Regional District of Kootenay Boundary

Rural Grand Forks (Area ‘D’) Five Year Financial Plan & Understanding the RDKB: A Presentation on Local Government REGIONAL DISTRICT OF KOOTENAY BOUNDARY

1 RDKB Mission Statement

To provide a professional level of governance & advocacy, both responsive & accountable to the needs of our regional community.

2 RDKB Vision:

To be Valued as an Essential Level of Government which Coordinates & Distributes Regional Services in an Effective, Equitable & Responsible Manner

3 RDKB Strategic Goals

4 Photo by Darren Robinson PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Legislative framework.

Local government in B.C.

What’s the RDKB (& how does it work?)

Overview of RDKB services

Funding of services 5 PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Where do your taxes go?

How have taxes changed?

How taxation is determined?

What have we been working on?

Rural Grand Forks (and RDKB) projects. 6 THE BEGINNING: Legislative Framework

Constitution Act, 1867 Local Government Act & Community Charter Separates powers Provides legislative & between the Federal & regulatory authority for Provincial Governments. everything local Municipalities are the government does. responsibility of the Province.

7 TYPES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT in B.C. • Cities (Grand Forks, Greenwood, Kelowna) • Towns (Creston, Oliver) • Villages (Midway, Cache Creek) • District Municipalities (Armstrong, Chetwynd) • Resort Municipalities (Whistler, Sun Peaks) • Regional Districts (Kootenay Boundary, Central Okanagan, RDOS)

8 Regional Districts in the Province

9 WHAT IS THE RDKB?

• Primarily a service delivery system • Developed (1966) to promote regional & sub- regional cooperation • 1 of 28 Regional Districts in B.C. • 13 Directors: 8 Municipal & 5 Rural • Over 68 active services • An advocacy role for regional issues

10 Role of a Regional District Director

Responsibilities: • Use citizen input to identify service needs & interests. • Promote service needs & interests with/to the Board. • Participate in decision-making relating to service administration.

[Actions & initiatives must receive support from other Board members to have any effect or authority]

11 •31,138 residents* •8,300 sq. km

•18,448 homes * 12 *2011 Census Fun Facts for Rural Grand Forks

AREA ‘D’ RDKB TOTAL

PEOPLE 3,187 Residents 10% (of 31,138)

AREA 2,116 sq.kms 26% (of RDKB total)

ASSESSED VALUE $ 419,977,161 8.0% (of RDKB total)

# OF DWELLINGS 1,436 8% (of RDKB total)

13 Photo by Darren Robinson Regional Population

RDKB POPULATION TRENDS (CENSUS) 40000

30000

20000 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

14 Photo by Darren Robinson RDKB Services

• Must be established by bylaw • Generally, must have agreement of residents to be taxed (referendum, alternate approval process, petition) • Generally, service establishment bylaws must include: 1) The purpose of the service 2) The participants of the service 3) The service boundaries 4) How costs will be shared and the requisition limit

15 Funding of Services

• Each service is operated like it is the only service. • Costs generally shared based on assessment base of participants in the service. • However, options include: a) Parcel taxes, b) Population basis, c) Assessment/population basis. • All costs are identified including contributions to administration.

[NOTE: THE RDKB DOES NOT SET THE MILL RATE] 16 RDKB Services

• Regional District -Wide Services • Sub-Regional Services • Electoral Area Services • Local Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Services

17 Services: Regional District-Wide

• All Taxpayers in RDKB contribute equally to the cost of the Service and have similar access to the Service • Taxpayers include all property owners in the Regional District, in both the Electoral Areas and the Municipalities.

