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Count of Essex <br />Office of the Director of Corporate Services / Treasurer <br />Administrative Report <br />To: Warden Bain and Members of Count Council <br />From: Robert J. Maisonville <br />Director of Corporate Services / Treasurer <br />Subject: Count of Essex <br />2011 Bud Report <br />Date: March 2, 2011 <br />Report: 2011 -RO8-FIN-0302-RM <br />Purpose <br />To present the Count of Essex Bud Report for the y ear 2011. <br />Legislation <br />The preparation of annual estimates is prescribed b Section 289 of the Municipal Act 2001: <br />An upper-tier municipalit shall in each y ear prepare and <br />adopt a bud includin estimates of all sums re <br />durin the y ear for the purposes of the upper-tier <br />municipalit <br />In preparin the bud the upper-tier municipalit shall treat <br />an operatin surplus of an previous y ear as revenue that <br />will be available durin the current y ear ; shall provide for an <br />operatin deficit of an previous y ear... and ma provide for <br />such reserves as the upper-tier municipalit considers <br />necessar <br />2011 Budget Process <br />The annual bud process commences each y ear in October with Administration meetin <br />periodicall to discuss a variet of bud plannin issues, includin <br />development of critical bud assumptions. <br />➢ review of departmental work plans. <br />establish a timetable for bud presentation. <br />improvements to the form and content. <br />