Council has a very tough time ahead of it, Town of Huntsville CAO Denise Corry told members of the Economic Development Committee on November 26.<\/p>\n
You know as staff we are here to try to make that as easy as possible, but the 2016 budget is going to be very difficult. Huntsville CAO, Denise Corry<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Staff and members of the Town\u2019s budget subcommittee are working within a set of budget guidelines established and approved by council.<\/p>\n
<\/broadstreet-zone> <\/strong><\/div>\n Under those guidelines the proposed increase to the Town\u2019s 2016 net levy, as it pertains to the municipality\u2019s operating budget, is to come in at no higher than six per cent, while its net capital levy is to come in at no higher than 22 per cent over last year. \u201cSo overall, the total levy proposed increase would be approximately 8.72 per cent,\u201d said Corry, who was careful to differentiate between an increase to the levy versus an increase to the actual tax rate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncrease to levy is how much money we need from year to year to run the corporation and the tax increase is slightly adjusted based on changes in our assessment,\u201d she told those present.<\/p>\n
The budget subcommittee is also tasked with looking at ways of achieving specified reserve levels for working capital as well as capital asset repairs.<\/p>\n
She said the subcommittee has had a few meetings. \u201cI certainly won\u2019t pretend that there are not a lot of challenges in front of us. Just looking at the capital budget alone, we have some very tough decisions to make at the budget subcommittee before it even gets to council and we will be reviewing the operating budget the first or second week of December,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Corry said staff has been very diligent in making sure that their operational budgets are as tight as possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve seen so far, they\u2019re not too far off from the previous budget year. And I have directed staff not to bring any new initiatives forward unless they are expenses that will generate revenue\u2026 or if they\u2019re new initiatives that will result in a reduction of the operating budget.\u201d<\/p>\n
She told committee members that everything has been put on hold and the subcommittee is really focused on trying to fund the municipality\u2019s capital plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are looking at trying to fund those plans totally within a 10 year period,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re sort of balancing a lot of balls at this point, but we are really trying to come up with a tough plan that will address the deficiencies in our capital plan funding as well as some of the immediate concerns that need to be addressed, such as roads. Denise Corry<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Corry said there will be a General Committee meeting dealing with aspects of the budget on December 14 at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n
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