Motor Fuels: $1,604,000
Covid19 has lead to Transit Windsor providing a reduced service during a significant part of 2020. This reduced service has led to less kilometres travelled for the transit fleet and therefore less litres of fuel consumed. Transit is estimating a year end surplus of $1,604,000 in fuel due to the lower volume of fuel required to provide service during 2020.
Salary, Wages and Overtime: $2,852,000
2020 has been a difficult time for Transit Windsor with the decision to suspend service for a period of one month, and then after provide reduced service, moving from an enhanced Sunday service beginning in May, to a Saturday service starting the beginning of September. The reduction in service required less buses to be on the road and therefore less operators required to provide the service. Transit made the difficult decision to lay off a number of employees during this time, however with additional Covid19 bus cleaning and disinfecting, along with additional janitorial cleaning and disinfecting requirements, was able to bring back a number of employees. Due to the reduced workforce required to provide the necessary service, Transit experienced a surplus in the salary, wages and overtime accounts. Due to the reduction in employees paid during 2020, Transit is anticipating a $2,852,000 surplus in the salary, wage and overtime accounts.
Government Funding (COVID): $5,816,000
Transit Windsor has received almost $6,524,000 in total funding to mitigate pandemic-related deficits between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021. It is anticipated that $5,816,000 will be required to offset the deficit related to 2020 and the balance of $708,000 will be carried forward to offset any shortfalls related to 2021.
MITIGATING STEPS
Transit has worked hard to install driver barriers in order to move back to front door entry and begin to collect fares. Fare collection has resumed which will assist with reducing revenue deficits and result in less of a negative variance Transit will incur overall during this pandemic.