Each Councillor has a constituency services and office budget* of $30,000 to pay for expenses that are allowable under the Constituency Services and Office Budget Policy*. The Mayor has an annual operating budget approved by Council. Expenses disclosed relate to non-salary expenditures from this budget. (*The office expense budget has been renamed the constituency services and office budget and the Councillor Expense Policy has been renamed the Constituency Services and Office Budget Policy as per City Council approval of EX21.9 on July 11, 2012)