18 Services: Regional District-Wide

General Government & Waste Management Administration

9-1-1 Feasibility Studies Communications

Emergency Preparedness

19 Services: Sub-Regional

• Sub-regional services are any services which include taxpayer contributions from more than one participating West End Boundary community • Taxpayers will include residents of Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks and residents of one or more of the West End Boundary member municipalities and/or other Electoral Areas in the RDKB

20 Services: Sub-Regional

Boundary Economic Development

Boundary Museum

Boundary Transit

Mosquito Control

Noxious Weed Control

21 Services: Sub-Regional

Grand Forks Curling Rink

Grand Forks & District Public Library

Animal Control

Grand Forks Arena

Grand Forks Aquatic Centre

Grand Forks Recreation Commission

22 Services: Electoral Area

All taxpayers from: Electoral Area ‘A’ Electoral Area ‘B’/Lower Columbia-Old Glory Electoral Area ‘C’/Christina Lake Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Electoral Area ‘E’/West Boundary including Big White

23 Services: Electoral Area

Electoral Area Rural GF Grant-in-Aid Administration

Planning and Development (including Building Inspection Fringe Area Planning)

Services – Rural Grand Forks Grant-in-Aid

Including identification of other potential 1. Established funding avenues that were or are being pursued. Projects that need. need funds will be preferred.

2. Potential for Funds that may be used to help bring more leveraging support (in-kind or directly financial) into external the community will be funds. preferred.

Identify which (one or 3. Theme more) of the following categories your project alignment. falls within:

25 Services – Rural Grand Forks Grant-in-Aid

26 Services – Rural Grand Forks Grant-in-Aid

Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy 850 Grand Forks Community Christmas Dinner 500 Grand Forks Rotary – Bonfire and Fireworks 2,000 City of Grand Forks – Family Day 500 Boundary Youth Soccer Association 2,000 Boundary Community Food Bank 900 School District No. 51 150 Boundary Historical Society 2,000 Boundary All Nations Aboriginal Council 2,000

Services – Rural Grand Forks Grant-in-Aid

Grand Forks & District Fall Fair 3,500 GF Boundary Regional Agricultural Society 2,272 Boundary Country Chamber of Commerce 2,500 Community Futures Boundary 1,500 Granby Wilderness Society 2,000 Grand Forks Citizens on Patrol 1,030 Boundary Women’s Softball League 1,000 Boundary Museum Society 500 Whispers of Hope 800 GF International Baseball 2,500 Grand Forks & District Public Library 780 TOTAL: $29,282

Services: Electoral Area

Advisory Planning Commission 2016 Appointments Christie Wheaton Edith MacAllister Deb Billwiller Lesley Matthews Werner Behrens Dan Perkins Bob Kendel

Services: Local-Region Electoral Area ‘D’/Local Grand Forks Local-region services are services which include taxpayer contributions from all or part of RDKB Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks

30 Services: Local-Region Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks

Rural Regional Parks & Trails

Rural Fire

Heritage Conservation

31 Where do your taxes go?

32 33 34 35 How have taxes changed?

$1,800,000 $1,600,000 $1,400,000

$1,200,000 $1,000,000 $800,000

Requisition $600,000 $400,000 $200,000 $-

36 FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN

• Top Page: A portion of the overall Regional District Budget providing a summary of services & costs of services to Area ‘D’ taxpayers

• Remaining sheets are budget exhibits of the individual services Area ‘D’ participates in

37 FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN

• All figures are PROPOSED. • Plan to be adopted by RDKB Board of Directors end of March • There are no budgeted deficits

• All services are funded individually through specified budgets

38 FINANCIAL PLAN PROCESS Determine current costs of operating service • (Starting late 2015)

Determine revenue sources

Determine any borrowing requirements

39 FINANCIAL PLAN PROCESS

Discuss plan with participants

Determine service delivery levels

Public consultation (e.g. Town Hall)

Board adopts 5-Year Financial Plan in March 40 Proposed RDKB Budget, Taxation

$50,000,000

$45,000,000

$40,000,000

$35,000,000

$30,000,000

$25,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$10,000,000

$5,000,000

Municipal Debenture Inter Sewer Fund Transfer Debt Reserve Fund 0% 4% 5% Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 2016 Budget Sources of Revenue

