As Amended:
THAT the 2023 City of Greater Sudbury tax supported base operating budget for municipal operations, inclusive of fees and charges and excluding the City’s share of the Service Partners’ budgets described in Resolutions 3-7 of this report, be approved in the gross expenditure amount of $506,484,166 and the net amount of $239,398,256, subject to the following adjustments/amendments:
a. An increase in the Greater Sudbury Police Services budget of $1,378,637.
b. A decrease in Conservation Sudbury’s budget of $43,759.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Implement Changes to Development Application Fees" as outlined on page 239 of the 2023 budget document with projected ongoing net revenue of $123,150 (0.04% levy decrease) and that the proceeds be directed to the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve in recognition of the need identified in the Long-Range Financial Plan to strengthen reserves.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Create a Permanent Linear WA/VW Condition Assessment & Analytics Section" as outlined on page 241 of the 2023 budget document with projected gross costs in 2023 of $362,606 and funding from the water/wastewater rate of $362,606 producing no property tax levy impact.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Convert Contract Project Managers to Permanent Employees" as outlined on page 244 of the 2023 budget document with projected operating costs in 2023 of $278,606 and funding provided by the capital project budgets these positions support, producing no property tax levy impact.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Reclassify the Energy Analyst Clerk as Permanent Full Time" as outlined on page 246 of the 2023 budget document with an annual net levy impact of $20,423 (0.01% levy increase)
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Increase Operating Grant to Place des Arts" as outlined on page 250 of the 2023 budget document with an ongoing annual net levy impact of $50,787 (0.02% levy increase).
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Convert Animal Shelter Attendant to Full-Time" as outlined on page 248 of the 2023 budget document with an annual net levy impact of $31,879 (0.01% levy increase).
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled “Implement Automated Speed Enforcement Program” as outlined on page 255 of the 2023 budget document with a 2023 net revenue of $43,667 (0.01% levy decrease) and ongoing net revenue of approximately $412,000 commencing in 2024 and that the proceeds be directed to the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve;
And, further, that staff inform Council about the number of cameras to be deployed in the automated speed enforcement rollout based on an assessment of workload implications and process capacity with the expectation that at least two and as many as six cameras will be introduced in 2023.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Invest in Additional Full-Time Ambulances" as outlined on page 261 of the 2023 budget document subject to this service enhancement beginning July 1, 2023 with one-time capital costs for 2023 of $650,384 to be funded from the Capital Financing Reserve Fund - Paramedic Services and 2023 operating costs of $694,991 (0.22% levy increase) to be funded on the tax levy and levy impacts of $1,416,785 in 2024 and each following year which may be reduced in 2024 and future years if the Ministry provides grant funding of up to 50% for costs incurred in each previous year.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Enhance Security Services - Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation" as outlined on page 281 of the 2023 budget document with an ongoing net levy impact of $354,027 (0.11% levy increase).
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Adopt Mobile Responder - Cellular Paging System" as outlined on page 284 of the 2023 budget document with $154,000 to be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve in 2023 and an ongoing net levy impact starting in 2023 of $159,500 (0.05% levy increase).
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Complete Roads and Transportation Asset Management Plan" as outlined on page 293 of the 2023 budget document with a 2023 and 2024 cost of $250,000, respectively, and funding provided by anticipated automated speed enforcement net revenue and the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve, for a net levy impact of zero.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled “Implement Museums Revitalization Plan” as outlined on page 302 of the 2023 budget document with a 2023 net levy impact of $130,007 (0.04% levy increase) and a net levy impact of $193,579 for 2024 and future years.
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled “Enhance Downtown Sudbury Litter Abatement Services” as outlined on page 305 of the 2023 budget document with an ongoing net levy impact of $186,111 (0.06% levy increase).
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Hire Business Development Officer for Workforce Development" as outlined on page 311 of the 2023 budget document with an ongoing net levy impact of $127,143 (0.04% levy increase).
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Update Downtown Master Plan" as outlined on page 315 of the 2023 budget document with the amounts of $125,000 in 2023 and 2024 to be funded from the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve with any funding from other sources to be used to offset the use of the reserve fund.”
Subject to
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled “Construct a Universal Washroom at Tom Davies Square” as outlined on page 322 of the 2023 budget document with the capital expenditure to be funded from Capital Financing Reserve Fund General - Committed and an annual net levy of impact of $4,000.
Subject to
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Implement Gateway Speed Limits in Residential Areas" as outlined on page 328 of the 2023 budget document with a 2023 cost of $71,500 and that funding be provided by anticipated automated speed enforcement net revenue and the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve, for a net levy impact of zero.
Subject to
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Expand Temporary Flexible Bollard Traffic Calming Program" as outlined on page 334 of the 2023 budget document with a 2023 cost of $28,500 and that funding be provided by anticipated automated speed enforcement net revenue and the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve, for a net levy impact of zero.
Subject to
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled "Install a New Exterior Columbarium Wall" as outlined on page 344 of the 2023 budget document with a zero net levy impact.
Subject to
THAT the business case entitled “Provide Operating Grant for Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association ” as outlined on page 252 of the 2023 budget document, with a value of $100,000 and a tax levy impact of 0.03%, be deferred for further review by the Finance and Administration Committee in Q2;
AND THAT financial support for SMFAA, if any, be provided by the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve, producing no tax levy impact in 2023, in contemplation of the reserve's replenishment from the tax levy in the 2024 Budget.
Subject to
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include Alternative 4 - Perform Interim Road Repair for the business case entitled “Reconstruct Fielding Road with Water and Wastewater Improvements” as outlined on page 273 of the 2023 Budget document with the amount of $1,250,000 to be funded from the Capital Financing Reserve Fund - General;
Subject to:
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled “Proceed with Detailed Design of Employment Land Strategy” at outlined on page 275 of the 2023 Budget document subject to the following:
a) That funding for 2023 only of $890,991 be drawn from the Industrial Reserve Fund for detailed design for future infrastructure improvements as identified and prioritized in the Employment Land Strategy Implementation Strategy now in development; and
b) That funding for 2024 through to 2027 be included in the base budget starting in 2024 and be funded by the tax levy with an estimated impact of 0.28% (based on 2022 property tax levy amount);
c) That once detailed design is completed, staff report back to Council for business case for future budget years for funding towards construction of recommended capital infrastructure improvements for priority areas as identified in the Employment Land Strategy
Subject to:
THAT the following business cases be deferred to the 2024 budget process:
- “Implement Mattress Diversion Program”
- “Hot In-Place Recycled Asphalt Road Rehabilitation Program”
- “Install Attlee Avenue Speed Hump”
- "Convert Fire Suppression Overtime into Four FTE's"
Subject to:
THAT resolution 8 be amended to increase the Elderly Property Tax Assistance Credit from $275 to $400 resulting in an ongoing net levy increase of approximately $99,647 (0.03% levy increase) and that the rebate be indexed annually based on the tax levy change.
Subject to
THAT amendment to resolution 8 FA2023-13-A-1 entitled “Implement Changes to Development Application Fees” be reconsidered.
THAT the amendment be amended to delete the following wording: “and that the proceeds be directed to the Tax Rate Stabilization Reserve in recognition of the need identified in the Long-Range Financial Plan to strengthen reserves.”
THAT the 2023 Budget be amended to include the business case entitled “Implement Changes to the Development Application Fees” as outlined on page 239 of the 2023 budget document with projected ongoing net revenue of $123,150 (0.04% levy decrease).