Baviaans Municipal Budget 2007/2008

The 2007/2008 budget provides for:

1. Free basic services increase from 10% of the budget to 12.4%. This means that 39.7% of all households could receive a 100% subsidy on their service accounts.
    

2. Personnel costs increased from 35.62% to 37.34% but this is still within the 40% target set by Council. The budget makes provision for a more effective organogram. It should also be mentioned that all the managerial positions within Baviaans Municipality are filled.
    

3. Except for an increase of 10% in property rates, there is no other tariff increase on municipal services. The Council has to rectify the relatively low tax base on property within the next three years.
    

4. Provision is made for 20 casual employees per month to be appointed every fortnight. This will benefit households with little or no income.
    

5. Maintenance has increased from 6.6% in the previous financial year to 7.4% in the current estimates. The target for 2008/09 is 10% of the budget.
    

6. Tourism, the backbone of LED in the Baviaans Municipality, increased from 0.6% of the budget to 1.2%.

The success of this budget will depend on Management acting decisively on the following:

• Disciplined spending

• Improved payment for services to a target of 100%

• Reducing losses of electricity and water to more acceptable levels

• Better management of assets

In the budget year 2006/07 Management succeeded in:

• Increasing the payment rate from 35% to 65%
• Keeping the cash flow under control

In the 2006/07 financial year 93.12% of the budget expenditure was spent and 92.2% of budget income materialized.

Council adopted the 2007/2008 budget at its meeting held on 31 May 2007 and resolved as follows:

1. That the annual budget and the indicative estimates projected for the years 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 be approved as set out in the following schedules:

1.1. Operating revenue by source reflected in Budget Statement 2
1.2. Operating expenditure by vote reflected in Budget Statement 2
1.3. Capital expenditure by vote and associated funding reflected in Budget Statement 2.

2. That property rates on land be increased by 20% and on improvements by 10%.

3. That the tariffs reflected in Annexure A be approved for the budget year 2007/2008.

4. That the New Integrated Development Plan be adopted.

5. That the budget related policies circulated under separate cover for the budget year 2007/2008 be adopted.

6. That the SDBIP as more fully detailed in Annexure B be noted.

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Report on the draft budget of Baviaans Municipality for the Financial Year 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008

Indicative Budget Allocations 2007/2008 to 2009/2010 MTREF Budget Process

Budget Statement No 2 - Estimates of revenue and expenditure by vote

Grants approved and gazetted in terms of the Division of Revenue Act, Act No 5 of 2006

The Monthly Cash Flow Statement - 2007/2008 Financial Year

Reconciliation of IDP & Revenue Budget

Operating Budget 2007/2008 - summary per line item

Summary of Estimates of Revenue Vote 1 - Municipal Council

Summary of Estimates of Revenue Vote 3 - BTO

Summary of Estimates of Revenue Vote 4 - Technical Services

Summary of Estimates of Revenue Vote 5 - Community Services

Summary of Estimates of Revenue Vote 6 - Corporate Services

Personnel Budget 2007/2008

Capital Budget 2007/2008