mSCOA Budget for Projects 11:30-13:00 Presented by National Treasury – 16 March 2016
Legislative framework that enable financial management (Own bolding for emphasis only) Municipal Systems Act, 2000 “Adoption of integrated development plans 25. (1) Each municipal council must, within a prescribed period after the start of its elected term, adopt a single, inclusive and strategic plan for the development of the municipality which: links, integrates and co-ordinates plans and takes into account proposals for the development of the municipality; aligns the resources and capacity of the municipality with the implementation of the plan; forms the policy framework and general basis on which annual budgets must be based;” MFMA, 2003 “Budget preparation process 21. (1) The mayor of a municipality must – (a) co-ordinate the processes for preparing the annual budget and for reviewing the municipality’s integrated development plan and budget-related policies to ensure that the tabled budget and any revisions of the integrated development plan and budget-related policies are mutually consistent and credible;” ,
Legislative framework that enable financial management (Own bolding for emphasis only) Municipal Regulations on a Standard Chart of Accounts, 2014 “Object of these Regulations 2. The object of these Regulations is to provide for a national standard for the uniform recording and classification of municipal budget and financial information at a transaction level by prescribing a standard chart of accounts for municipalities and municipal entities which- are aligned to the budget formats and accounting standards prescribed for municipalities and municipal entities and with the standard charts of accounts for national and provincial government; and (b) enable uniform information sets recorded in terms of national norms and standards across the whole of government for the purposes of national policy coordination and reporting, benchmarking and performance measurement in the local government sphere.”
Aligning the Local Government IDP to National and Provincial performance plans Annual Report & AFS IYM Section 71& 72 Reporting Budget Finalisation /SDBIP Community Participation IDP and Budget Process plans [1] Adapted from “Framework for strategic plans and annual performance plans” published by National Treasury, 2010
mSCOA Aligned to MFMA Calendar: The journey to success… Budget process: Populate the Municipal running cost and Maintenance & repair Projects; Functions will need to link the required Items to deliver the Projects; Align the IDP with available resources (Funding & Revenue Items ); and Determine the Costing module and finalize tariffs. IDP process: Needs to begins with in the prescribed period from 3 August 2016. July till September October till November January Till March Finalization of the chart Budget Approval process Create SDBIP based on Budget. Community Participation: Identify Projects (Capital and typical work streams); Identify Regions of these projects; and Identify the Function that need to deliver the projects. March till June Implementing the new chart of accounts and carry over of the legacy items opening balances. Note restatements for 2018/19 year. 1 July 2017
“Together we can do this” IDP aligned to Project Capital Choose Infrastructure or Non-Infrastructure And New or Renewal Identify the Type Electricity Information and Communication Rail Road Infrastructure Sanitation Etc…. Definition: Roads, Pavements, Bridges and Strom Water as per Version 5.4 divided in Roads Infrastructure and Storm water Infrastructure as per CIDMS in Version 5.5. Projects relating to the renewal of existing road infrastructure assets. You will also need to identify the asset type I.E.: Capital Spares Road Furniture Road Structures Roads Note: Region and Function Operational . Choose Maintenance Municipal Running Cost Typical Work streams Etc.. Identify the type The list are exhaustive and contains every thing from Aids Day through to Water saving initiatives. The list cater for community upliftment programs I.E.: Capacity Building Training and Development/ ABET and Life Long Learning Programmes Note: Region and Function Default Not Applicable Default projects are only used for costing transactions and may therefore not be used as an escape route when planning the IDP Budget Process plan structure “Together we can do this”
“Together we can do this” Budget By Project Capital IDP The IDP lists are extensive and far exceeds available resources. Functions should therefore cost the projects. Identify the Items and Funding Detailed elements (Items) that will make up the project will need to be considered as well as preliminary funding sources identified on projects. Cost drivers and Budgeting tools: Organogram Budgeting; Billing historical trends and new developments; Asset maintenance plans; Building rentals; Fleet costs; Loans, bonds and repayments; Grants and subsidies; Costing allocations; Long term forecasting and tariff modelling tools; and Etc…. All require a system solution that build these elements from Project centric approaches while considering historical data. Note: All Segments combined. Operational Choose Maintenance Municipal Running Cost Typical Work streams Etc.. Budget process: Populate the Municipal running cost and Maintenance & repair Projects; Functions will need to link the required Items to deliver the Projects; Align the IDP with available resources (Funding & Revenue Items ); and Determine the Costing module and finalize tariffs. . Note: All segments combined. Retrofit As historical budgets were not aligned with the Project driven requirements it will require system solutions to achieve the new to old retrofit. If Old = AFS and New = AFS then Old = New Taking cognizance of Reclassification “mSCOA project since inception brought system solutions along to ensure functionality.” “Together we can do this”
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