses can be submitted online at: pollev.com/2019budget or by completing the questionnaire available at the welcome table Slide 7
Business Planning Process 2019 Business Plans and Budget Review • Department Standing Committees March 5 to 7, 2019 • Finance and Administration Committee March 19, 2019 (March 20, 2019 if required) • Regional Council March 27, 2019 Slide 8
Regional Assets and Budgets 2017 Year End Asset Replacement 2018 Regional Gross Property Tax Value ($13.8 billion) Supported and User Rate Budgets Property Tax Bill Local Municipal Durham Region Municipal Provincial Education Water and Sewer Bill Slide 9
Regional Property Tax Supported Budget Reserve Funds 4.6% Police Other Development 18.1% Roads & 9.6% Charges Bridges 3.5% 15.5% Property 2018 Tax 2018 53.9% Expenditures Transit Revenues Provincial Social $1.195 billion 8.6% $1.195 billion Investment Services (Gross) 26.7% (Gross) 32.2% Waste Management 5.9% Governance & Administration 5.6% Planning & Paramedic Economic Federal Services Development Public Investment 4.3% 0.8% Health 1.5% Debenture Proceeds 4.4% Other External Agencies 0.2% Infrastructure 1.2% 1.8% Renewal 1.6% Slide 10
2018 Annual Property Tax Breakdown $826 30.9% Police $476 17.8% Social Services $353 13.2% Roads & Bridges $233 8.7% Transit Waste $177 6.6% Management Governance & $155 5.8% Administration $112 4.2% The average single detached home Paramedic Services in Durham paid approximately $88 3.3% External Agencies $223 per month, or $2,673 annually, for Regional property tax Infrastructure $80 3.0% Renewal supported services (CVA of $75 2.8% $424,900). Public Health Other $61 2.3% Planning & $37 1.4% Economic Development Slide 11
2019 Guideline Overview Key P Prio iorit ritie ies: Overall Property Tax Impact Guideline • Innovate operations and 2.2% administration $59 budgetary increase for average residential • Respond to ongoing property owner (2018 CVA $424,900) legislative changes 3.9% guideline Police • Invest in infrastructure renewal 4.2% guideline Transit • Manage the challenges of 2.5% operating guideline Conservation growth and affordability 1.5% special benefitting Authorities programs guideline Slide 12
2019 Base Pressures The 2019 Budget includes base and non-discretionary items that are required to deliver the Region’s existing programs & services including: Annualization of 2018 budget decisions $ Removal of one-time items Contractual and inflationary adjustments Economic increases Slide 13
Budget Overview Slide 14
Durham Regional Police Service 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 30.9% 18.1% $198.9 $826 $215.7 Slide 15
2019 and Forecast: Durham Regional Police Service Priorities Risks & Pressures • Increase investment in front • Provincial funding line police staff and • Respond to growing Investigative Services incidents of violence (Human Trafficking) to • Reach out to youth respond to increased service demands • Leverage partnerships to help those living in need or • Formalize Continuous in high-risk neighbourhoods Improvement Unit • Recruitment including • Continue Body Worn diversifying workforce Camera Pilot • Additional investments to • Investment in facility, respond to the Cannabis vehicle and equipment Statute Law Amendment renewal and growth Act, 2018 Slide 16
Durham Region Transit 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 8.7% 8.6% $55.8 $233 $103.0 Slide 17
2019 and Forecast: Durham Region Transit Risks & Pressures Priorities • Invest in service • Provide service to growth enhancements including areas strengthening services in • Ridership revenue rural north Durham and • Uncertainty of senior higher-order transit government funding • Build upon customer commitments amenity and outreach • Contract and initiatives commodities price • Continue the transition to fluctuations electronic fare media • Invest in asset renewal and transit innovations Slide 18
Public Works – Roads and Bridges 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 13.2% 15.5% $85.1 $353 $185.0 Slide 19
2019 and Forecast: Public Works – Roads and Bridges Risks & Pressures Priorities • Infrastructure renewal and • Continue investment in growth programs to meet growing service demands, maintain • Emerging new minimum service standards transportation initiatives and meet legislative • Expenditure risks due to requirements seasonal weather and • Investment in climate climate change change initiatives to strengthen the resiliency of Regional infrastructure and improve the environment • Ongoing implementation of Transportation Master Plan Slide 20
Solid Waste Management 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 6.6% 5.9% $42.7 $177 $70.2 Slide 21
2019 and Forecast: Solid Waste Management Priorities Risks & Pressures • • Enhance diversion efforts Revenue decrease from the sale of diversion material • Continued investment to resulting from market respond to growth changes demands • Provincial direction on Solid • Clarington Environmental Waste Management Facility programs • Durham York Energy Centre permitted capacity amendment Slide 22
Region of Durham Paramedic Services 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 4.2% 4.3% $27.3 $112 $51.3 Slide 23
2019 and Forecast: Region of Durham Paramedic Services Priorities Risks & Pressures • • Increase the availability of Increasing call volumes paramedic services • Increasing offload delay • Invest in facility, vehicle and • Provincial investment equipment renewal and growth • Seaton Paramedic Station • Clarington Paramedic Station • Continue the Primary Care Outreach Program Slide 24
Public Health 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 2.8% 4.4% $18.3 $75 $52.7 Slide 25
2019 and Forecast: Public Health Priorities Risks & Pressures • • Comply with public health Provincial investment related laws, including the • Provincial legislation Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017 • Program expansion to meet and the new Ontario Public changing population needs Health Standards • Population growth and • Implement the new vision increase need for services screening program • Launch of Check&GO disclosure program Slide 26
Social Services 2018 Property Taxes 2018 Average Home 2018 Gross Cost (millions) Property Taxes (millions) 32.2% 17.8% $115.0 $476 $385.3 4 Social Assistance Locations 4 Regional Long-Term Care Homes 9,000 Average Monthly 847 Residents provided with 24-7 Ontario Works caseload care 34,798 Resource Centre Visits 3 Adult Day Program Sites providing service to 150 clients 7 Regionally Operated Licensed Child Care Centres Funding for 5,025 Housing Units Over 5,000 Subsidized Spaces through 44 external providers and rent supplements 1,293 Housing Units provided at 23 9 Family Services locations DRLHC locations 15,000 Counselling Sessions Slide 27
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