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FRAMEWORK FOR UCPR INVOLVEMENT IN MUNICIPAL PROJECTS
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bring the project to fruition alone, whether the UCPR’s participation would directly aid in achieving a regional goal, and whether participating in one project would prevent it from participating in another project. The participation options will determine how the UCPR could participate in potential projects. Staf didn’t offer recommendations, only suggestions to be discussed by council. Despite earlier discussion, these sugges- tions mostly focused solely on financial options. Staff suggested that council could create a reserve fund for growth-related projects, into which any budget surplus regarding supplementary taxes and year-end would be stored. They also suggested that council could assisted with the cost of financing, lend funds itself, or partner with munici- palities to share the costs of approved projects. Finally, staff also suggested that council could utilize growth or anticipated growth to target general taxation benefits to specific classes or adjust the balance of taxation between the Counties and the local municipalities. “Strategic ratio adjustments can help incent growth in sectors and areas that local municipalities have invested in, and they can also reduce the cost of fulfilling local and upper-tier commitments under Commu- nity Improvement Plan (CIP) programs,” the report said. “Where local investments result in growth, it may be possible to adjust the Counties’ treatment of new assessment so as to allow the local municipalities to levy that growth.” Mayor Mario Zanth of Clarence-Rockland
suggested that the decision should start with the Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) as they are the ones that decide which projects are approved for council consideration. Sté- phane Parisien, CAO of the UCPR, suggested
that the CAOs be invited to the next UCPR committee of the whole meeting in June to hear the proposed framework and participate in the discussion.
The UCPR accepted a draft framework for developing a policy for county invol- vement in municipal projects. During the Committee of the Whole meeting on May 10, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) council received a report about a framework to help guide the creation of the Prescott-Russell Partnership Program (PRAP). The program was originally voted on during the regular meeting on March 23, 2022, but the program mostly focused only on financial contributions and was denied in favor of exploring alternatives. The report received on May 10 outlines a framework for redesigning the PRAP. It is the hope of the UCPR that this framework will focus the new and improved PRAP on elevating, accelerating, and/or improving pro- jects, not just on how costs will be shared. The framework will get all the municipalities of the UCPR on the same page and direct council toward constructive goals and rea- listic objectives. The framework is divided into parameters and participation options. The parameters will decide when the UCPR should get involved and partner with local municipalities on pro- jects. Currently, UCPR staff recommends that the UCPR should get involved in municipal projects if those projects have a county- wide benefit, and if the UCPR believes its involvement would help facilitate growth and inter-municipality partnerships that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. The UCPR should also consider whether a single municipality could
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