{"id":6999,"date":"2024-03-28T16:24:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T19:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6999"},"modified":"2024-03-29T11:41:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:41:52","slug":"region-of-queens-misses-budget-deadline-approves-special-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/region-of-queens-misses-budget-deadline-approves-special-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Region of Queens misses budget deadline, approves special spending"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Region of Queens Municipality administration building. (Rick Conrad photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Region of Queens hasn\u2019t approved its budget yet, so councillors had to vote this week to approve interim spending limits so that the municipality\u2019s bills will still get paid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Council is supposed to have a budget approved by April 1 of each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

That didn\u2019t happen this year, so director of corporate services Joanne Veinotte asked councillors at Tuesday\u2019s regular meeting to approve an amount of $7.59 million to provide \u201cspending authority and business continuity\u201d as the fiscal year begins April 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Veinotte said other municipalities follow a similar process.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are operational funds and don\u2019t apply to capital projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

No reason was given by staff or councillors for why the budget hasn\u2019t been presented or approved yet. Mayor Darlene Norman was not available for an interview Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also at Tuesday\u2019s meeting, CAO Cody Joudry presented a tentative schedule for the region\u2019s budget deliberations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under that timeline, councillors were supposed to receive a draft budget after their meeting on Tuesday, with April 2 as the deadline for councillors to submit budget questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The draft budget will be available publicly by April 5 at 4 p.m. in the council agenda. It will be presented at council\u2019s regular meeting on April 9. Two special meetings to discuss the draft budget will be held April 11 and 16, with the final draft budget presented at council\u2019s April 23 meeting for a vote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under Joudry\u2019s proposed schedule, councillors would vote on the final budget at their April 23 meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story had the incorrect date for the Region of Queens final draft budget to be presented and voted on by councillors. The story has been updated with the correct date.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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