[okfn-za] Cape Town budget for dummies

[Rufus Pollock]

On 5 May 2013 00:40, Fritz Jooste <fritz at nu.org.za> wrote:
> Hi Rufus
>
> Sincere apologies for the slow reply, things have been a bit manic.

No problem!

> I've put together a chart with some of the most useful information in the
> budget broken down into different levels and indicating which table each bit
> of information is from (attached). I've also shown this in text at the end
> of this email.

Really useful - thank-you!

> Looking at the table you shared, there might be value in using the budget
> information for particular departments (referred to as Votes in the budget).
> For instance, Table 69 shows revenue and expenditure for the Safety &
> Security directorate. In that case, the information could perhaps be entered
> like this:
>
> Item: employee-related costs
> Category: operating budget
> Subcategory: expenditure by type
> Department: safety & security
> Year: 2013/14
> Amount: 1254457

This would be *perfect*. Let's start doing this - perhaps we can even
automate somehow. For anyone who wants to help remember this is the
google doc:

https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqR8dXc6Ji4JdDM4LWtFWVFLTWZ4ZDdNZHNzY1NmUmc&hl=en#gid=0

Rufus