T his i mportant w ork i s i ntended t o a nswer t he q uestion: “ How c an t he C ity o f E dmonton b est s upport a nd b uild s trong r elationships w ith I ndigenous P eoples i n E dmonton?” T hrough t he a doption o f t his f ramework, i t b ecomes t he r esponsibility o f e ach a nd e very C ity o f E dmonton e mployee t o f orge s tronger r elationships w ith t he d escendants o f t he o rig. [...] P riority b ased b udgeting i s a n i mportant t ool u sed t o e xamine t he b ase b udget a nd t o a llow r oom t o c onsider a ll t he o ther c omponents t hat g enerate t ax i ncreases l ike o perating i mpacts o f c apital ( for p ast d ecisions a nd t he d ecisions m ade i n t he p roposed c apital b udget), s ervice e nhancements t o a ddress t he e xpectations a nd n eeds o f E dmontonians,. [...] A s t hese a nd o ther n ew C ity a ssets c ome o nline t o s erve E dmontonians, i ncreases t o t he o perating b udget a re r equired t o e nsure t hat t here i s a dequate f unding t o a ctivate a nd p rogram t he a ssets, a s w ell a s s ervice a ny d ebt u sed t o fi nance t he a sset. [...] H owever, u se o f t he m ethodology o ver 2 016-2018 s howed a spects o f t he f ormula t hat c ould b e i mproved, i ncluding t he n eed f or a p olicy t o o utline h ow t he f ormula w as i ntended t o w ork a nd d etails a round t he c alculation a nd a pplication o f t he f ormula a nd c larity o n w hat i s i ncluded. [...] T his w ork i s r eflected i n t he C ity’s b usiness p lans a nd b udgets a nd i s s tructured i n t hree C orporate O bjectives: T ransforming f or t he F uture : A s trategic o bjective t o m ake t ransformational i mpacts i n t he c ommunity S erving E dmontonians: A s ervice o bjective t o d eliver e xcellent s ervices t o o ur c ommunity M anaging t he C orporation: A s upporting o bjective.
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