Process for temporarily operating without an approved budget

[Ryan Ozimek]

Hi folks,

Since we're currently operating in a period that we don't have an approved budget for 2015, I wanted to share what we've done in the past to handle this situation temporarily.  What we did was create a motion that looks something like the following.

"That the budget for December 2010 be applied for January 2011 and until such time as a final budget for 2011 is approved."

We could probably massage this a bit more to increase accuracy, but I think it's a tool that could be useful for our Treasurer in future years as needed.

Cheers,

Ryan

[Victor Drover]

In the absence of an approved budget, I'd vote against anything that allows us to keep spending on non-essentials. Let's stop making it easy to kick the can down the road and make sure everyone feels the pressure to pass a budget.