2004 Briefing notes

As the City prepares its operating and capital budget for 2004, staff prepare briefing notes to provide details and clarification on various issues. These briefing notes are distributed during the meetings of the Budget Advisory Committee.

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Corporate Issues	Coporate Services
Community and Neighbourhood Services	Finance
Works and Emergency Services	Agencies, Boards and  Commissions
Economic Development, Culture and Tourism	Consolidated Grants
Urban Development Services	Corporate Items

Corporate Issues

General:

• Deferral of 2004 Capital Project Cash Flow (April 7, 2004)
• Assessment Growth (April 6, 2004)
• Additional Department Service Efficiencies/Improvements
  (April 1, 2004)
• Update on Federal Announcement of 100% GST Rebate
  (March 31, 2004)
• Proposed Changes in User Fees in the 2004 Operating Budget
  (March 22, 2004)
• Overtime, Sick Days and Lost Days Analysis-2002 & 2003
  (March 11, 2004)
• Corporate Environmental Plan Priority Initiatives
  (March 02, 2004)

• Impact of reducing the general inflation factor from 2% to 1.7% (April 1, 2004)
• Economic Factors (February 17, 2004)
• 2004 Gapping Analysis (February 17, 2004)
• Leap Year Salary and Benefit Costs (February 17, 2004)
• Summary of Utility Costs: 2001 to 2004 (February 17, 2004)
• Summary of Changes in Approved Positions form 1998 through 2003 (February 16, 2004)
• Summary of 2004 EMT Recommended Staffing Changes (February 16, 2004)
• 2004 Electricity Pricing- Ontario Government Rate Cap(February 10, 2004)
• Municipal Act, 2001- Notice Requirements for Changes to Fees and Charges (January 17, 2004)

• Impact of Reducing the 2004 Advertising and Promotion Budget by 10% (April 8, 2004)
• Carry-forward Policy

Community and Neighbourhood Services

General:

• 2004 Action Plan for Children (March 22, 2004)
• Budget Implications of Recommendations of the 2004 Action Plan for Children (February 25, 2004)
• The Extent and Implications of Funding Owed by the Province to Toronto (February 25, 2004)

• Child Care Fees in Municipally Operating Child Care Facilities (March 29, 2004)
• Propsed Reduction to Wage Subsidy (February 27, 2004)

• Comparison of Expenditure Per Diem (March 21, 2004)
• Allocation of Provincial Revenue (February 26, 2004)

• Social Housing Budget Request (March 22, 2004)
• GTA Equalization(Pooling) (February 26, 2004)

• Reallocation of Non-Program Expenditures Task Force Budget to Support Roundtables, the Mayor's Community Safety Initiative and Special Committees of Council (March 23, 2004)

• IT Download (February 13, 2004)
• 25 Additional Caseworkers for Employment Resource Centre (March 5, 2004

Works and Emergency Services

Emergency Management Program:

• Project Management Fee Summary, 40-50 Toryork Drive
  (March 5, 2004)
• HUSAR/CBRN Facility Project (February 13, 2004)
• CBRN Project (February 13, 2004)
• Emergency Backup Systems Project(February 13, 2004)
• Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Upgrade Phase 3 Project(February 13, 2004)
• HUSAR Fire Equipment Project (February 13, 2004)

• EMS Provincial Subsidy (February 13, 2004)
• 2004 Budget: Police Station 43/ EMS Station 26
  (February 27, 2004)

• Distribution of Backyard Composters (March 16, 2004)
• Status of Residential Waste Diversion (February 11, 2004)

• Fleet Issues (February 05,2004)

• Implications of 2% Reduction (March 23, 2004)
• Kensington Market and Church Street- Pedestrian Streets Proposal (March 23, 2004)
• Front Street Extension Project, Summary of Activities
  (March 22, 2004)
• Winter Maintenance Services, Mechanical Sidewalk Snow Clearing, Windrow Clearing, and Laneways (February 11, 2004)
• Elimination of Special Mechanical Leaf Collection
  (February 11, 2004)
• Toronto Bike Plan (February 09, 2004)

• Water Efficiency Efforts within City Departments and ABC's (February 17, 2004)
• Wet Weather Flow Management Master Plan
  (February 17, 2004)
• Marketing Activities for the Water Efficiency Program
  (February 16, 2004)
• District Service Improvements (February 13, 2004)
• Works Best Practices Program (February 13, 2004)

• Works and Emergency Services Public Consultation
  (March 17, 2004)

• Stockholm Toronto Partnership for Sustainable Cities Program and Conference (March 22, 2004)
• Vacant Positions (February 27, 2004)

