The 2.02% Vernon Budget Now Online and updated.

• 2010-2014 City of Vernon Proposed Financial Plan. - 8.73MB

The Original budget presentation has been updated to reflect all the budget decisions made to date. The background for these changes, both the additions to and the deletions of various line items and services level adjustments can be found at:

• Anatomy of a tax increase (Details Part 1 of 3)
  
• Anatomy of a tax increase (Details Part 2 of 3)
  
• Anatomy of a tax increase (Details Part 3 of 3)

The Pages that are of most interest may be:

• P.31 Comparative Analysis of Full Time Employees (FTE) by division.
• P.125 -126 Service Level adjustment affecting general taxation that were approved by Council. The Discretionary Column were those approved by Council. The votes of Council are detailed for those that did not get unanimous support in Anatomy of a tax increase (Details Part 2 of 3)
• P.127 Service level adjustments for the Sewer Fund that will affect sewer rates.
• P.127 Capital Budget for Projects that are approved and above the line. ($11,742,749)
• P.129-130 NOT APPROVED service level adjustments.
• P.131 Capital Budget for Projects that are NOT approved and below the line. ($3,925,083)

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From an Editorial in Morning Star:
Public input sessions on the financial plan will be held March 1 at 7 p.m. at Paddlewheel Park Hall and March 2 at 7 p.m. at the Schubert Centre. You can also have your say on some of the city’s proposed capital projects, like the plans for the old medical building on 31st Avenue. The tax increase may be close to a done deal but there’s still opportunity to have your say before it’s adopted sometime in March. So, please, speak up.