Alberta (FY 2009) Canada Other years: FY2007, FY2008

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Cities tracked:	21
Most transparent city:	Airdrie
Least transparent city:	Camrose

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Alberta 2009 Averages


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Alberta 2009 Averages


Capital Expenditure
Core Capital Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Environmental services	$10,655.50	$343.17	100.0%
Planning and development	$5,779.50	$157.35	100.0%
Public works	-	-	-
Utility operations	$34,289.00	$1,372.82	100.0%
Solid-waste disposal	$1,493.00	$51.66	100.0%
Public safety total	-	-	-
Fire	$135.00	$5.46	100.0%
Police	$299.00	$12.09	100.0%
Public safety other	-	-	-
Transportation total	$36,243.00	$985.51	100.0%
Transit	$87.00	$3.52	100.0%
Transportation other	$28,038.00	$1,133.81	100.0%
Total	$84,612.50	$2,995.05	100.0%

Non Core Capital Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Building services	$16,044.00	$440.10	100.0%
Civic corporations	-	-	-
Grants	-	-	-
Other	$9,865.50	$637.24	100.0%
Recreation and culture	$11,502.00	$313.90	100.0%
Total social spending	-	-	-
Health services	-	-	-
Social and family services	$16.00	$0.65	100.0%
Social housing	-	-	-
Social services other	-	-	-
General government total	$481.00	$19.45	100.0%
Democracy costs	-	-	-
General government other	-	-	-
Total	$25,106.67	$934.19	100.0%

Total Capital Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Total capital expenditure	$13,504.00	$1,472.35	100.0%


Operating Expenditure
Core Operating Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Environmental services	$9,006.57	$622.67	100.0%
Planning and development	$2,748.43	$241.90	100.0%
Public works	$7,265.33	$807.72	100.0%
Utility operations	$103,028.00	$3,944.95	100.0%
Solid-waste disposal	$1,918.20	$132.76	100.0%
Public safety total	$7,288.60	$713.73	100.0%
Fire	$10,509.75	$480.27	100.0%
Police	$10,619.00	$404.91	100.0%
Public safety other	$1,794.00	$159.71	100.0%
Transportation total	$19,828.00	$1,186.20	100.0%
Transit	$9,788.00	$266.15	100.0%
Transportation other	$12,700.50	$455.14	100.0%
Total	$78,008.43	$4,140.14	100.0%

Non Core Operating Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Building services	$14,081.00	$569.41	100.0%
Civic corporations	-	-	-
Grants	-	-	-
Other	$2,994.50	$166.05	100.0%
Recreation and culture	$10,470.43	$553.27	100.0%
Total social spending	$749.50	$90.99	100.0%
Health services	-	-	-
Social and family services	$10,743.00	$292.12	100.0%
Social housing	-	-	-
Social spending other	-	-	-
Total General government	$11,641.29	$775.52	100.0%
Democracy costs	$583.00	$51.94	100.0%
General government other	$6,575.00	$653.50	100.0%
Total	$27,747.29	$1,577.21	100.0%

Total Operating Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Total operating expenditure	$41,428.00	$4,322.91	100.0%


Expenditure Totals
Total Non Core Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Building services	-	-	-
Civic corporations	-	-	-
Grants	-	-	-
Other	$56,036.50	$439.23	100.0%
Recreation and culture	$36,333.18	$856.39	100.0%
Health services	-	-	-
Social and family services	$12,416.25	$143.80	100.0%
Social housing	$69,678.50	$185.26	100.0%
Social services other	$28,193.50	$154.86	100.0%
Total social services	$18,746.36	$206.33	100.0%
Democracy costs	$875.40	$87.51	100.0%
General government other	$37,726.11	$774.55	100.0%
General government total	$41,009.50	$833.68	100.0%
Total	$126,526.17	$2,074.36	100.0%

