{"id":1691,"date":"2007-03-26T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2007-03-26T20:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1691"},"modified":"2007-03-26T22:54:21","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T02:54:21","slug":"city-operating-budget-released-deputations-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/03\/26\/city-operating-budget-released-deputations-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"City operating budget released &#8211; deputations on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/116\/253069800_38bfc85496.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The City of Toronto released its proposed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/budget2007\/index.htm\">2007 operating budget<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the capital budget, where the city can borrow money, the operating budget (day-to-day operations rather than infrastructure investments) is severely constrained by the limitations of property tax revenue and the requirement to provide some of the costs of provincial cost-shared programs. This situation means that the operating budget is very tight and the city is very reluctant to fund new programs through it.<\/p>\n<p>The budget process has been tightened up considerably this year as a result of the increased powers of the Mayor &#8212; there is far less scope for involvement both from the public and from councillors. Martin Koob of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontocat.ca\">Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation<\/a> explains the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The 2007 budget process is very different from past years. One key   difference is that the Budget Committee and the Executive Committee   will be the only committees having deliberations on the budget &#8212; that   means these Councillors have a significant influence. The other key   difference is that there will be just one opportunity for the   organizations and the general public to make deputations to advocate   for programs and services in the Operating budget. The day for   deputations will be on March 29th, 2007 starting at 9:30 am.  To sign   up to make a deputations in person call 416-392-6662 to get on the   list.  You can also sent written deputations via e-mail  to   <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"mailto:mmcdonna@toronto.ca\">mmcdonna@toronto.ca<\/a> or by fax  to (416) 392-1879.   Of course, you   can send an e-mail to your Councillor, the Executive and Budget   Committees any time before March 29th.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the capital budget process, there were very few deputations from the public &#8212; it&#8217;s important that citizens check to see the status of their favourite programs in the budget, and depute to the budget committee if there is something they want to change.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it&#8217;s even more difficult for citizens to make sense of the operating budget because the excellent &#8220;open house&#8221; that was held for the capital budget to enable staff to explain items of interest to the public is not being held for the operating budget, leaving citizens less than three days to find out what is happening and comment on it. (The open house was not heavily attended by the public, but that&#8217;s because it was hardly publicized at all). It&#8217;s hard to see how anyone who isn&#8217;t closely connected to city hall would be able to make any kind of complex deputation on the budget, given this process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTICLES ON BUDGET<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/News\/article\/196107\">Toronto Star<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2007\/03\/26\/toronto-taxhike.html\">CBC.ca<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Supplement: Martin Koob has sent me the hard-to-find web pages with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/budget2007\/analystnotes_operating.htm\">detailed analyst notes<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/budget2007\/briefingnotes_operating.htm\">briefing notes<\/a> for the budget. These are essential for working out the details of the proposed budget in specific departments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/wvs.topleftpixel.com\">Sam Javanrouh<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Toronto released its proposed 2007 operating budget today. Unlike the capital budget, where the city can borrow money, the operating budget (day-to-day operations rather than infrastructure investments) is severely constrained by the limitations of property tax revenue and the requirement to provide some of the costs of provincial cost-shared programs. 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