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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY GF PORT COQUITLAFA C ¢ i C

MEMORANDUM NOV 19 1979

Mayor and Council November 13th, 1979

F.E. Peters, P. Eng.,
City Engineer

Re: 1979 Budget Savings

As the year draws to a close it is now possible to
estimate the actual expenditures for 1979 and to show the
savings to the City as a result of cost-cutting measures put
into affect in the last two years. The table below compares
the estimated expenditures in various accounts with the 1977
actual expenditures. Despite the inflation occurring over the
last two years, Council will note that some of the costs are
‘actually lower than the 1977 costs.

Account 1977 Actual Estimated 1979
Expenditure Expenditure

Roads & Streets $751,000 $678,000
Garbage 296,000 311,900
Pools 287,000 | 274,000
Port Recreation Centre 354,000 329,000
Parks 278,000 300,000

Although the garbage and parks totals are higher than
the 1977 figures, both of these require further consideration
because of the additional work which has been taken on since
1977. With the garbage one must consider a population growth
of about 6 per cent as well as labour increases of ahout 11 per
cent. One must also consider that this year we greatly improved
the service to residents by picking up whatever was put out at
the curb and saving many trips to the dump. I estimate that the
actual cost would have been about $355,000 if the new method of
garbage collection had not been implemented. With the parks
figure again one must consider that a number of new parks have
been added to the City's responsibility and that the estimated
expenditure also includes $10,000 for replanting trees from the
nursery.

Although the above savings are partly the result of
some reductions in service which Council agreed to, they are
also due largely to the efforts of the Superintendents who have
taken Council's wishes regarding a reduced budget very seriously
and have applied themselves to making the system work in a more
efficient manner.

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