Funding Formulas to Regional Districts for Canada Community-Building Fund- Community Works Fund and Community Growth Fund

Whereas the funding formulas used to allocate funds for programs such as the Canada Community-Building Fund- Community Works Fund Formerly Gas Tax Fund and the recent Community Growth Fund is based on a per capita formula with a funding floor, the funding apportioned to regional districts is apportioned based on the electoral areas population only and does not account for the services and associated infrastructure maintained by regional districts for services it delivers to member municipalities such as water, wastewater, transit, recreation and parks; And whereas the funding apportioned to regional districts compared to member municipalities was much lower, creating a disparate allocation of funds within some regions: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the provincial andor federal government to reconsider the design of the funding formulas for the Community Works Fund and Community Growth Fund that considers the services delivered and associated infrastructure of the local government versus just that of population.