Category: City of Ottawa Budget

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Budget 2000

From : Barbara Barr Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 17:11 To: gacc@home.com Subject: Budget 2000 Oral Presentation Hello Greenspace Alliance members and friends, I gave the oral presentation for Ottawa’s “Budget 2000″ on Jan. 14. Since some councillors were not present at the public hearing, I wrote a short cover letter and faxed it and the text of the oral presentation for distribution to every councillor. Thanks very much to

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City of Ottawa Budget 2018

The Greenspace Alliance has submitted its input to the City of Ottawa regarding the 2018 Budget. It called on the City to adequately fund the recently approved Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP), to replenish the capital reserve used to acquire greenspace for preservation purposes and to invest in developing the geographic data required to evaluate whether the targets stated in the Official Plan for total greenspace (4 hectares per 1000

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September 2012: What we got for $1 million

Excerpts from a January 13, 2013 post on the GA List about the 2013 Budget which focused on the Environmental Lands Acquisition Fund and the EAB Program: The Fund + As per Council decision of 11 July 2012, $1 million was transferred out towards the EAB campaign. Ref.: Motion 38/13, http://app06.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/citycouncil/occ/2012/07-11/englishminutes38.pdf. + On 13 July 2011, Council adopted Motion EC 9/3 as modified by Motion 16/4, resolving to increase funding

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Budget 2007

Approval of the annual Budget is the most important decision City Council makes in the year.  The Greenspace Alliance regularly makes submissions in favour of greenspace preservation. Budget Directions 10 January 2007 Statement by the Greenspace Alliance on 2007 BUDGET DIRECTIONS (CITY OF OTTAWA) Presented by Chris Szpak (Alliance Board Member) The Alliance is a non-profit, advocacy organization of volunteers dedicated to preserving green space and protecting the environment in

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How Ottawa budgets (2015 cycle)

The City of Ottawa has recently made efforts to make municipal budgeting somewhat less mysterious.  On June 24, 2015, the City Treasurer held a “primer” session on budget basics and the following day Mayor Watson and senior City staff held a 1-hour town hall phone-in.  Here are the links to: + a summary version of “Budget 101” [no longer online but here is the current page: http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/budget-and-taxes/budget/understanding-your-city-budget] + Marian Simulik’s slides

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