2012 City of Prince George Annual Report

CITY OF
PRINCE GEORGE
CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE 2012 ANNUAL MUNICIPAL REPORT
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the year ended December 31, 2012
14. Segmented Information
The City of Prince George is a government institution that provides a wide range of services to its citizens, including police, fire,
recreation and culture, transportation and public transit, development planning, sanitation, water and sewer. For management reporting
purposes the City’s operations and activities are organized and reported by fund. Funds were created for the purpose of recording
specific activities to attain certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions or limitations. City services are provided
by departments and their activities are reported by these funds and are disclosed in the segmented information.
The accounting polices used in these segments are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial
statements as disclosed in Note 1. For additional information see the Statement of Segment Disclosure (Schedule 3).
For each reported segment, revenues and expenses represent both amounts that are directly attributable to the segment and amounts
that are allocated on a reasonable basis. The General Revenue Fund reports on municipal services that are funded primarily by taxation
such as property and business tax revenues. Certain divisions and departments that have been separately disclosed in the segmented
information along with the services they provide are as follows:
Protective Services
Protective Services includes Police Protection, Fire Protection, Emergency Measures and Bylaw Enforcement. Police Protection is
provided to the City of Prince George by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police through a police services contract with the Province of BC.
Together the RCMP and the 60 municipal employees at the detachment are committed to optimizing public safety through the community
policing concept. Fire Protection includes fire suppression and protection, first responder medical services and emergency rescue,
and fire dispatch within the city and regional district. Emergency Measures provides a comprehensive emergency plan for coordinating
response to emergencies and disasters. Bylaw Enforcement provides animal and parking control and other enforcement as required to
support the bylaws in place within the community for the purpose of health, safety and security.
Community Services
The Community Services Department provides public services that support recreation, sport and leisure activities in the aquatic and
arena facilities, convention, entertainment, meeting, events and sport activities in the CN Centre and Civic Centre, the development
of partnerships for health and social solutions at the community level and the provision of civic facilities for the corporation and the
community.
Transportation Services
This segment includes the provision of Street Maintenance which includes pavement repair, line painting, street cleaning, dust control,
sidewalk maintenance, traffic sign and street light installation and maintenance. Transit services are provided in partnership with BC
Transit; Parking lots and parkades provide for off-street parking for downtown businesses; Fleet vehicles service the organizations
operational requirements; Storm drainage controls drainage through open and piped systems; and Snow and Ice control provides snow
removal and salt and sanding applications to the road network.
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