Hi All,
AMCTO staff have pulled together an excel template for municipalities to determine the time and cost of completing various reports to the Province. Municipal staff and departments required to complete and submit particularly onerous reports to the Province may find this resource particularly useful. Quantifying the cost of reporting will help the municipality, AMCTO and the Province further understand the burden current reporting requirements have on the municipality and where there may be opportunities to reduce the burden.
The document may be used as part of AMCTO's advocacy activities. It provides key information related to the overall cost of completing a given report, what percentage of the tax levy it represents and the cost per household. AMCTO recognizes municipalities may not have all the required information readily available, and that the template uses simplified calculations. We are looking to gather the most updated and accurate information possible.
The first sheet has detailed instructions and the second sheet is the template. Essentially, the tool is set up to have a municipality enter the activities that are performed in order to complete a given report, identify the time associated with completing the activity, and then be able to put a dollar value to that time. Further down in the template is an opportunity to identify the cost of reporting on the tax levy and taxpayers.
We could use your support in helping to finalize the template. Review the template, test it out and provide your suggestions to improve it. Are there areas where further instruction or clarification is required? Would you change anything about the format? Is the template easy to use? Would you change any of the formulas or calculations to be more accurate while balancing the need to be general for all municipalities to complete?
Refer to the document attached. We would appreciate your input by January 31st, 2025.
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