Budget - Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
The Chief Administrative Officer Department is responsible for the co-ordination, administration, and direction of all affairs of the corporation, including direct oversight over the People and Culture division and the Physician Recruitment program.
The Office of Chief Administrative Officer budget is comprised of the CAO, an Executive Assistant, and Advisor Government Relations positions as well as the Physician Recruitment program. The position of Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), according to Section 229 of the Municipal Act, 2001, is responsible for exercising general control and management of the affairs of the municipality for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective operation of the municipality.
With approval of Report CAOGR24-003 dated April 2, 2024, Council approved a two-year pilot project for a new physician recruitment incentive program to run until December 31, 2025. The Whole of Village incentive program includes funding for the Physician Recruitment Coordinator position, incentives for family physicians recruited communications, advocacy and events to support physician recruitment and retention.
The 2025 budget includes increased costs for salary and benefits, professional development and advocacy. The overall decrease in tax requirement is due to Physician Recruitment program which was funded by more tax levy in 2024 but will be using funds from the Physician Recruitment reserve in 2025 as well as $130,000 of tax levy approved with the pilot program for 2025.
Recommendation
That any unused CAO Administration Budget at the end of 2025 be transferred to the Organizational Development Reserve, subject to the overall year-end position.
That any unused Physician recruitment budget at the end of 2025 be transferred to the Physician Recruitment Reserve, subject to the overall year-end position.
Interactive Budget
Explore the City's budget using the interactive OpenBook feature, including expenses by department and division as well as a breakdown of what a typical residential property taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment.
The full budget information is available in the Draft 2025 Budget book.
OpenBook Budget tool instructions
Use our interactive OpenBook budget tool to view a breakdown of what a residential taxpayer pays for each municipal services.
The Where Your Tax Dollars Go feature shows how much a residential taxpayer pays per $100,000 of assessment. It starts at the City Department level then you can click on each department to view the cost for services within that department. For example:
- Click on Municipal Operations and it goes to the service/division level, where you can see the typical residential taxpayer pays $85.41 per $100,000 of assessment, or 5.22% of the municipal tax dollar for that service
- Click on Outside Organizations at the top level of the tool and it breaks it down to individual outside organizations that receive City funding, showing that the typical residential taxpayer pays $300.42 per $100,000 of assessment, or 18.36% of the municipal tax dollar for that service
See where your municipal tax dollar goes for municipal services. Explore the OpenBook budget tool.
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