2017 BUDGET
CONSERVATION HALTON
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CONSERVATION HALTON 2017 BUDGET 2017 BUDGET SUMMARY PAGE 2 2016 2017 2017 vs 2016 Budget Budget Budget Variance Operating $24,895,700 $25,752,631 3.4% Budget Capital $2,145,000 $2,238,000 4.3% Budget $0 $5,265,000 100% Kelso Dam
2017 BUDGET
CONSERVATION HALTON
BUDGET SUMMARY
2017
2016
Budget
2017
Budget
2017 vs 2016
Budget Variance Operating Budget
$24,895,700 $25,752,631 3.4%
Capital Budget
$2,145,000 $2,238,000 4.3%
Kelso Dam
$0 $5,265,000 100%
TOTAL
$27,040,700 $33,255,631 23%
Municipal Funding
27%
Program Revenue/ Other Grants and Funding/ Reserves/ Chargebacks
54%
Federal and Provincial Funding
11%
Municipal Debt Financing
8%
Total Budget: $33,255,631 Total Municipal Funding: $9,159,087
PAGE 3BUDGET FUNDING SOURCES
2017
MUNICIPAL FUNDING
2017
Municipal Funding
2016
Budget
2017
Forecast
2017
Budget
2017 vs 2016
Budget Variance Operating Funding $8,406,295 $9,179,800 $8,596,587 $190,292 2.3% Capital Funding $291,500
$270,000 $562,500 $271,000 93%
TOTAL $8,697,795 $9,449,800 $9,159,087 $461,292 5.3%
MUNICIPAL FUNDING
2017
Municipal Funders Apportionment Municipal Funding 2017 Municipal Funding 2016 Change Halton
92.2788% $8,451,896 $8,021,307 5.4%
Peel
5.2638% $482,116 $463,001 4.1%
Hamilton
2.2058% $202,031 $191,612 5.4%
Puslinch
0.2516% $23,044 $21,875 5.3%
TOTAL
100% $9,159,087 $8,697,795 5.3%
MUNICIPAL APPORTIONMENT
MUNICIPAL OPERATING BUDGET
2017
BUDGET PRESSURES/DRIVERS
2016 Approved Municipal Operating Funding $8,406,295
Operating Pressures funded by Municipal Funding:
Note: Total operating budget increase is $856,931. Cost increases have been mitigated by staff changes and increases in other revenues and chargebacks totaling $666,639.
Total Operating Budget Increase Funded Municipally
$179,123 $11,169 $190,292 2017 Proposed Municipal Operating Funding $8,596,587
Watershed Projects
$210,000 $352,500
Flood Forecasting & Operations
$110,000
Integrated Watershed Management
$25,000
Watershed Database Management System
$75,000
Infrastructure Projects
Dams and Channels Major Repairs and Maintenance Projects (50%)
$192,500
Information Technology Infrastructure
$80,000
GIS Upgrades
$80,000
Note: Kelso Dam costs are funded through debt financing. EAB treatment costs are funded through fees collected by Halton Region.
2017 Proposed Municipal Capital Funding $562,500
PAGE 7MUNICIPAL CAPITAL FUNDING
2017
BUDGET PRESSURES/DRIVERS
OTHER FUNDING GAPS
Kelso Dam Repair Project is dependent on receiving 50 percent share of federal and provincial funding. The provincial grant is still to be approved.
The 50 percent municipal portion is funded by debt financing through Halton Region.
CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
KELSO DAM INSPECTION
MILTON CHANNEL RECONSTRUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
HAGER-RAMBO RECONSTRUCTION
INFRASTRUCTURE
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
DEER CLAN LONGHOUSE, CRAWFORD LAKE
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
NEW RAPTOR ENCLOSURE, MOUNTSBERG
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
NEW MOUNTSBERG BARN
NEW HILTON FALLS WORKSHOP
NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
CAPITAL CHALLENGES
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
MECHANIC SHOP FUEL PUMPS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
FORESTRY SHOP
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKSHOP
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
HILTON FALLS AND MOUNT NEMO REST STATIONS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
GLEN EDEN RENTALS
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
GLEN EDEN FACILITIES
SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
$3,164,000
2016
SEASONAL WAGES
(projected)
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT
IN 2016, WE HIRED…
SEASONAL EMPLOYEES
(these hires are not tax supported!)