Capital Fund 17%

Previous Year Surplus Property Tax 7% 43%

Interest Earned on Investments 0%

Transfer From 9-1-1/ Emergency Preparedness 1%

Board Fee Revenue 1%

Recovery of Common Costs Parcel Tax 0% Services Provided Grants 1% User Fees & Other Sources 2% 6% 42 12% Regional District of Kootenay Boundary 2016 Budget Expenses by Category

FISCAL SERVICES 4%

GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, 9%

RECREATION & CULTURAL SERVICES, ECONOMIC 16% DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 3% PROTECTIVE SERVICES

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TRANSPORTATION 43% SERVICES

Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Expenditures by Type 2016 Budget Debt Interest RDKB 1%

Debt Interest Municipal 2% Debt Principal RDKB Debt Principal Municipal 1% 2% Previous Year's Deficit 7%

Other General Government Services 14% Inter Sewer Fund Transfer 0%

Transfers to Reserve Funds Regionalized Waste Management 4% 7% Transfers to Local Governments 1%

Grants to Other Programs 4% Recreation & Culture 11%

Capital Expenditures 24% Fire & Protection Services 15%

Sewer Utilities Water Utilities 3% 2% 44 Transit Services 4% WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS AND ISSUES

The Regional District works on diverse local government issues and undertakes various Regional District-wide projects and specific Local Area or Electoral Area projects.

45 REGION-WIDE PROJECT

Solid Waste Management Plan Update  Current Plan drafted in 2006  Working towards managing organic material – 42% of waste stream  Taxation versus user fees  Strategies for resort areas  Interaction with stewardship programs.

46 REGION-WIDE PROJECT Solid Waste Management Plan Update Solid Waste Management Plan Review Check out: www.rdkb.com and RDKB Facebook Page:

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REGION-WIDE PROJECTS Organics Diversion: Green-Box Recycling For further information Contact Alan Stanley, Director of Environmental Services 250-368-9148 [email protected]

SUB-REGIONAL PROJECTS

49 SUB-REGIONAL PROJECTS 50 SUB-REGIONAL PROJECTS • Trails Master Plan • Fire Hall Closure

51 SUB-REGIONAL PROJECTS

Animal Control City of Grand Forks City of Greenwood Rural Grand Forks Area ‘C’/Christina Lake CONTRACTORS: The Commissionaires Boundary Animal Control Officer: Phone: 250-443-1851

RURAL GRAND FORKS PROJECTS

Electoral Area ‘D’/Rural Grand Forks Zoning Bylaw Review  2014-2016 OCP Public Consultation (Open House, Workshops)  2017 Draft and scheduled revision of the Zoning Bylaw.

53 OTHER RURAL GRAND FORKS ISSUES

borrowed images from: lindstation.wsu.edu; www.fundchat.org;; animals.nationalgeographic.com Active Committees & Board Membership of Your Rural GF Director 1. Board of Directors (Vice-Chair) 2. Environmental Services Committee (Chair) 3. Finance Committee 4. Policy, Executive and Personnel Committee 5. Protective Services Committee 6. Boundary Economic Development Committee (Chair) 7. Electoral Area Services Committee 8. Kettle River Study Steering Committee 9. Kettle River Watershed Authority (Chair)

Active Committees & Board Membership of Your Rural GF Director 10. Boundary Invasive Species Committee 11. Education Committee 12. Solid Waste Management Plan Steering and Monitoring Committee 13. Regional Agricultural Liaison Project committee (RDKB representative) 14. West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District Board and Executive (WKBRHD) 15. Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments Executive (AKBLG)  ANNUAL MEETINGS:  Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) 56  Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Colombia Local Government: peer-to-peer knowledge exchange

57 WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU Feedback sheets are available this evening and from the following locations: RDKB Website: www.rdkb.com Hot Topics Tab Email me: [email protected] Call me: 250-584-4677  RDKB Office: 250-368-9148 or 1-800-355-7352 202-843 Rossland Avenue Trail, BC V1R 4S8

Thank You!