City’s photocopier budget
In the recent converstation here between Wayne Shulstad and W. Manners, W. Manners added this comment:
“You are absolutely right that the City has accumulated financial obligations that amount to millions but we can’t change those, at least not overnight.
Cost overruns on bidding policies can be stopped dead in their tracks by showing council that the bidding prices are out of whack with the prices that the average joe will spend on similar or identical material. By the way, did you see the photocopier budget for this year? YIKES!”
Can someone supply some detailed numbers re the photocopier budget? Numbers I’ve heard in passing sound very high. Perhaps we could get someone from the City to explain and or defend them.
Posts and Comments on Nanaimo Governance 
In 2007 in the City of Nanaimo Financial Report there are a series of Program progresses made within departments and one is the following (which was marked as completed): “PROGRAM OBJECTIVE STRATEGY MEASURE 2007 PROGRESS
Improve circulation of internal mail by eliminating photocopying and scanning and emailing copies of mail.
Ensure all departments are receiving internal mail via email by January 31, 2007.
Completed. Legislative Services
http://www.nanaimo.ca/assets/Departments/Finance/Budget~and~Financial~Reports/Financial~Reports/2007AnnualMunicipalReportFinalDraft.pdf PAGE55″
Then along came 2008, a new year where photocopy costs were expected to have dropped in price and we see:
Photocopier reserves “Work in Progress” 60,000; “Available for future commitments” $65,394; ” 2008 ” $125,394
http://www.nanaimo.ca/assets/Departments/Finance/Budget~and~Financial~Reports/Financial~Reports/2008AnnualMunicipalReport.pdf Page 104
There are also two questions asked and answered (kinda) in the budget forum (http://www.nanaimo.ca/budget_forum/index.aspx) *use ‘photo’ in the search to find them.
The 2009 Annual Financial Report (Recently Published) shows $89,028 “in progress” for photocopying.So much for the City’s goal to reduce the production of needless paper.