Economic Development, Culture & Toursim

Culture:

• Market Gallery (March 1, 2004)
• Casa Loma (February 17, 2004)

• Cost to Reinstate 13 Front-Line Positions in Parks & Recreation (April 1, 2004)
• Sources of Funding for Wabash/Sorauren Community Centre Site (March 23, 2004)
• Parks and Recreation Organizational Review (March 2, 2004)
• Reduction of TDSB Pools form 41 Locations to 30 Locations (February 2004)
• Horticultural/Floral Reduction

• Tourism Toronto and Destination Marketing Fee
  (March 1, 2004)

Urban Development Services

Urban Development Services:

• Demolition Permit Applications (March 23, 2004)
• Committee of Adjustment-2004 Changes, Budget Implications (March 5, 2004)

Corporate Services

City Clerk's Office:

• 2003 Election Costs and Contribution Rebate Program
  (March 1, 2004)

• Request for additional staff in Court Services 2004 Budget (February 16, 2004)
• Budget implications associated with Toronto Police Service (Strategic Traffic Enforcement Measures)enhanced traffic safety team (February 9, 2004)

• State of Good Repair at Union Station (March 23, 2004)
• City of Toronto Sale of Surplus Properties (February 10, 2004)
• State of Good Repair at Union Station (February 10, 2004)

• Transfer of City-Owned Oracle Database Software Licenses to ABC's (March 22, 2004)
• Technology End of Lease Strategy (February 20, 2004)

• Policy Functions (March 23, 2004)
• Staffing for CRO Implementation (March 23, 2004)
• Internal Audit Function (February 23, 2004)

Finance

Revenue Services:

• Payments-in-Lieu of Taxes(PILS): Response to questions raised at budget launch (March 11, 2004)
• Review of the City of Toronto's Fine Structure for Parking Offences (March 3, 2004)
• Updating Regarding Parking Fine Collection Strategies
  (March 3, 2004)

Agencies, Boards & Commissions

Arena Boards of Management:

• Performance Measures Update (March 23, 2004)
• Performance Measures (February 27, 2004)

• Eastview Community Centre Request for Part-time Financial Manager (March 10, 2004)
• Ralph Thorton Community Centre Part-time Volunteer Co-ordinator (March 9, 2004)
• Swansea Town Hall Part-time Administrative Support Position (March 8, 2004)
• 519 Church Street Community Centre- Request for Relocation Costs (March 1, 2004)

• Processibility of Parking Tags (March 22, 2004)

• Theatre Studies (March 2, 2004)
• Toronto Centre for the Arts Shutdown (February 17, 2004)
• Steam Heating St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
  (February 17, 2004)

• Hand-Held Ticket Writers (March 22, 2004)

• Report on Pending Issues (March 23, 2004)
• Proposed Reduction versus Elimination of Animal Cadaver Pick up By Animal Services (March 9, 2004)
• Toronto Public Health - Gapping Report (March 9, 2004)
• 100% Provincially funded Programs- Capped Funding Levels (February 24, 2004)
• Proposed Animal Cadaver Pick up Service Level Reduction (February 20, 2004)
• Animal Services Salary Arbitration Settlement
  (February 18, 2004)
• Communicable Disease Liaison Unit (February 20, 2004)
• 2004 West Nile Virus Budget

• Toronto & Region Conservation Authority Property Taxes
• Water/Wastewater Funding of TRCA Operating Program
  (March 10, 2004)
• Eligibility Criteria for Water/Wastewater Funding Initiatives (February 17, 2004)

• TTC Retained Earnings (March 23, 2004)
• Property Tax Exemptions-TTC Bus Terminals (March 22, 2004)
• TTC Retained Earnings (Revised) (March 10, 2004)
• TTC and the Employment Standards Act (February 17, 2004)
• TTC Ridership Growth Strategy (RGS) (February 17, 2004)
• TTC Fare Increase (February 17, 2004)
• TTC Capital Funding Sources (February 17, 2004)

• Divestiture of Valley Halla (February 27, 2004)
• Toronto Zoo Attendance, January - February 2004
  (February 27, 2004)
• Toronto Zoo Governance (February 27, 2004)
• Toronto Zoo and Ontario Student Attendance
  (February 27, 2004)

Consolidated Grants

• Issue/Background: 2004 Consolidated Grants Budgets Recommendations (March 18, 2004)
• Enhanced Funding for Student Nutrition Programs
  (March 1, 2004)

Corporate Items

Non-Program:

• Non-Program Adjustments (March 19, 2004)
• Emergency Medical Services (March 19, 2004)