Dr. John Tierney

Dublin City Manager

24th November 2011

� Banking Sector and Regulation

� Property Market

� Construction Sector

� Budget Deficit

� EU, ECB and IMF

� Fiscal Plan

� Contrast with Local Financial Management

� Department Controls

National Economic Situation

�Spiral Effect – Business Sector/Cuts in Grants

�Revenue Budget 2009 €913m/2012 €795m –Discretionary Exp = 50%

�Three Year Capital Programme 2008-2010 €2190m/ 2012- 2014 €900m

�Staffing Jan 2009 - 6930 to Sept 2011– 6120

�Expectations

The Local Economic Situation

Key Objectives – 2012 Budget

� City Presentation for Investment/Business

� City Indicators – Dublin Performance

� Service levels maintained

� Facilities kept open

� Reduce Costs/Increase Productivity

� Burden on Ratepayers lessened

� City Presentation Example

� €18m 23km Roadway 2011

� €2.5m 4km of footway 2012

Budget Summary 2012

Gross Expenditure €794.8m

Gross Income €397.4m

Net Expenditure €397.4m

Funding Sources

Net Credit Balance € 20.0m

Commercial Rates €306.6m

Local Gov. Fund € 70.8m

Total € 397.4m

� Local Government Fund Reduction Est. 10% - €7.9m

� Commercial Rates – 2% reduction €6.9m

Commercial Rates

2012€M

Rates Income 306.6

Rates BDP -28.0

Net Rates Income

2012 278.6

ARV Movement

** Note: 2012 ARV is provisional

NPPR Income Analysis

Y2009 € 10.1m

Y2010 €13.5m

Y2011 €12.0m

Y2011R (Includes arrears of €1.2m) €12.7m

Estimate Y2012 €11.5m

Income proposals

Commercial Water

5% increase from €1.80 to €1.90 per thousand litres €1m

Housing Waste Service Charge - Flat Complexes /

Senior Citizens Complexes – €1.5 per unit per week

Fire Charges

• Non Domestic (Existing)

• Domestic

• Seveso Sites

• Hospital / DAA Callouts

The Rumsfeld Issues

� The New €100 Household Charge

� Public Sector Agreement

� Waste Collection Services

� Water Ireland

� Fire Services – Risk Based Analysis

Payroll History

Payroll

Element

2009 2012

AFS Outturn Budget

Wages 193,711,037 167,236,320

Salaries 150,941,272 132,255,784

Pensions 65,362,932 76,014,541

Gratuities 24,057,213 12,484,828

Total 434,072,454 387,961,473

Sectoral Comparison 2008 - 2011Functional Classification % Change 2008-2011

Civil Service -5.4%

Defence Sector -8.4%

Education Sector -2.3%

Health Sector -5.2%

Justice Sector -7.2%

Local Authorities -12.3%

NCSA -9.0%

Capital Programme 2012 - 2014

Capital Expenditure

Housing & Building € 354m

Road Transport & Safety € 64m

Water Supply & Sewerage € 357m

Development Incentives & Controls € 51m

Environmental Protection € 44m

Recreation & Amenity € 16m

Miscellaneous Services € 12m

Total Capital Investment € 898m

Capital Programme 2012 - 2014

Capital Funding

Loans € 90m

Grants € 652m

Development Levies € 39m

General Capital (DCC) €27m

External Agencies € 89m

Funding to be identified € 1m

Total Capital Funding € 898m

� Staffing Review

� Workforce Planning

� Public Service Agreement

� Efficiencies and Productivity

� Outsourcing

� Shared Services

� Procurement

� Smart City Concept

The Framework for Change

Dublin: IBM Research’s First Smarter CitiesTechnology Centre

Opportunities for DCC

•Knowledge management benefits

•Standardised approach to services across the Region

•Standards for Open Data

•Ways to manage external research requests and collaboration

•New collaborations; NDRC, DERI, Science Gallery

•‘Hack the City’ Making city systems visible

•Efficiency in City Services

via@sethsblog

The Power of Visualisation:"Data is not useful until it becomes information" ow.ly/726i8 #opendata #dublinked

Visualisation of water consumption to help management and resource optimisation

Dublin City Council as an Exemplar

�Sustainable Dublin

� Innovation Lab/The Studio

� Generating Staff Ideas for Service Improvement

� Re-Imagining Capital Projects

� Innovation in Service Design

� Managing DUBlinked Project

Conclusion

� Local Versus National Response

� Significant Progress has been made

� More Efficiencies/Productivity to be Achieved

� Innovation in Service Delivery will be crucial

� But City Services will always be vital for trade, investment and quality of life