2024 Fall Shining Waters

Regional Council Meeting

 
November 12, 2024
7:00 P.M. via Zoom

Thank you for joining us

Our Fall Shining Waters Regional Meeting was held on November 12, 2024 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. If you were unable to join us, not to worry. Below you will find the recording of the regional meeting along with pertinent meeting documents and any resources to be shared. We look forward to seeing everyone again soon!

Agenda

7:00 p.m.          Welcome, land acknowledgement

7:10 p.m.          Orientation to the meeting

7:20 p.m.          Constituting the meeting

7:25 p.m.          Financial Report – including  Approval of Budget for 2025

7:55 p.m.          Report from the Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Regional Priorities

8:10 p.m.          Blessing and Adjournment

Meeting Documents

SWRC 2025 Draft Budget – [PDF – 2 pages]

It’s time for the 2024 Fall Shining Waters Regional Meeting, and that means it’s time to become familiar with the proposed 2025 Draft Budget 

Finance Committee Report – [PDF – 1 page]

SWRC 2024 Year to Date Financial Statements DRAFT – as of October 31, 2024 [ PDF – 2 pages ]

Please see the Regional Finances page for more detailed information on audited statements, finance policies and what we currently support.

SWRC Zoom Voting Tip Sheet – [PDF – 3 pages]

Questions For Clarification

If you have any questions for clarification concerning the draft budget, please click the button below which will take you to a question form. A staff person will respond to you directly by email. Any questions received will be posted below, with the responses that were sent.

Questions We Have Received

Why has the Staff Team budget increased substantially from $944,00 to $1,238,510. How many people does this cover and how many new hires?  
Shining Waters has 10.8 staff members. There was one new hire as of Oct 1, 2024 to replace retiring staff. We are in the process of hiring two more staff to begin in early 2025 to replace another retiring staff member and to cover additional work. There will be an overlap period for position shadowing/training. As well there is a 2.5% COLA increase to all salaries per the 2025 Salary Schedule for General Council Office and Regional Staff.

Why not report things like cell phones in another line item and have one for salary only?
We provide a streamlined budget to the region for discussion purposes at the regional council meeting.

$1,071,903 has been transferred from reserves to cover the deficit. How much is left in the reserve fund?
There is about $12 million in the reserve fund.

The investment income is given as $563,732. How much is the total investment?
There is about $12 million invested.

At the June Meeting, a resolution was passed that the Region was going to undergo a Financial Review. An amendment to that proposal, also approved, gave several dates for interim reports. I believe that the first date given was October 2024. Has that interim report been prepared?
The report was received by the Executive on Tuesday Nov 5. and it will be posted in the minutes of that meeting. An additional update will happen on Nov. 12 at the Regional Meeting. The ad hoc committee will also give further updates, as per the Regional Council Motion. A survey was sent around to Communities of Faith today, Nov. 8,  from the Ad hoc committee.

I cannot find any minutes or decision record for the June meeting. Has one been prepared? I hope that a decision record of the Fall meeting will be prepared.
Meeting minutes are not posted online until they are approved. It is not on the November meeting’s agenda to approve the June meeting’s minutes so the draft minutes were not circulated at this time. However, here is a link to the June edition of Currents which included an executive summary of the decisions made which may help: Currents – June 2024

A November edition of Currents will contain a similar executive summary of decisions from our Fall regional meeting.

Staff Support