Halton
65%
Hamilton
10%
Peel
13%
Other
12%
RECREATION
HALTON PARKS
visitors to the
FOR 2016, WE ESTIMATE…
85,000 o our membership holders are residents of Peel
GLEN EDEN
visitors to
TOURISM
FALL INTO NATURE
visitors
MAPLE TOWN
visitors
CHRISTMAS TOWN
visitors (registered)
BIKE RACE SERIES
visitors
YOGA IN THE PARK
visitors
IN 2016, THERE WERE…
EDUCATION
CRAWFORD LAKE
students came to
MOUNTSBERG
students came to
FOR 2016, WE ESTIMATE…
EDUCATION
WAYS OF THE WOODS
campers
WATER FESTIVAL
students
FOREST FESTIVAL
students
AND IN 2016, THERE WERE…
STEWARDSHIP
ACRES OF LAND WERE PROTECTED THROUGH HALTON WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IN 2016…
…with 6 new landowners agreements and 27 new landowner projects!
STEWARDSHIP
TREES AFFECTED BY EMERALD ASH BORER WERE REMOVED (in just the first year of the program)
TREES WERE PLANTED (fifteen landowners,
two municipalities, one regional municipality)
IN 2016…
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
WE MONITOR…
1470
PLANT SPECIES
30
REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN SPECIES
100
FISH SPECIES
184
BIRD SPECIES
44
MAMMAL SPECIES
This monitoring provides data on the health of our natural areas, which our ecologists, planners, consultants and partners use as a baseline for projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
WE MONITOR…
20 WELLS 6 WETLANDS 4 RAIN GAUGES
This monitoring provides data on ground and surface water interactions, quality and quantity, which helps inform development application comments.
FLOOD FORECASTING
WE MANAGE…
This monitoring data provides important details regarding current watershed conditions and is used to help predict potential areas of flooding.
9
STREAMFLOW GAUGES
4
DAMS 12 KM OF FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL
7
RAIN GAUGES 6 SNOW SURVEY SITES
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
WATERSHED PROJECTS
hydraulic modeling
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
improvements, road surface upgrade
design and tender
FLOOD MANAGEMENT
Increasing lead times for flood warning messages through better data management. Developing process and framework for updating hydrology, hydraulics and floodplain mapping to support application review and expedite data requests for hydraulic modeling.
REGULATION
REGULATIONS PERMITS
(with an average delivery time of 29 days!) SO FAR, IN 2016, WE ISSUED…
LETTERS OF PERMISSION
(with an average delivery time of 5 days!)
10 ZONING
PLANNING
47 MINOR VARIANCES
IN 2016, WE HAVE REVIEWED…
51 SITE PLANS 6 SITE ALTERNATIONS 59 NECs 9 LAND SEVERANCES 4 OPs 6 EAs
(6 new EAs have been n receiv ceived ed this s year r but staff ff are e working king on 16)
REGULATION
13 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2011/2012 2015/2016
85 Percent of Permits Processed
Weeks
(56 percent of permit its s ar are curre rently y bein ing g processe essed d in just one week ek)
Permit Application Review Times
PERMIT REVIEW
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Complex Creek Works Storm Water Management Outfall Watercourse Crossing Addition in Floodplain Emergency Municipal Infrastructure 2010/2011 2015/2016
Weeks Types of Project Applications
14 6 11 2 8 6 10 6 5 1
Application Review Times
PARTNERSHIP & COLLABORATION
RESTORATION
Partnered with Burlington Green, City of Burlington and Halton Region to host shoreline cleanup, invasive plant species removal and native species planting at Burlington Beach.
RESTORATION
Hosted a corporate tree planting with Siemens Canada at Munn’s Creek in Oakville, in partnership with Town of Oakville and Trees Canada.
RESTORATION
Completed a wetland enhancement project and created fish habitat at Kelso Quarry Park to support plans for a recreational fishery.
RESTORATION
Initiated a study of Sixteen Mile Creek at Drumquin Park, in partnership with the Town of Milton, to determine remediation measures needed to improve the health of this area.
RESTORATION
Conducted a prescribed burn and implemented an invasive species management program at the Glenorchy Conservation Area in Oakville.
RESTORATION
Participated in the Cootes to Escarpment steering committee to produced management plans, which will be used to prioritize restoration efforts and develop sustainable recreation opportunities.
MOVING FORWARD
Thank you for your continued support.