- County of Lennox and Addington

2010 County Budget Highlights
COUNTY COUNCIL
WARDEN HENRY HOGG
Town of Greater Napanee
• Mayor Gordon Schermerhorn
• Deputy-Mayor Gary Hodson
Township of Addington Highlands
• Reeve Henry Hogg
• Deputy-Reeve E. Helen Yanch
Loyalist Township
• Reeve Clayton McEwen
• Deputy-Reeve Bill Lowry
Township of Stone Mills
• Reeve Debbie Thompson
• Deputy-Reeve Todd Steele
On March 24, 2010, County Council approved a 2010 budget of $67.6 million to provide a broad range of services,
including:
• $12.1 million for capital improvements to County Roads & Bridges, including $7 million for the rehabilitation of County
Road 41. This project is equally funded by the County, Federal and Provincial governments.
• $4.6 million for the retrofit and expansion of the current Social Service office at 95 Advance Avenue in Napanee. This project
will allow the four Social Servicse offices within Greater Napanee to be consolidated in one location.
• $300,000 for the County’s share of the $200 million Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus broadband project.
• $175,000 for the County’s multi-year capital commitment to Community Health Care projects at the Pine Meadow Nursing
Home, Northbrook, the Lennox & Addington County General Hospital and the University Hospitals Kingston
Foundation.
• A further allocation of $174,200 to reserves for the future retrofit and expansion of the County Museum & Archives.
2010 Budget Revenue - $67.6 Million
County Property Taxes 28.9%
Provincial Grants 42.3%
Transfer from Reserves 4.5%
Proceeds from Long
Term Debt 6.3%
Other Revenue 18.0%
County Property Taxes
Provincial Grants
Net Transfer from Reserves
Proceeds from Long Term Debt
Other Revenue
The John M. Parrott Centre
resident fees and miscellaneous revenue
Provincial Offences Fine Payments
Social Housing Rent
Recovery from Prince Edward County
for Social Services
Miscellaneous Revenue
$19.5 million
28.6 million
3.0 million
4.3 million
$3.5 million
2.3 million
1.6 million
3.1 million
1.7 million
$12.2 million
2010 Budget Expenditures - $67.6Million
Social Services
Social Assistance
Social Housing
Child Care
Health Services
The John M. Parrott Centre
Ambulance Services & Emergency Programs
KFL&A Public Health
Health Care Capital Grants
Social Services 33.7%
Health Services 27.5%
Administrative Services 5.9%
Physical Services 30.2%
$14.4 million
5.3 million
3.1 million
$22.8 million
Physical Services
Roads and Bridges
Property Services
Napanee Social Services Office Project
Information Services 2.7%
Information Services
Libraries
Museum and Archives
tel: 613.354.4883 fax: 613.354.3112
$14.9 million
1.0 million
4.6 million
$20.5 million
$1.4 million
0.4 million
$1.8 million
Administrative and Financial Services
Administration and Finance
County Council
Economic Development & Broadband
Provincial Offences
Municipal Property Assessment Corp.
97 THOMAS ST. E., Napanee, Ontario K7R 4B9
$13.0 million
4.3 million
1.1 million
0.2 million
$18.6 million
$0.9 million
0.2 million
1.3 million
0.9 million
0.6 million
$3.9 million
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COUNTY SERVICES
The average assessment of a residential property in the County of Lennox & Addington in 2010 is $179,193 (2009 - $168,321). The
County’s portion of property taxes on this assessment is a total of $959.65 in 2010, which is an increase of $23.06 from 2009. County
property taxes represent about 40% of the total residential property tax bill, with education and local municipal taxes making up the
balance. The following summary provides a breakdown of the services funded from the $959.65 in County property taxes in 2010 on
an average residential property and the share of each service as a percentage of the total County tax levy.
County Council
• Warden and 7 Councillors (Reeves/Mayor and
Deputy-Reeves/Deputy-Mayor of 4 local municipalities)
$ 10.31
1.1%
Administration and Finance
• Corporate administrative services
• Financial services (15,000 invoices paid per year)
• Human Resources (425 employees)
$ 30.55
3.2%
Roads and Bridges
• 458 kilometres of arterial roads
• 68 bridges and major culverts
$ 379.30
39.8%
Social Assistance
• Ontario Works (average caseload of 566, representing 1077 individuals)
• Ontario Disability Support Program (average caseload of 1081)
$ 153.61
16.1%
Social Housing
• 432 rent geared-to-income units
$ 70.89
7.4%
Child Care
• 811 families served
• 1322 children served
$ 14.06
1.5%
Ambulance Service and Emergency Programs
• Bases in Napanee, Northbrook and Denbigh
• Approximately 4,000 patient carrying calls per year
$ 120.10
12.6%
The John M. Parrott Centre
• 168 long-term care residents (average age of 86)
$ 106.13
11.1%
Libraries (excluding residents in Addington Highlands)
• 9 branches (93,000 visits to public libraries; 510,000 transactions per year)
$ 63.93
6.1%
Museum and Archives
• 8,000 members of the public served per year
• 10,000 artifacts in the collection
$ 27.90
2.9%
Economic Development
• Business attraction, retention and promotion
• Tourism promotion
$ 15.36
1.6%
Property Services
• 30 buildings including Social Housing (replacement value $100 million)
• 466 hectares of County forest in Addington Highlands
$ 15.86
1.7%
Kingston, Frontenac & Lennox and Addington Public Health
• County pays its share of the public health services
$ 52.34
5.5%
Municipal Property Assessment Corporation
• County pays for the assessment services provided by MPAC
related to 23,000 properties in Lennox & Addington
$ 30.63
3.2%
Health Care Capital Grants
• Support to Pine Meadow Nursing Home, Lennox & Addington
County General Hospital and University Hospitals Kingston Foundation
$
0.9%
8.54
Provincial Offences Fine Revenue
• Approximately 12,000 fines processed per year
($ 66.83)
(7.0%)
Miscellaneous Revenue
• Interest revenue, federal/provincial payments in lieu of taxes etc.
($ 73.03)
(7.7%)
$ 959.65
100%
Total
97 THOMAS ST. E., Napanee, Ontario K7R 4B9
tel: 613.354.4883 fax: 613.354.3112
www.lennox-addington.on.ca