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<br /> Comments: <br />• Expenditures for four departments (not including the COVID-19 expenditures) exceeded <br />the original budget. <br />o The Fire department has expenditures that have corresponding revenue increases. <br />A budget adjustment is proposed for both the revenue and expenditures for this <br />department. <br /> The State sends Fire Relief Aid to the City. The aid is then sent to Little <br />Canada Fire Relief. When the aid is received by the City, it is recorded as <br />a revenue. When the payment is sent to the Fire Relief, it is recorded as <br />an expenditure. $55,000 was budgeted and $64,133 was received. <br />o Three departments had unexpected expenses in 2020 that caused each department <br />to exceed the original budget. <br /> Police $6,431. 2020 police services in the contract cities exceeded the <br />contract amount primarily due to civil unrest. The City has received an <br />additional invoice for $24,835 for 2020 police services. This has caused <br />the department to exceed the budget amount. <br /> Stormwater $2,841. The Thunder Bay Trail storm sewer washout repair <br />in the amount of $6,600 was incurred due to a large washout beneath and <br />adjacent to the trail. Council approved these repairs on August 12th with <br />the understanding that the repairs would exceed the budget amount. <br /> City Garage $2,741. Unexpected building repairs including garage door <br />repairs caused the department to exceed the budget. <br />• Throughout all the departments, savings were identified early in the year and were used to <br />offset some of the expected revenue shortfalls. The following 2020 saving were identified <br />to be used to offset expected revenue shortfalls: <br />o Code enforcement position kept vacant due to COVID-19. $34,000 <br />o Two part-time public works seasonal positions kept vacant. $20,000 <br />o Various travel/training opportunities missed due to COVID-19. $16,000 <br />o Savings in the Fire Marshall budget. $13,000 <br />o Savings in the Parks and Recreation department due to decreased programming <br />opportunities from COVID-19 restrictions. $12,000 <br />o The above cost savings are approximately 2.3% of the 2020 General Fund <br />expenditure budget. <br />• Additional savings were realized in the following departments: <br />o Attorney and prosecutions services $30,535 <br />o Street salt and asphalt savings $10,000 <br />o Street striping savings $19,000 <br /> <br />3