The 2012-2014 business plans and budgets together form the path that The City will take over the next three years, to provide the services and programs that Calgarians have asked for.
The budget is our financial roadmap, driven by business plans that have been developed to meet Council’s Fiscal Plan for Calgary. As part of the new approach to business planning and budgeting for the 2012-2014 budget cycle, which included extensive stakeholder engagement in 2011, Council’s Fiscal Plan and the business plans and budgets all work to meet the expectations of Calgarians in moving toward our sustainability targets and achieving our 100-year vision of imagineCALGARY.
Council approves 2012-2014 business plans and budgets
On Nov. 29, Council approved the 2012-2014 business plans and budgets following seven days of deliberation on the proposed documents released Nov. 9.
The approved three-year budget will result in property tax rate increases of 6.0% in 2012, 5.7% in 2013 and 6.1% in 2014 or monthly increases of approximately $6.60, $6.60, and $7.50, respectively for an average home in Calgary. Citizens may find additional fee and rate increases depending on the specific City services they use including utilities, transit and recreation.
The final property tax rates for each of the three years will be approved in April each year, once The City has received the provincial government’s property tax requisition.
Highlights of Council’s approvals and changes to the proposed plans and budgets are available by department. Follow the links on Business plans and budgets 2012-2014: departments.
We are currently finalizing the approved 2012-2014 business plans and budgets document, which will be available online once they are complete.
Proposed business plans and budgets
Complete 2012-2014 proposed business plans and budgets
Reader’s Guide and Glossary
Individual sections:
City Manager’s Message and Executive Summary
Corporate Context: Trends and Outlooks
Council’s Fiscal Plan for Calgary
Business Plans and Budgets 2012-2014: Departments - this page contains a summary of each department in how Council’s Priority Areas are being achieved, key trends and issues, engagement input, department operating expenditures, net operating budget and proposed budget increases and reductions along with a link to the complete department plan and budget.
The proposed three-year budgets forCivic Partners, Council, Corporate Programs, Calgary Parking Authority. See also Business plans and budgets 2012-2014: Civic Partners, Council, Corporate Programs, Calgary Parking Authority.
Supplemental Budget Analysis and Information includes a schedule of user fees and taxation revenues, and tax-supported and non-tax supported capital summary schedules.
Increased transparency with new format
Based on comments from Council and citizens, the business plan and budget pages were re-designed to provide Council and citizens a better view of how the proposed plans and budgets align with Council’s Fiscal Plan and deliver City services citizens most value.
In addition to paying particular attention to using plain language and reducing the use of City jargon and acronyms where possible, the 2012-2014 business plan and budget pages were also re-designed to achieve the following:
- Alignment with Council’s priority areas – a designated theme and colour for each Council’s priority areas help show how departmental outcomes, strategies and actions align to Council’s Fiscal Plan.
- Performance measures, goals and objectives – Readers will be able to follow the outcomes, strategies and actions from department, to business unit, to service pages to see how department outcomes will be achieved and measured.
- Highlights of funding decisions – The business plan and budget highlight pages describe how Council’s Fiscal Plan and other priorities are reflected in changes to business unit’s operating budget, funding decisions and what business units will do to achieve the productivity gain targets set by Council.
- Greater detail of budget information – Each business unit page includes a chart that highlights the relative importance of revenue sources and expenditure categories as well as a table of budget amounts for the services in that business unit.
- Detailed service descriptions and budgets – Readers will be able to learn more about specific lines of service within a business unit, the strategies and actions it will deliver, the associated budget and resource allocation in the three-year budget cycle.
