Tuesday, August 25, 2020

City realizes near 2 million dollar increase in payments out for Goods and Services for 2019




A bit of pencil sharpening and a shift in some of the civic requirements for the last year provided for a slight decrease in the money paid out to suppliers for 2019, though a range of other expenses from civic salaries to grants added to the totals for the City of Prince Rupert's accounts payables from the last year.

As it has been through the years, by the sheer volume and diverse nature of the work required to run a city the size of Prince Rupert, the municipality has in a way become an economic engine of its own.

That as the various civic departments and civic requirements create opportunities for work, or services from businesses and suppliers large and small, both in town and far beyond.

When the final numbers came in on the last day of December 2019 purchases or services from the 110 suppliers listed for last year came to a total of $27,829,229, which is a decrease from the $28,038,333 recorded in the 2018 report.

When all the accounting was done, the payments to suppliers, combined with the remuneration totals for City Council members, as well as that for staff and employees, as well as grants and such delivered a final Expense of 35.3 million dollars, making for an increase of around 2 million dollars from the year before.

The review of the City's spending from January to December of last year is included as part of the Statement of Financial Information report that was presented to Prince Rupert City Council Monday, a requirement of fiscal transparency that must be disclosed as part of the City's June budget process. 

This year the delivery of the findings by Financial Officers across British Columbia was granted a two month extension by the province.

When it comes to suppliers, the city's contract for policing with the RCMP, made for the largest payment out with the City directing $3,517,780 towards the Receiver General for Canada making for close to a 150,000 decrease from 2018.

A range of money was directed to provincial offices, insurance and employee benefits groups and other services, those totals were as follows:

A further $732,835 went to the Receiver General for the City portion of payroll, marking an increase from the year before.

The City also delivered A GST payment to the Receiver General for a total of $377,464 a decrease from last year.

The Municipal Pension Plan received $1,375,323, while Revenue Services of British Columbia claimed $220,749 of this years suppliers payments.

Manulife Financial also collected $771,888 from the City in 2019.

The Ministry of Finance received $29,839 from January to December of last year, with the Municipal Finance Insurance Association received $248,458.

The Worker's Compensation Board was also in the six figure range, with $329,521 paid out through 2019.

Payments to BC Hydro totalled $738,921, while BC Transit received $841,927 from the City in 2019.

The city's cost for ground transportation with First Canada LLC between Prince Rupert Airport and the downtown shuttle station came to a total of $764,492

Making use of the services of Wainwright marine during the Airport Ferry refit delivered a $498,815 bill for the year.

The actual marine work done on the Ferry was awarded to Point Hope Maritime, with the work billed out to a total of $721,490

The majority of the City's legal work for the last year was handled by Civic Legal LLP with a $176,366 expense.

Smaller amounts, were allocated to one other law firm in 2019 as well.  $26,087 to Harris and Company which specializes in employment law. 

The 2019 listings also include work done by a number of contractors which captured some large amounts, included on the top end of the list were:

Adventure Construction topped the list of large payments with the City paying $2,835,526 for services in the year ended December

Broadwater was  once again among those on the list of large payments with city paying $1,391,876 for work and services in the year ended December.

Twenty eight other suppliers appear on the list having received payments between $100,000 and $1,000.000  for services or products through the last year, they include:

Canadian National Railway -- $684,491
Vimar Equipment Ltd -- $492,491
Storey's Excavating -- $473,127
Northwest Fuels -- $461,353
Bear Creek Contracting -- $426,578
Mcelhanney Ltd -- $390,098
Stantec Consulting Ltd -- $335,665
Finning Canada -- $333,337
JMX Contracting Inc -- $288,503
CFDC of the Pacific Northwest -- $283,174
Commercial Aquatic Supplies -- $239,700
Pacific Northern Gas  -- $198,928
Sumas Environmental Services -- $194,320
Pacific Northwest Electric and Controls -- $172,682
Canadian Fishing Company -- $165,200
EMCO Corporation -- $163,517
CityWest Cable and Telephone Corporation -- $160,744
Pembina Infrastructure and Logistics LP -- $149,627
L & M Engineering -- $145,907
Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd -- $134,866
MacCarthy Motors Ltd.  (PR) -- $127,617
Lighten Up Electric Ltd -- $127,519
Marcan Construction Ltd. -- $125,773
Sperling Hansen Associates -- $126,561
Moorland Technologies -- $120,792
Acadia Northwest Mechanical Inc -- $111,772
Yellowhead Pavement Marking  -- $111,361
Rupert Disposal -- $105,440

The remainder of this years list of 110 suppliers is made up of a range of companies based locally and out town, which collected varying amounts under 100,000 dollars for services or supplies.

The Suppliers Payment information is just one part of the full range of information to be delivered by the City's Financial Officer and City Manager at Monday's Council session.

Also included in the final financial documentation for 2019 are:

Report of Compensation for City Council Members

You can review the full information provided as part of the Report from the Agenda Package from the August 24th City Council Session,  the full listings can be examined starting on page 12 of the agenda.

The 2019 SOFI Report will become part of the permanent record of Financial Information that is archived on the City Website, offering up an opportunity to make year to year comparisons when it comes to City spending.

More items related to the city's Budget planning and financial notes can be found here 

Further background on the work of Prince Rupert City Council can be found from our Council Discussion archive page.  




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