Total Core Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Environmental services	$22,352.93	$1,329.11	100.0%
Planning and development	$5,641.61	$363.20	100.0%
Public works	$29,522.60	$550.62	100.0%
Utility operations	$47,494.13	$862.27	100.0%
Solid-waste disposal	$20,510.36	$221.45	100.0%
Fire	$101,394.00	$519.85	100.0%
Police	$199,460.00	$754.04	100.0%
Public safety other	$64,948.33	$444.19	100.0%
Public safety total	$70,369.53	$1,061.06	100.0%
Transit	$122,547.60	$562.50	100.0%
Transportation other	$163,655.00	$482.50	100.0%
Transportation total	$95,668.93	$1,394.02	100.0%
Total	$195,740.47	$3,987.47	100.0%

Total Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Total expenditure	$324,793.84	$6,565.97	100.0%


Expenditure by Object
Capital Expenditures by Object	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Grants	-	-	-
Interest expense	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-
Salaries and benefits	$9,752.00	$1,035.13	100.0%
Goods and services total	-	-	-
Goods	-	-	-
Contracted services	-	-	-
Goods and services other	-	-	-
Total	$38,620.53	$1,438.77	100.0%

Operating Expenditures by Object	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Grants	$9,343.38	$257.36	100.0%
Interest expense	$6,788.94	$177.23	100.0%
Other	$14,663.93	$944.54	100.0%
Salaries and benefits	$106,957.07	$2,425.85	100.0%
Goods and services total	$61,995.79	$2,133.67	100.0%
Goods	$29,397.00	$845.30	100.0%
Contracted services	$33,274.47	$1,333.31	100.0%
Goods and services other	$1,006.00	$149.75	100.0%
Total	$188,053.50	$5,587.13	100.0%

Total Expenditures by Object	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Grants	$2,690.50	$251.93	100.0%
Interest expense	$14,162.00	$1,315.19	100.0%
Other	$10,300.00	$1,028.98	100.0%
Salaries and benefits	$17,823.00	$1,719.93	100.0%
Goods and services total	$21,301.50	$2,111.65	100.0%
Contracted services	$10,651.50	$1,071.69	100.0%
Goods	$6,531.00	$657.43	100.0%
Goods and services other	$8,238.00	$765.04	100.0%
Total	$197,775.65	$6,335.48	100.0%


Revenue
Revenue	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Developer contributions	$2,366.69	$239.50	100.0%
Investment income	$4,796.67	$116.73	100.0%
Other	$47,545.16	$1,044.93	100.0%
Net taxes	$152,942.74	$3,205.40	100.0%
Federal grants	$4,592.50	$40.32	100.0%
Provincial grants	$22,732.94	$667.99	100.0%
Other govt grants	$19,800.29	$670.05	100.0%
Remitted to second tier local government	$0.00	$0.00	-
User charges	$105,904.84	$2,100.18	100.0%
Total	$338,189.84	$7,456.17	100.0%

Financial Position
Financial Position	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Capital assets	$1,434,585.79	$36,805.36	100.0%
Financial assets total	$574,042.11	$8,024.76	100.0%
Holdings in council controlled operations	$611,314.57	$2,164.73	100.0%
Financial assets other	$364,910.67	$7,279.60	100.0%
Long term debt	$261,070.63	$3,826.94	100.0%
Int. long term debt	$5,611.36	$174.35	100.0%
Employee future benefit liability	$28,484.13	$200.59	100.0%
Amounts to be recovered in future years	$8,134.00	$1,269.91	100.0%
Financial liabilities total	$437,339.68	$7,117.38	100.0%
Total	$136,702.42	$907.37	100.0%

Transparency
Transparency		Score	Region Av.
Timeliness of audit opinion		3	2.6
Receipt of accounting award		1	0.7
Additional commentary and statistics		1	0.9
Capital assets reported		8	8.1
Capital assets depreciated/funded		3	2.8
Expenditures by object reported		1	1.0
Goods/contracted services separate		1	1.0
Operating/Capital Split (object)		1	0.8
Operating/Capital Split (function)		1	0.6
Expenditure line items defined		1	0.6
Historical trend statistics given		1	0.8
Total		20	19.9

