South Pender LTC Regular Meeting Agenda Addendum
· South Pender Island · Meeting Documents · 2026
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Topics: First Nations & reconciliation · Governance & budget — our classification, not the Trust's.
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[[page 1]] = Islands Trust South Pender Island Local Trust Committee Regular Meeting Addendum Date: August 28, 2026 Time: 10:30 am Location: South Pender Fire Hall 8961 Gowlland Point Road, South Pender Island, BC 17. NEW BUSINESS 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM 17.3 Proposed Draft 2027/28 LTC Operating Budgets - Staff Report (attached) Pages [[page 2]] REQUEST FOR DECISION Islands Trust To: Local Trust Committees For the Meeting of: August 28, 2026 From: Finance and Employee Date Prepared: July 14, 2026 Services SUBJECT: Proposed Draft 2027/28 LTC Operating Budgets —- South Pender RECOMMENDATION: That the South Pender Island Local Trust Committee submit the proposed draft 2027/28 local trust committee operating budget for inclusion in the Trust Council draft 2027/28 budget. DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL AND EMPLOYEE SERVICES COMMENTS: Seeking early input from local trust committees (LTCs) on their proposed draft operating budgets for the upcoming fiscal year ensures planned operating activities of the LTC are appropriately captured and funded. This approach brings the LTC budget processes into alignment with other Trust-legislated bodies, as well as Trust Council’s policy on budget process. 1 PURPOSE: To seek input and endorsement from the LTCs on their proposed draft operating budgets. LTCs are asked to consider both their project budget needs (reviewed under a separate agenda item), as well as their operating expense budget needs (the subject of this RFD), in accordance with Trust Council’s policy, in this and future budget cycles. This approach provides an opportunity for LTCs to be directly involved in setting budgets for all their areas of oversight and ensures appropriate consideration of actual future plans for the LTC. 2 BACKGROUND: Trust Council’s Budget Process policy states the following: “Local trust committees (LTCs) are asked to provide their project needs and review their local trust committee expense budgets, passing any resolutions required to adopt/modify their budget proposals.” In recent history, LTCs have appropriately submitted budget requests for projects, but have omitted submissions for operating expense budgets. In the absence of these submissions, Islands Trust Financial and Employee Services staff have drafted LTC operating budgets for inclusion in Trust Council’s draft budgets. Figures have been based on historical spending trends for each LTC, plus anticipated changes in LTC operations or activity levels as Islands Trust Request For Decision Page 1 [[page 3]] communicated to Financial and Employee Services staff via the Planning Services department. Planning Services staff prepare draft funding request business cases for major LTC projects; these are reviewed under separate agenda item(s). Financial and Employee Services staff have prepared proposed draft LTC operating expense budgets, which have been refined by Planning Services staff as needed to reflect actual known plans of the LTC. The proposed draft LTC operati
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