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Town of Battleford budget: business as usual

Battleford Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Administrative Officer David Gillan spoke briefly about the Town's 2018 budget and how it’s coming along so far at council Monday.
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Battleford Director of Finance/Deputy Chief Administrative Officer David Gillan spoke briefly about the Town's 2018 budget and how it’s coming along so far at council Monday.

By the end of September, the Town had collected about 75 per cent of its revenues and paid out 70 per cent of its expenses.

Total budgeted revenues for 2018 are $7,437,593, while expenses are budgeted at $5,778,812.

Police services were budgeted to cost $297,700 for the year, but are higher than planned at $334,472 at the end of September.

The Town has also received about $10,000 more from property tax than budgeted for the whole year, so far bringing in a total of $2,970,643.

Gillan said land sales have not been bringing in revenue as expected, but the amount is made up for to some extent with permits, including building permits, particularly with the planned cannabis grow operation.

Much revenue from the province has yet to come in, but Gillan said he expects such funding by the end of the year. The Town is budgeted to received $800,000 as part of the Municipal Operating Grant, while it has received about 51 per cent of that so far. Revenue from provincial agencies, including SaskPower and SaskEnergy surcharges, is forthcoming.

"At this point I'm not concerned about revenue and expense," Gillan said. "As we go down the road, in a couple months we'll see a better picture."