Government tables extra spending plans
Roughly $9 million has been allocated toward flood relief and repairs in the Yukon government's first supplementary budget for 2012-2013.
Roughly $9 million has been allocated toward flood relief and repairs in the Yukon government's first supplementary budget for 2012-2013.
Mark Tubman, a senior official with the Department of Finance, said today the $9 million is split among the Departments of Community Services and Highways and Public Works, and the Yukon Housing Corp. for highway repairs and support for the residents of Upper Liard.
Community Services is also requesting just more than $1 million for enhanced municipal fire services.
For the new agreement between the Yukon government and the Yukon Medical Association, $1.6 million was allocated in this supplementary budget.
The agreement, ratified in October, is worth $8.5 million over five years.
The supplementary budget also includes $31,000 for the new youth shelter for "operational equipment.”
And just less than $800,000 has been allocated for alcohol and drug services to implement some of the recommendations in the 2010 final report by the Task Force on Acutely Intoxicated Persons At Risk.
The sum of $850,000 in new funds has been allocated for the F.H. Collins Secondary School rebuild, along with other funds that were allocated in last year's budget but have to be voted on again, as the monies were not spent during the last fiscal year.
"A lot of this document, supplementary number one, is about that, things that didn't get concluded in the prior year that need to keep moving forward and be concluded in this year or the next year or the year after. So there's a lot of examples of that throughout this document,” said Tubman.
The Women's Directorate, for instance, requires a revote on about $1 million for its new supportive housing project.
"They're catching up to the budget,” said Tubman.
Overall, he said, there's "nothing crazy” in the supplementary budget.
More details regarding the supplementary budget will be available as it goes through debate starting this afternoon in the legislature.
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