Alberta 2008 Averages


Capital Expenditure
Core Capital Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Environmental services	$21,960.00	$706.81	100.0%
Planning and development	$15,058.60	$479.59	100.0%
Public works	$50,835.00	$240.24	100.0%
Utility operations	$131,649.43	$1,419.07	100.0%
Solid-waste disposal	$15,158.40	$104.78	100.0%
Public safety total	$18,977.83	$242.78	100.0%
Fire	$11,638.50	$67.41	100.0%
Police	$14,476.00	$181.47	100.0%
Public safety other	-	-	-
Transportation total	$183,113.29	$1,199.79	100.0%
Transit	$127,659.00	$372.92	100.0%
Transportation other	-	-	-
Total	$292,871.22	$2,812.38	100.0%

Non Core Capital Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Building services	$33,552.00	$994.41	100.0%
Civic corporations	-	-	-
Grants	$7,019.00	$207.09	100.0%
Other	$42,305.00	$262.82	100.0%
Recreation and culture	$35,651.43	$756.33	100.0%
Total social spending	$35,901.00	$240.48	100.0%
Health services	$5,673.00	$316.20	100.0%
Social and family services	-	-	-
Social housing	$66,129.00	$164.75	100.0%
Social services other	-	-	-
General government total	$27,410.75	$483.61	100.0%
Democracy costs	-	-	-
General government other	-	-	-
Total	$91,810.67	$1,461.57	100.0%

Total Capital Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Total capital expenditure	$383,236.78	$4,224.05	100.0%


Operating Expenditure
Core Operating Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Environmental services	$4,574.00	$156.15	100.0%
Planning and development	$10,677.67	$318.76	100.0%
Public works	$63,583.00	$161.72	100.0%
Utility operations	$57,968.00	$920.39	100.0%
Solid-waste disposal	$33,002.40	$313.47	100.0%
Public safety total	$142,387.88	$1,371.32	100.0%
Fire	$88,169.20	$655.47	100.0%
Police	$122,335.20	$833.82	100.0%
Public safety other	-	-	-
Transportation total	$121,888.38	$1,016.33	100.0%
Transit	$90,488.33	$506.85	100.0%
Transportation other	-	-	-
Total	$360,100.50	$3,687.94	100.0%

Non Core Operating Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Building services	$6,132.00	$180.92	100.0%
Civic corporations	-	-	-
Grants	$30,992.50	$173.49	100.0%
Other	$41,251.80	$260.25	100.0%
Recreation and culture	$63,550.63	$878.25	100.0%
Total social spending	$25,296.13	$183.59	100.0%
Health services	$1,798.00	$100.22	100.0%
Social and family services	$18,087.17	$156.53	100.0%
Social housing	$28,909.33	$82.57	100.0%
Social spending other	-	-	-
Total General government	$68,103.14	$768.91	100.0%
Democracy costs	-	-	-
General government other	-	-	-
Total	$182,734.00	$1,963.28	100.0%

Total Operating Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Total operating expenditure	$541,412.00	$5,609.25	100.0%


Expenditure Totals
Total Non Core Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Building services	$36,618.00	$1,084.87	100.0%
Civic corporations	-	-	-
Grants	$34,502.00	$277.03	100.0%
Other	$69,630.67	$435.89	100.0%
Recreation and culture	$94,745.63	$1,540.04	100.0%
Health services	-	-	-
Social and family services	-	-	-
Social housing	-	-	-
Social services other	-	-	-
Total social services	$34,271.38	$243.70	100.0%
Democracy costs	-	-	-
General government other	-	-	-
General government total	$97,346.50	$1,574.76	100.0%
Total	$254,240.89	$3,206.71	100.0%

