Recommendation/Resolution Report
2022/23 Budget for Programs Funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
MAY 19, 2022
ISSUE/PURPOSE
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) administers the Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program and the Pre-natal and Post-natal Nurse Practitioner Program (collectively referred to as the Programs). These Programs are funded entirely by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS). The operating budget for the fiscal year April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, requires approval by the Board of Health prior to submission to the MCCSS.
BACKGROUND
For fiscal 2022/23, these Programs support twenty-five and three quarters (25.75) FTEs comprised of one (1.0) manager FTE, one-quarter (0.25) director FTE, sixteen (16.0) public health nursing FTEs, one (1.0) nurse practitioner FTEs, four (4) family home visitor FTEs, one (1.0) social worker FTE, two and one-half (2.5) support staff FTEs.
The 2022/23 operating budget is detailed below:
|
|
April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 |
April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Salaries and benefits |
2,768,049 |
2,639,041 |
129,008 |
|
Other operating expenditures: |
|
|
|
|
Mileage |
50,000 |
60,000 |
(10,000) |
|
Professional development |
13,400 |
25,000 |
(11,600) |
|
Program supplies |
48,392 |
150,000 |
(101,608) |
|
Purchased services |
15,000 |
20,800 |
(5,800) |
|
Total operating expenditures |
126,792 |
255,800 |
(129,008) |
|
Total budget |
2,894,941 |
2,894,841 |
- |
Significant changes in the operating budget include the following:
- Increase in Salaries and Benefits $129,008 - The 2021/22 fiscal year contemplated a more fluid staffing complement to support the WECHU’s COVID-19 Pandemic response, including case and contact management and vaccinations. For example, in Q1 and Q2 of 2021/22, the public health nursing FTE complement was 6 and 4 respectively, grading upward in Q3 and Q4. Conversely, the social worker FTE complement in Q1 and Q2 of 2021/22, was 2 and 10 respectively, grading downward in Q3 and Q4. The 2022/23 budget contemplates staffing to return to pre-pandemic levels.
- Reduction in Mileage of $10,000 – The 2022/23 fiscal year contemplates staff re-orienting to the Programs. In addition, it is anticipate that client visits will be a hybrid of in-person and virtual.
- Reduction in Professional development of $11,600 – The 2021/22 fiscal year contemplated substantially higher professional development costs due to the fluctuation in the staffing complement throughout the fiscal year.
- Reduction in Program Supplies of $101,608 – The fiscal 2021/22 budget contemplated expenditures being incurred on account of information technology hardware and software to address increased FTEs.
- Reduction in Purchased Services of $5,800 – The fiscal 2021/22 budget contemplated the costs of the annual financial statement audit. For 2022/23, it is anticipated that these costs will be borne by the Cost-Share Budget.
PROPOSED MOTION
Whereas, The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit receives grants from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to fund the Healthy Babies Healthy Children and Pre-natal and Post-natal Nurse Practitioner Programs,
Whereas, the total budgeted expenditures for the Programs for the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 is $2,894,941, and
Now therefore be it resolved that the Windsor-Essex County Board of Health approve the operating budget as presented by Administration for the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023