Toronto released their budget this week and other than the usual tax hikes for property owners, this interesting post on Eye Daily about the gibberish and jargon of a city budget.
It lists the specialized terms the budget contains to describe its expenditures and revenues, and the list is incomprehensible, even to me, a soon-to-be Chartered Accountant:
- OMBI
- COTA
- Net pressures
- Revenue tools
- Adjusted pressure
- MPMP
- ABCs
- Single tier and regional CAOs
- COLA
- Assessment growth
- Social service cost sharing
- OW COA
- EMS
- CM & CFO
- FY Incremental Outlook
- Full cost recovery model
It’s a little ridiculous, no? How do they expect ordinary citizens to understand where their property taxes are going, if I can’t even decipher the above?
The link above contains comments on the original post that outline what the terms most likely mean, although no one from the City has come forward with the official definitions.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Krupo // Mar 31, 2007 at 12:32 pm
That Dale fellow on Eye’s comment list takes a pretty good stab at deciphering the terms, though.
2 Neil // Mar 31, 2007 at 3:30 pm
“The link above contains comments on the original post that outline what the terms most likely mean…”
3 Bob Yoder // Sep 16, 2007 at 11:13 pm
web log about Redmond, WA. city governement and neighborhoods.
Take a look at my “budget” category
Regards, Bob Yoder 425−802−2523
4 Neil // Sep 18, 2007 at 7:48 pm
Thanks Bob, I will definitely have a look!
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