Total Core Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Environmental services	$23,703.67	$767.72	100.0%
Planning and development	$18,162.50	$568.84	100.0%
Public works	$78,357.33	$352.03	100.0%
Utility operations	$182,048.00	$2,699.41	100.0%
Solid-waste disposal	$40,949.50	$381.52	100.0%
Fire	-	-	-
Police	-	-	-
Public safety other	-	-	-
Public safety total	$156,621.25	$1,553.41	100.0%
Transit	-	-	-
Transportation other	-	-	-
Transportation total	$282,112.50	$2,066.15	100.0%
Total	$612,960.56	$6,090.55	100.0%

Total Expenditure	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Total expenditure	$889,304.89	$10,213.44	100.0%


Expenditure by Object
Capital Expenditures by Object	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Grants	-	-	-
Interest expense	-	-	-
Other	-	-	-
Salaries and benefits	-	-	-
Goods and services total	-	-	-
Goods	-	-	-
Contracted services	-	-	-
Goods and services other	-	-	-
Total	$285,826.43	$4,474.45	100.0%

Operating Expenditures by Object	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Grants	$26,418.44	$393.60	100.0%
Interest expense	$20,634.11	$228.37	100.0%
Other	$16,294.50	$363.66	100.0%
Salaries and benefits	$295,301.00	$2,917.89	100.0%
Goods and services total	$141,786.00	$1,843.46	100.0%
Goods	$74,074.13	$803.17	100.0%
Contracted services	$79,863.44	$1,269.87	100.0%
Goods and services other	-	-	-
Total	$506,068.11	$5,989.39	100.0%

Total Expenditures by Object	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Grants	$793.00	$32.07	100.0%
Interest expense	$11,106.00	$449.11	100.0%
Other	$51,935.00	$2,100.17	100.0%
Salaries and benefits	$86,800.00	$3,510.05	100.0%
Goods and services total	$31,711.00	$1,282.34	100.0%
Contracted services	$40,972.00	$1,656.84	100.0%
Goods	-	-	-
Goods and services other	-	-	-
Total	$1,507,891.00	$8,193.51	100.0%


Revenue
Revenue	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Developer contributions	$46,554.00	$235.11	100.0%
Investment income	$24,413.56	$252.85	100.0%
Other	$64,230.78	$1,203.21	100.0%
Net taxes	$251,547.25	$2,653.03	100.0%
Federal grants	$12,806.00	$94.06	100.0%
Provincial grants	$146,964.33	$1,370.17	100.0%
Other govt grants	$158,819.78	$1,478.42	100.0%
Remitted to second tier local government	-	-	-
User charges	$211,749.00	$3,066.48	100.0%
Total	$823,903.89	$10,289.67	100.0%

Financial Position
Financial Position	Total (000's)	$ Per H/H	% Region Av.
Capital assets	$2,189,618.33	$28,878.32	100.0%
Financial assets total	$1,168,001.56	$12,200.28	100.0%
Holdings in council controlled operations	$521,363.25	$2,315.59	100.0%
Financial assets other	$2,539,123.00	$6,325.84	100.0%
Long term debt	$434,544.00	$5,118.25	100.0%
Int. long term debt	-	-	-
Employee future benefit liability	$39,083.00	$226.74	100.0%
Amounts to be recovered in future years	-	-	-
Financial liabilities total	$806,584.11	$10,295.86	100.0%
Total	$361,417.44	$1,904.41	100.0%

Transparency
Transparency		Score	Region Av.
Timeliness of audit opinion		3	3.0
Receipt of accounting award		1	1.1
Additional commentary and statistics		1	1.4
Capital assets reported		8	8.0
Capital assets depreciated/funded		1	0.6
Expenditures by object reported		1	1.0
Goods/contracted services separate		1	1.0
Operating/Capital Split (object)		1	1.0
Operating/Capital Split (function)		4	4.0
Expenditure line items defined		0	0.4
Historical trend statistics given		1	1.1
Total		23	22.7