Johannesburg executive mayor Amos Masondo will be tabling a R26-billion budget as well as an Integrated Development Plan for the 2009-2010 financial year on Wednesday.

Masondo said in a media conference before the sitting that the budget is made up of a capital budget of R3.5-billion and a total operating budget of R22.7-billion.

“On the expenditure side this constitutes a growth of approximately 14 percent over last year's figures.

"Capital budget is lower than the 2008-2009 budget. This reduction is due to the completion of big projects such as 2010 and BRT (Bus Rapid Transit system),” Masondo said.

Masondo said the city is budgeting for a surplus of R442.7-million for 2009-2010, which will be generated from operations.

“The surplus will enable us to fund ongoing capital investment infrastructure,” said Masondo.

The budget will be shared within the city's departments, with the largest allocation, R1.5-billion, going to the finance department to deal with bad debt, depreciation and debt servicing costs.

The next highest allocation is to the metro police which will receive a budget of R1.3-billion.

The department of community development gets R618-million, transportation will receive R613-million and housing will get R675-million.

The environmental department will get R46-million, and emergency services will get R514-million, while R392-million will go to health services.

Development and planning and urban management will share a budget of R458 million, while economic development gets R143 million.

The Office of the Mayor's allocation — which includes the 2010 World Cup office — will get R110-million, bid book compliance for fan parks and public viewing sites for 2010 will get R35-million, while R80-million is allocated to an international broadcast centre.

The office of the Speaker will get an amount of R184-million, which includes the capacitation of councillors, while the rest of the budget will be shared amongst other functions like Joburg Water, City Power, Roads and Pikitup.

Sapa

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