Conserving what? LPRCA greed.

With days to go before the Municipal Election it's time for Citizen's of Norfolk County to vote for leadership that will take charge for the next four years.  These leaders will not only lead the County but four of them will also be on the Board of Directors for the Long Point Conservation Authority.

Our Conservation Authority is leader of it's own in many categories.  The Conservation Authority website states that their mandate is : "Conservation Ontario is the signal of the shift to a new, more entrepreneurial way of conducting environmental business and it focuses on excellence in managing and delivering watershed-based ecosystem resources and services."

How effective has the LPRCA been at excelling in managing and conducting business?  Let's put the numbers to the test shall we?

We'll need some factual numbers that we can obtain from the Canada Revenue Agency :

Financial Statements 2012
Financial Statements 2013

 Total revenue received from municipal/regional governments
2012 $ 1,100,047
2013 $ 1,127,588

Total spent on Compensation
2012 $ 2,018,122
2013 $ 2,180,013

2012 20 full time employees
48 part time employees costing $ 602,303
2 employees making $80,000 - $119,999
Average full time wage $70,790

2013 21 full time employees
52 part time employees costing $ 630,191
4 employees making  $80,000 - $119,999
Average full time wage  $73,801

Occupancy Costs
2012 $ 807,581
2013 $ 556,038

How do you explain the drop when they are in the same building?  Easy.  Bury it in 'Other'

'Other Expenses' - Creative Accounting
2012 $ 227,590
2013 $ 814,089

Total expenditures on management and administration

2013

$ 2,368,575

Total expenditures on management and administration

2012

$ 2,159,032

Here's some other low lights that may interest you :

Receiving a $360,000 'donation' from NCC for one of their properties.

Charts for financial information 

Conservation Authority of Ontario and how they milk us. 

Medals for Greed by our Long Point Region Conservation Authority :  Part 1 ,  Part 2

Calling for a forensic audit on their books.

Creative Accounting, LPRCA Style

Budget deliberations at Norfolk County Council

Public meetings but Citizen's are not allowed to attend.

Older financial data. 

Last but not least.  Neglect of Backus Mill.

Another favorite.  NCC Buys Backus Mill and keeps control of the money.

 Is this what they mean by 'conducting business'?

It's time to vote for accountability and stop this bleed known as the Long Point Region Conservation Authority.