Another $44,000.00 Invested in Transit - Not

from: http://cms.burlington.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=31430
re: 2014 Approved Budget, 2014 Business Case #4

City Added $43,500.00 to  Transit, sort of.  It was actually a transfer of funds from the Transit Capital Budget to the Operating Budget.  It's a wash.

During the Community and Corporate Services Budget meeting of Feb. 20, 2014, Councillor Dennison made an off-the-cuff remark that Burlington had recently increased the Transit budget by $44,000.  He was responding to the delegate who was there on behalf of Bfast who were looking for funding to be restored.  Since the Councillor said it after the delegate had been dismissed, Doug Brown was not allowed to say anything.

Councillors and Staff often make erroneous statements in Chambers, contradicting what delegates have said.  Since the delegates have been dismissed, they just have to sit there quietly and take whatever Council wants to say about their facts or them personally.


2014 CURRENT BUDGET BUSINESS CASE #3
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Subject  Transit Service Increase to Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School

Purpose:
The opening of Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School, as part of the joint facility between the City of Burlington, Burlington Public Library and the Halton District School Board, presents a unique opportunity for Burlington Transit to continue to provide enhanced service to the school and increase transit ridership.

Based on information provided by the Halton District School Board, the number of students attending Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School is to increase by 50%, to over 800, for the 2014-2015 school year. Demand for transit to the secondary school is forecasted to be 386 trips per school day or over 77,000 new trips for the 2014-2015 school year. The additional service is required during school days only to meet projected demand at school start time and finish time, will require an additional 1,950 service hours at a cost of $168,000. The projected net cost to provide the additional service to Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School during school days only is $49,000.

Council has approved an over-expenditure for $28,000 to provide services to Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School during from January 2014 to June 2014.

Performance Measures                        2013  2014  2015
•  Boardings per revenue vehicle hour    37       40      40       

2014 CURRENT BUDGET BUSINESS CASE #3
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FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approved Budget  2014
EXPENDITURES:
Human Resource Costs  $74,500  Operating/Minor Capital Equipment  $88,000   Purchased Services  $0
Corporate Expenditures/Provisions  $0   Internal Charges & Settlements  $0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES  $162,500
TOTAL REVENUES  ($119,000)
NET OPERATING BUDGET  $43,500

Job Title:  Transit Operator
Grade Classification:  CUPE 2723  Job Rate or Hourly Rate:  $54,105.00
Approved Start Date:  September 1, 2013
New RFT Position    Conversion    Contract Part-time Hours      Contract Length
Number of FTE’s added/reduced in 2014    1.00
OTHER
Reference Documents
Report recommending enhanced transit service to Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School. TR-6-13
Optional/Additional Information

2014 CURRENT BUDGET BUSINESS CASE #4
Increase Provincial Gas Tax funding to the current budget
Department:  Transit
Service Group:  Transit Service
PURPOSE
Increase Provincial Gas Tax funding to the current budget to offset increased service to Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School
Service Change  Maintain
Purpose:
To reallocate Provincial Gas Tax funds from the capital budget to the operating budget to offset the full year costs of providing transit service to Hayden Secondary School for a school year on a permanent basis
Description 
To mitigate the tax increase in 2014, a reallocation of $43,500of Provincial Gas Tax funding will be used to offset the increased expenditures that is budgeted to arise from servicing Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School. This results in a decrease in funding to the transit capital program.

EXPENDITURES: Human Resource Costs  $0  Operating/Minor Capital Equipment  $0 Purchased Services  $0 Corporate Expenditures/Provisions  $0 Internal Charges & Settlements  $0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES  $ 0
TOTAL REVENUES  ($43,500)
NET OPERATING BUDGET  ($43,500)