GENERAL COMMITEE
	TO:	Mayor and Members of Council
	FROM:	Andy Taylor, Commissioner of Corporate Services Barb Cribbett, Treasurer
	PREPARED BY:	Fuwing Wong, Manager of Financial Planning
	DATE OF MEETING:	2005-September-19
	SUBJECT:	Proposed 2006 Budget Sub-Committee Schedule

RECOMMENDATION:

THAT THE report dated September 19, 2005 entitled "Proposed 2006 Budget Sub-Committee Schedule" be received;

AND THAT the Budget Sub-Committee meetings scheduled for the dates and times below be approved:

Tuesday, October 11^th (9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Canada Room)

Thursday, October 27^th (9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Canada Room)

Monday, November 14^th (9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Canada Room)

AND THAT the Councillor Requests for Enhanced/New Programs be forwarded to the Finance Department by Friday September 30^th for incorporation into the 2006 Budget discussions at the first Budget Sub-Committee Meeting.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this report is to obtain approval for the Budget Sub-Committee meeting dates for the 2006 Budget.

BACKGROUND:

The 2005 Operating, Capital and Waterworks Budget was approved by Council on February 8^th, 2005 following three Budget Sub-Committee Meetings followed by a presentation to the public via the Town’s annual Budget Breakfast. Supplemental information was provided via separate presentations, reports to the various Committees.

DISCUSSION:

It is recommended that the 2006 Budget follow a similar process to that for the 2005 Budget, e.g. 3 Budget Sub-Committee Meetings, followed by a Budget Breakfast:

Meeting #1 – Tuesday, October 11^th (after Thanksgiving Monday) - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Canada Room

Meeting #2 – Thursday, October 27^th - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Canada Room

Meeting #3 – Monday, November 14^th – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. – Canada Room

Budget Breakfast – Tuesday, November 29^th – 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. – Canada Room (tentative)

Councillor Requests for new/enhanced programs should be forwarded to the Finance Department by September 30^th, 2005 so that all requests may be summarized, distributed to various departments for comments (if required) and addressed by the first Budget Sub-Committee meeting on October 11^th, 2005.

This schedule has been developed with the goal of obtaining Council approval for the 2006 Budget at the last Council meeting of 2005, December 13^th, 2005.

Barb Cribbett, Treasurer

Andy Taylor, Commissioner of Corporate Services